Basically, it’s been five days and I’m unable to even sit in a chair without a struggle. I didn’t go too hard, mainly squats and leg press. I didn’t think it would take this long to recover considering I still run 4 times a week. Is it normal to be this sore and what can I do to help it?

I really really want to get back in there and work on my squat form but I can’t even get close to parallel right now due to the soreness

Edit* side note I went from an extremely sedentary lifestyle to a very active one about 6 months ago, starting with running but now my legs are paying the price of no strength training. So it may be that I’m just so new to the workouts

  • @cmg@infosec.pub
    1•7 months ago

    You mentioned 6-7h of sleep. I suspect you aren’t getting enough sleep and not stretching enough.

    You said you went from sedentary to active. Do you have off peak weeks? Did you just start leg days? Is it muscle pain or joint pain? Do you stretch?

    Your tendons and joints need time to build up. I suspect you did wide ranges, you’ve not been stretching, and you’ve really put a strain on the muscle ends. Stretch daily and move throw your motions.

    I went through a similar relearning curve going from cycling -> cycling / yoga -> adding weights

    If the stretching activity isn’t there, man the recovery sucks.

    Good for you for doing it! You’ll figure it out!