Everything hurts. Next day soreness is the worst. No I will not do less intense trainings.
Unfortunately there's nothing you can do to make it go away besides wait or lift again.
The only way to prevent it is to lift more frequently. I know that my legs are in a constant state of soreness if I don't squat 3x per week (usually I'll do two heavy days and a light day, or one one heavy, moderate, light).
eat lots of protein immediately upon finishing your exercise. this is the best way to prevent soreness.
Rest, drink water, stretch and, if you can handle the pain (it's going to hurt), foam roll.
To be honest, I love DOMS. For some reason, I find that it helps me sleep better. Does anybody else feel that way, or am I a weirdo?
I like doms, not DOMS. I mean also the second, cause it feels like an achievement, but also sucks to feel like a 90 year old next day.
I used to think it was lactic acid buildup, but now it seems to be micro tears in the muscles. It should only happen if you just started working out from a long period of inactivity. It happens to me when I haven't worked on the muscle group for about a month. It will slowly go away in about a few days to a week and should not happen if you are consistent with your workout. The good thing is that you know which muscle group that exercise it works on. For example, if I haven't worked my chest in a long time, or if I tried a new exercise (butterfly curls), my upper chest, close to my shoulders, will be extremely sore the next day.
I kept some kind of a workout schedule during lockdown, but really upped the intensity lately.
Keep up the schedule! After a couple of weeks your body will adjust to the training and you won't feel the soreness anymore. For shorter-term relief, stretching the muscle and eating enough protein will help with recovery (also keep this up alongside training for the long-term too). Seriously as someone who had a long term weight training schedule, lost it, got back into it again, lost it again, and has now finally started it back up again, the most important thing about working out by FAR is consistency and I can't emphasise that enough. Everything in exercise is built on consistency. Even if you don't feel up to a workout one day but you have one scheduled, still go to the gym or set up your training gear even if it's only to turn straight back home or pack it away again. It's the consistency with it that gives you results. You got this comrade!
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Thanks for the motivating words. Definitely am sticking with the consistency.
Thats the thing, I work out regularly. I upped the intensity however, and I started wondering about ways to manage it.
https://www.cnet.com/health/best-massage-gun/
They list ones in the $200+ range but I got one for like $75. It's percussive therapy that works about as well as using intense foam rollers or a shiatsu chair. Not a proper sports massage, but for the cost of an hour's appointment you can have a good-enough solution whenever. I keep it in the car for hikes now and it helps a lot with recovery.
