Hi everyone, I’m new to working out. I’ve mostly been walking and rowing. On Monday I incorporated body weight strength training, which included squats and lunges. Today is now Wednesday and I’m feeling the pain in my legs. How do I recover from this? Should I stick to my routine or take it easy today? I do warm up/warm down, stretch and eat protein heavy foods btw. I also really want to keep going as it helps my mental health. TIA.
It’s quite typical when you’re just starting out and do more work than you’re body is used to. It should get better time, the worst thing to do would be to stop moving.
Take it light(er), but keep training and your body will adapt to the workload. There is really no need to start at 100% when starting to workout after a long period of not training, ease into it.
Warm up/down will have no effect on the DOMS though, and eating healthy and sleeping well will only make your DOMS worse as your body’s immune system will have a stronger response to your muscle disruption (which is a good thing).
