Re: Low-carbing and athletic performance...avoiding soreness

[Guest guest]

Hey, this might be a good time to ask a question.

Back when I had the opportunity to jog, I had a habit of going to the

track and jogging 1 mile, then walking 1 mile.

I could do this after not having exercised for weeks/months, and I

never experienced muscles soreness the day after.

I had thought that jogging and then just stopping left lactic acid in

place, which caused my muscles to stay sore for days. But walking

the same amount as I jogged somehow used up the lactic acid, which

helped me avoid the soreness.

What might really be happening?

I haven't studied the physiology of exercise to any extent.

[Guest guest]

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>Back when I had the opportunity to jog, I had a habit of going to the

>track and jogging 1 mile, then walking 1 mile.

>

>I could do this after not having exercised for weeks/months, and I

>never experienced muscles soreness the day after.

>

>I had thought that jogging and then just stopping left lactic acid in

>place, which caused my muscles to stay sore for days. But walking

>the same amount as I jogged somehow used up the lactic acid, which

>helped me avoid the soreness.

>

>What might really be happening?

>

There are two different types of soreness, well three if you count

injury. The immediate soreness experienced by running or jogging fast

is due to lactic acid (or depolarization of muscle cells) as a result of

anaerobic training. You would be breathing hard and pushing yourself to

experience it. This is the burning in the muscle *during* hard

exercise. Lactic acid gets metabolized pretty quickly by the muscle

cells, so it doesn't stick around for long. And as I noted in another

post, it may not be LA at all, but LA is always increasing with the

depolarization.

Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is what you feel 1-3 days after a

workout and is different. It is thought to arise perhaps from tiny

tears in the connective tissues that hold muscle fibers together. Then

they repair and get stronger. This is the " no pain, no gain " kind of

soreness, which will occur when starting a new exercise program or

changing it. It is not a bad thing at all, and as the body adapts to

the sport at hand, it will go away. So you want to change things up so

that you get some soreness once in a while. It builds character, and

strong bodies. It's this type of soreness that let's you know you had a

good workout.

Deanna