My upper legs or the muscle in my legs hurts after squatting?

[Anonymous]

My legs hurts after squatting, was it bad or good? Like does it hurts because the muscle are gaining or something like that. Thanks for your answer guys.

[smokahontas]

That's what you want to feel... PAIN. Means it is working. But if it is really bothering you, take a day or two without exercising. I am assuming that you haven't done squats in a long time? When we start something or start doing again, we tend to be sore because our body is not used to it. After a couple of times, it won't be sore anymore :) That is why I always dreaded the first mile-run of the year back in Junior High/High School.

[aamy811]

You should have some soreness after strength training exercises. When you do strength exercises it's damaging the muscle and then it repairs itself. Totally normal but if it's a sharp pain or you can't move the area then you might have injured yourself

[genericname85]

we have a word for this in german: Muskelkater (muscle-hangover). it´s a definite sign that you worked out hard

in fact it is caused by micro tears in your muscles. scienentists opinions diverge if it´s a "good" or a "bad" thing. some say the healing process causes the muscle to grow, some say it destroys muscle. i think if its not unbearable it´s fine. but you should give your muscles 1-2 days of rest at least.

[BertMacklinFBI]

its obviously good because your legs are sore, meaning you got a good workout.

you tore up your muscles, they will now repair and come back stronger than before, rinse and repeat.

[Asker]

Yay. Thank you. :D

[dricky2011]

if your doing something with any part of your body that you do not normally do then it is going to hurt for a bit, it is normal, it is called exercise

[Mikaychay95]

If they hurt as in they are very sore yes this is definitely a good thing! This is what's supposed to happen when you're progressing. Think of the pain as accomplishment and it hurts less.

[xcassiopeia]

Keep doing what you're doing. Squats are really good and the pain is a good sign though

[Ophidia]

Lactic acid secretion. It should get better soon unless you have successfully pulled an injury!

[Catsforlife123]

It's because your muscles were worked Hun. Trust me, this is good.

[JSmuve]

First time working out?

[Asker]

Yep, that was my first time working out. Haha