- cross-posted to:
- chat
You must log in or register to comment.
Gratifying is the best you can hope for with exercise, that and a head rush
During the exercise at least, my mental health has cleared up a lot from weightlifting and I've started to get a high from it afterwards sometimes
I disagree. I feel sore a lot of the time when I exercise, but I also feel increased stamina noticeably. I have to be mindful about it, but I feel less anxiety and the bad kind of aches and pains. Like, less stiffness in joints, kinks in back/neck, that sort of thing. I guess it's not that exercise makes me feel good, but I sure do feel a lot less shit.
I joke, my mental health is vastly improved when I'm hitting the gym regularly
Be gentle with people new in their journey! These kinds of things can be very demotivating if they don't know better.
You'll start seeing real progress in your workouts soon, like within the next week most likely. You might start seeing a difference in your own muscles / body shape in a few months, other people probably won't notice much difference for another few months after that.
It's slooooow. 🐌
Takes some time. Most things outside of movement skills tend not to improve in a week's time. Muscle growth tends to be notable after 6-8 weeks on imaging, for example. Cardiovascular endurance can come quicker.
My understanding is that it's a couple of weeks for neurologic adaptation (i.e. you get better at doing stuff without actually getting more muscle) and ~6 for genuine muscle growth. I don't know how this corresponds to cardio exactly but some of it must carry over; at least the consumption of whatever muscles you are using and the heart itself. Lungs may be some black magic, I could not have less of an idea.
Takes about 2-3 weeks for you to adjust. In the meantime don't overdo it but try to keep up with it and not rest more than a day.
When I started running more often, I think it took two or three weeks not to be crazy sore the next day? You might also be going too hard, if you're super sore
