Wizzlebiz
Well-Known Member
One last question. We determined you are a mesomorph type body. You dont lose muscle fast and with that I would assume you gain muscle fairly easy?The DOMS are pretty crippling. I smoke all the time when I'm not at work though and it's still regularly unbearable, and the anticipation of how bad it's going to be is one of the biggest things holding me back every time I try to get myself back to working out.
Of course with these insane lockdowns, the gym I was training at last is now permanently closed, so on top of the fear of DOMS I'll have to walk into a new gym and start fresh with the peoples there, which is an act of bravery in itself for most people imo
If the snow is somewhat cleared off the sidewalks in my neighborhood I'll go for a run later today and report back on how I feel tomorrow lmao
Unless you are specifically training for a competition I strongly suggest understanding that you dont need to do a crazy amount of stuff to get or stay in shape, you don't need to lift stupid amounts of weight to gain muscle mass because of your body type.
Your body is telling you your over doing it. Regardless if thats just regular soreness or more serious things. I suggest backing off of the intensity you are training at.
When we look at muscle soreness its micro tears in the muscle fibers. When we over do it those micro tears become much larger more severe and painful tears that take a long time to heal.
Again if your not training for a competition I suggest doing half of what you are doing now and see how that affects you. Slowly increase intensity until you reach a point of slight discomfort and recognize thats probably your upper limit for weekly fitness outside of competition training.
Just because someone can curl 140 lbs or squat 600 lbs doesn't mean they need to or should.