Next day leg pains.
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.
January 15, 2008 at 2:33 am
try stretching after your workout when your muscles are still warmed up. it allows me to be able to walk the next two days…also, you should look into giving yourself a massage after your leg workouts. its not very relaxing but it can cut recovery time by a ton…cheers
May 7, 2008 at 7:04 am
In between leg workouts try doing other things like lungs, walking, bike riding~ mix it up. That way your legs will become stronger to handle the weights. Also are you taking creatine and protein on a daily basis? Once you do some of this you should see big improvements!!
Good Luck! Lift heavy and PUSH yourself hard!