sacbuntchris
Competitive powerlifter, part time CrossFitter, web developer
It will e difficult, but the only sure fire way I’ve found to eliminate DOMS is increasing workout frequency.
Obviously nobody can diagnose injuries based on Lemmy comments. My advice is to find a good physical therapist. I found one who specializes in my sport (powerlifting) and he fixed a nagging injury I’d had for years.
Hot packs might help discomfort but they won’t help heal anything. Warming up is certainly important. Stretching could be important but the hard part is figuring out what you specifically need to stretch, which is where a physical therapist can help.
Those exercises are too important to me to skip so here’s what I do
- Survey the landscape and try to figure out who might be finished the soonest. If someone is warming up, probably not them
- Ask how many sets they have left
- If they have less than two, ask if I can have the rack next
- If more than two, ask someone else
- After doing this, find a spot in eye shot of the rack but not like right next to them staring them down
- Do some warm ups - if squats I’ll do goblet squats or just squats holding a 25lb plate. If bench I’ll warm up with light dumbbell bench or pushups, etce
- Thank that person after they’re done
When forced to make a choice between power or their principles, Reddit moderators are overwhelmingly choosing to abandon the latter.
How does it compare to the /r/fitness wiki?
I’m a competitive powerlifter and have been doing CrossFit once a week or so for cardio.
Kind of! They usually throw together a mixture of activities for time. So the workout might be something like “20 wall balls, 10 dumbbell snatches, then a run around the building” with 1 minute rest in between rounds. They change up the workouts every time, and it’s in a big room where everyone else is doing the workout with loud music. It makes it motivating.
