Student Fitness Journey: Sore Muscles

During your fitness journey you’re always going to run into those after workout pains. These muscle pains from working out are when the muscle fibers are injured during physical activity. The body then sends a message to the immune system to send white blood cells to repair the damage. Don’t be alarm this is a positive reaction for your body and this is when you know your body is changing. This pain you feel 72 hours performing physical activity is called delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS).

There are some trips to relieve this pain a little and to help you to stick with you fitness journey. Your body is not a machine and needs a break to heal the injuries. The best solution for this would be just to rest. This is why a lot of fitness programs have each day focus on different muscle groups. This means that the certain muscle groups have a certain amount of days to repair themselves.

The second method of relieving this pain is the Ice, then Heat trick. Take some ice and put it on the sore area, give it some time and then when you feel ready, warm up the area again. Apply the ice again if your muscles feel uncomfortable.

The last and the most important thing I want to add are to stay motivated. Though you’re in pain, hopefully it’s the good kind of pain where your body is changing. While enduring this pain keep in mind this most famous quote.

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