Trying to decide - poll

Health and Recovery
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I worked out hard yesterday and am sore today. But I had extra calories yesterday and I probably need to burn more calories today. Should I workout?

  • Yes
  • No

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Maybe you can do something light, like an easy walk, just to flush your muscles out, keep moving, and not get stiff. Or you can workout a different muscle group than yesterday. It’s not good to do a hard workout lifting weights or other strength training two days in a row. Just listen to your body.

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I voted No but it depends. What kind of workout did you do? If it was a full body workout you have to give your muscles time to heal after the work out. If you do work out today, work muscle groups you didn’t use yesterday.

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It might be better to take a small break today @LilyoftheValley
Your body needs rest from time to time also

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That’s a good idea. I did the rowing machine yesterday on the highest resistance and my core is really sore. I suppose I could walk uphill on the treadmill today, and maybe use the elliptical.

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Go easy. Maybe keep it flatter than usual.

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I did rowing machine which is a full body workout, plus I did a thirty minute circuit of all the muscle groups

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I took a weight lifting gym class in high school. Every day of the week we would work a different muscle group. The teacher told us it was important to give each muscle group some time to heal after stressing it. I trust what he said because he was a former Olympian.

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Good advice @Headspark

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Thanks @anon21849028 @Headspark @Pandy @Wave my husband was Mr Michigan. He agrees that I should train muscle groups and rotate which ones. He also agrees you can overtrain.

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Being sore is generally not an obstacle to working out. Unless it’s basically just too painful to bother. But rotate your muscle groups.

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Yes, but work out different areas today, compared to yesterday.

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I would just do stretching today if you’re sore…then you can go back to working out later.

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I did a whole body workout yesterday. If I go, I’m just going to do cardio I decided.

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I put no because I think it’s best that you let your body/muscles heal but if you want to do something light or work out something that is not sore I think that that would be fine too.

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May I ask your age @LilyoftheValley?

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I’m 44 years old @Wave

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Oh that’s young.
Working out shouldn’t be an obstacle

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Thanks! I like being considered young! Lol

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