How Sore Should You Be After a Workout?
We’ve all heard the adage “no pain, no gain,” but how much truth is there to that mantra? It depends. Pain during or immediately following exercise, for one, is typically bad news. But soreness that comes several hours after your workout is usually a good thing. Check in with your body during and after your workouts by asking, “Am I feeling pain – or am I feeling like my muscles are working and that’s making me tired?” The two are very different. Pain is a warning signal that something is not right with your body; tiredness and soreness are signs of using a muscle to its full capacity.
Here are five other common questions – and answers – about post-workout soreness:
1. Why do I get sore after a workout?
When you stretch and challenge your muscles with weight-bearing or other strength-training exercises, you damage your muscle cells and surrounding connective tissue on a microscopic level. This damage isn’t a bad thing, though; it sets off a biochemical series of events that encourage muscle cells to repair and remodel, making them larger and stronger. In fact, light exercise doesn’t make you much stronger and it certainly doesn’t make your muscles bigger.
Exercising at a higher intensity makes you more sore – but it also provides more benefits. Typically, you’ll feel most uncomfortable 24 to 48 hours after exercising, which is why it’s often called delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS....
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - Category: Science Source Type: news
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