Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 If you're still sick, stay home. If you wreck both your muscles and your immune system, your body is going to have to choose which one to repair and probably won't fix either one very quickly or well. Working out just means you'll be sick and sore longer. If you're 100% well but just sore, go do your weights as scheduled. Lighten up a little or do fewer sets if you have to, but taking all your muscles through the full range of motion will loosen them up and increase blood flow, which in turn will reduce soreness. If you're sick and decide to stay home, be sure to move around. Walk, take a hot bath, stretch. Cold, stiff, still muscles hurt more than anything. > > Okay - so I over did it... > > Monday I was out with the flu (what an annoying way to ring in the new > year let me tell ya!!). So, that means I didnt get to the gym (and my > meals were WAY off due to misses). > > So yesterday I get to the gym where I'm going to work out with my > aunt. She's brought my two cousins along (at 13(m) & 15(f)). Well. > Normally on tuesdays I dont hit the gym in the mornings, but since I > missed monday I thought what the heck. Figured I'd go light. Well, > with the two kids there, and us having such a good time, I did NOT go > light. Then, by my Body Pump class, which is always my weights on > tuesday nights, I was dying. I had to stop and " shake it out " mid-set > on several instances. I finished the class (plus a few other exercises > on muscle groups I'd missed), and was just exhausted. Okay - so I > definetely over did it. Not exactly an " accident " I want to complain > too much about, but still more than I should have done. > > That was Tuesday. Today I was hurting pretty badly and did a light > cardio day, trying to give my body time to heal. (I'm also fairly > exhausted.) Now I'm one of these people that I hurt worse the second > and sometimes the third day as compared to the first day of muscle > soreness. Meaning, odds are, even with all the glutamine I'm taking, > I'm gonna be REAL sore in the morning. > > Tomorrow should be my weights day again. I've heard mixed reviews of > whether or not one should train sore muscles. Now I have a few muscle > groups that probably will have forgiven me by morning (calves, > forarms, low back), but many may not. So - do I do all the weights I > should tomorrow, ignoring the soreness? Do I work only the muscles > that arent sore? Do I do another cardio day? or... (hehe) do I sleep > in and take the day off! > > Your thoughts please? > - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Take the day off! If you keep exercising you will keep up this exhaustion. Your body has only so much energy resource to go around. Right now that energy needs to go towards getting well. Get well, then ease back into your workouts. Hope you feel better. > > Okay - so I over did it... > > Monday I was out with the flu (what an annoying way to ring in the new > year let me tell ya!!). So, that means I didnt get to the gym (and my > meals were WAY off due to misses). > > So yesterday I get to the gym where I'm going to work out with my > aunt. She's brought my two cousins along (at 13(m) & 15(f)). Well. > Normally on tuesdays I dont hit the gym in the mornings, but since I > missed monday I thought what the heck. Figured I'd go light. Well, > with the two kids there, and us having such a good time, I did NOT go > light. Then, by my Body Pump class, which is always my weights on > tuesday nights, I was dying. I had to stop and " shake it out " mid-set > on several instances. I finished the class (plus a few other exercises > on muscle groups I'd missed), and was just exhausted. Okay - so I > definetely over did it. Not exactly an " accident " I want to complain > too much about, but still more than I should have done. > > That was Tuesday. Today I was hurting pretty badly and did a light > cardio day, trying to give my body time to heal. (I'm also fairly > exhausted.) Now I'm one of these people that I hurt worse the second > and sometimes the third day as compared to the first day of muscle > soreness. Meaning, odds are, even with all the glutamine I'm taking, > I'm gonna be REAL sore in the morning. > > Tomorrow should be my weights day again. I've heard mixed reviews of > whether or not one should train sore muscles. Now I have a few muscle > groups that probably will have forgiven me by morning (calves, > forarms, low back), but many may not. So - do I do all the weights I > should tomorrow, ignoring the soreness? Do I work only the muscles > that arent sore? Do I do another cardio day? or... (hehe) do I sleep > in and take the day off! > > Your thoughts please? > - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Personally, If I were exhausted, I would take the day off. If I were only really sore, I would make it a cardio day. Deanna Overdone It... Okay - so I over did it... Monday I was out with the flu (what an annoying way to ring in the new year let me tell ya!!). So, that means I didnt get to the gym (and my meals were WAY off due to misses). So yesterday I get to the gym where I'm going to work out with my aunt. She's brought my two cousins along (at 13(m) & 15(f)). Well. Normally on tuesdays I dont hit the gym in the mornings, but since I missed monday I thought what the heck. Figured I'd go light. Well, with the two kids there, and us having such a good time, I did NOT go light. Then, by my Body Pump class, which is always my weights on tuesday nights, I was dying. I had to stop and " shake it out " mid-set on several instances. I finished the class (plus a few other exercises on muscle groups I'd missed), and was just exhausted. Okay - so I definetely over did it. Not exactly an " accident " I want to complain too much about, but still more than I should have done. That was Tuesday. Today I was hurting pretty badly and did a light cardio day, trying to give my body time to heal. (I'm also fairly exhausted.) Now I'm one of these people that I hurt worse the second and sometimes the third day as compared to the first day of muscle soreness. Meaning, odds are, even with all the glutamine I'm taking, I'm gonna be REAL sore in the morning. Tomorrow should be my weights day again. I've heard mixed reviews of whether or not one should train sore muscles. Now I have a few muscle groups that probably will have forgiven me by morning (calves, forarms, low back), but many may not. So - do I do all the weights I should tomorrow, ignoring the soreness? Do I work only the muscles that arent sore? Do I do another cardio day? or... (hehe) do I sleep in and take the day off! Your thoughts please? - Attention: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it from Hatch Mott Mac are confidential and intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify the sender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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