After my first Convict Conditioning workout I felt good. I'd worked hard, broken a sweat, was a lil trembly but able to function. The next day I was sore, and the day after that I was in agony! I searched this problem and found that it's called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness and it has a bit of a history.
In the past DOMS was thought to be caused by lactic acid getting stuck in the muscles and taking days to leach back out. But this is been disproved over and over.
About 19 years ago I did an aerobic class with an incredible lady who told me that muscle soreness was caused by minute tears in the muscle fibres. That was the first reason for it that I heard. The lactic acid reason was the second. The lactic reason made sense to me because often when I exercise that same group of muscles again, it they felt better afterwards. So if I did a leg workout, and was mega sore the next day, a smaller leg workout would help the pain.
It turns out that working that working out the same area can trigger certain responses within the muscle group, which enables the muscles to heal more quickly.
So, from what I can find, if you are sore after a workout, do a gentle workout focusing on that area the next day. I've tested it a few times now and the theory holds up well for me. My research found that exercising the sore area doesn't exacerbate the muscle tears.
In other very important news today, I purchased myself a training journal. So far my training records are on scraps of paper lying around the place in my messy universe. I hadn't planned on buying one, but I saw this in office works today and thought PERFECT!
The weather has been insane here so no kayak love yet. I'll get there dammit! I have continued to workout every day this week with the exception of the day before yesterday which was a targeted rest day. Reason being that I had a huge day at work followed by a meeting with girlfriends who are also in business which went until very late and I was already tired. I have decided that having one to two rest days a week is good. Not directly after each other. I have also done a second Convict workout and geez I love it. I'm sore from it so my workout tonight will be yoga or rebounding. Loving the freedom of not being locked into a program.
Have a happy weekend all! xxx
PS: Learn the difference between regular muscle soreness and an injury. Exercising an injured area is obviously not good. If you're in doubt, seek professional advice. ;)
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