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Akvod on 14 January 2010

And if you find someone to work out with, you'll be home free to being more skinny, ripped, artificially tanned, saying "New Jou-sey", and driving a mustang.



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hatmoza on 14 January 2010

damn you akvod, now I feel like hitting the gym again -___-



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supercat on 14 January 2010

once you work out more often, you build up the ability to work out and not get overly sore. Also, look up on the internet for split routines for working out. They are around, don't do the full body routine 3X a week or the upperbody one day and lower the next, find a routine that works everything out once a week ex- monday- chest tuesday - legs wed -back /shoulders etc



Gilgamesh on 14 January 2010

I got a friend that I work out with so it works out pretty good we both motivate each other to go as often as possible, and I like the gym, I really wanted to go today but I was just way to damn sore. Since we both no nothing about the excersises to do theres a girl we know that goes there pretty well everyday thats helping us out, she's like half my size but can do way more of the work and weight lol



The Ghost of RubangB on 15 January 2010

If you haven't worked out in a long time, it can take 2-4 days to recover, but once you're fully back in the swing it only takes 1-2 days to recover. I'm really bad at sticking to work-outs and I'm always starting and stopping. It's horrible.

Anyway, whether you're sore or not, there are some things you can do every single day. And that's sit-ups and running, or any other cardio for that matter. Yeah it sucks, but if you work out your heart and lungs every day or every other day, it gets way easier to work out everything else.



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Tyrannical on 15 January 2010
Gilgamesh said:

So I just started at the gym Monday (for the first time in a couple years) and I did mostly upper body work outs, shoulder, chest and bicepts. The next day (Tuesday) I did lower body (very intense work out) pretty well everything but the calves and by the end of that I could hardly walk out of the gym. So Wednesday I was really sore on my upper body and my lower body was just getting sore and I took the day off to recover. So Today (Thursday) I was going to go back to the gym to do some more upper body exercises but when I woke up I was even more sore on my upper body (I cant lift my arms up or move them very much at all) and now my lower body is getting really bad, so bad I can hardly walk.

So I just wanted to know how long it takes to recover (it's now the third day for my upper body and it's worst then ever) because I wanted to go to the gym today but I can't because I can hardly move and tomorrow will be even a little iffy.

Also whats the best way to prevent being so sore the next couple days.

And even though I am sore should I go to the gym anyway or let my muscles completely recover (that may take till the end of the weekened).

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Of course you are going to be sore when you first start exercising. But that will all go away in a few weeks of regular exercise, and it is always the first few days of soreness that is always the worst.



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d21lewis on 15 January 2010

High impact can do more harm than good. Like somebody else said, make sure you warm up and do what you can do safely. You're supposed to sweat. You're supposed to be sore (If I'm not sore then I don't think I really worked out). You're not supposed to give yourself tennis elbow or pull a tendon. If your muscles are sore, fight through the pain and you'll actually nullify the soreness. If your bones/joints are hurting then you've done something wrong. Take some time to recover.