Magnumpd’s BodyBlog

Why in the hell is it whenever I do legs the next 2 days I am so sore that I don’t even want to lift or walk around or do anything?  I stretch before I start lifting.  I have always been the type where it seems no matter how much I stretch my legs they never get loose so I simply do what I can.  But yesterday I did 3 sets of squats, 3 sets of deadlifts, 2 sets of hack squats, regressive leg extensions and also leg curls to failure.  And now my legs are just shot.  I can’t bend over worth a damn to get something off the floor, nor sit down on the damn crapper without supporting with my arms or plopping down.  I know they say "no pain no gain," and I like to live by "It don’t feel good until it hurts."  But this just seems rediculous.

This is why I neglected doing legs for the majority of the last 7 years and just stuck with my upper body.  I can work my chest and arms into the ground and just got a little soreness for the next couple of days, nothing I can’t take with everyday life.  But with legs it slows everything down.

I guess I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice or secrets to cutting down on the afterpains a little when doing legs cause if this keeps up I’ll probably end up falling off of the wagon again.  I don’t want to because I just started doing deadlifts for the first time in my life less than a month ago and I’m already maxing at about 350 pounds right away.  I’m thinking that isn’t too bad.  Anyways, peace out to y’all.