What's going on nation? Today I want to answer a question that I get asked all the time
Should I work out when I'm sore? Now
I actually saw a video on this topic the other day by another Youtuber and it blows my mind the amount of crap
That's out there, so this dude answers the question by BSing for a while
And then he throws in some fancy words here and there and everybody believes what he has to say
They just eat it up and in the end the stuff
He said didn't make any sense whatsoever or really amount to any
conclusion at all and this is what really gets to me nation you need to be able to tell the difference between
real-life experience and research knowledge
Versus people who know how to bs and babble about a topic for 10 to 15 minutes,
but never really give you any concrete information
We're not venting and back to the topic at hand
We're going to talk about DOMS which stands for Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
So let's say you hit the gym ultra hard or come back to exercising after being out of the game for a while and about
A day to three days after your workout you start feeling sore
now the feeling of pain is what we call DOMS and it is caused by all the
Micro tears and inflammation that happens to your muscle tissue as a result of your workout
The process of repairing your muscles is what causes them to grow in size and get stronger
So this is all normal and a part of the process
But should you go back to the gym if your muscle is still sore the answer is it depends on how bad it is
If you're in a lot of pain, and you feel like something is wrong
And you think you might have gotten injured obviously you should not go to the gym
And you should go see a doctor most of us know our bodies
Well enough to know when something is not right, but this is not what I want to focus on today
Now if you didn't hurt yourself
but the muscle is very sore to the point that it hurts when you touch it or
Causes you not to have full range of motion
Then my answer is wait another day to work that muscle group and the key here is the muscle group
That is sore. I'm not saying skip the gym
I'm saying let the specific muscle recover and focus on another
Area for that day for example if my legs are killing me, I still train that day
But I'll adjust my schedule to work something like biceps
There's no need to rush the process nation because if you're experiencing DOMS
and can't even do full range of motion on your exercises
You're not going to have the most productive work out anyway
also
If your muscles are working on repairing the tears you inflicted on your previous workout
Creating more tears in damage will disrupt the recovery process so bottom line
Rest that area a little longer now if you're feeling reasonably sore but it's not as drastic as a situation
I just talked about it's actually a good thing to go to the gym and get the sore muscles moving
Just take it. Easy on the weights. This is not the time to go hardcore and try to hit a new PR
What you want to do is hit some aerobic exercises
And do some light lifting
activity in this case is good because it increases the temperature in the
area which increases oxygen flow and flow of
Much-needed nutrients to help heal the damage this flow is also good because it helps take toxins away
Which are produced by the tears and subsequent inflammation of your muscle tissue
It was a mouthful
So no excuses nation even when you're extremely sore you should still go to the gym
It's just a matter of figuring out
how bad it is
So you can decide if you can hit that same area or if you have to come up with a plan b to work out
Another part of your body now knowing this you might be thinking if I get a workout in but I don't feel sore
Does it mean I'm not going to grow
Absolutely not, but I am going to talk about that in more detail another time
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