Should I go to the gym today even though my body is really soar from yesterdays workout?

[Anonymous]

My whole body is really soar today after my first class of bodypump at the gym yesterday. I want to go to this class as much as possible because I want to increase my endurance and strength and its actually fun and kind of addicting lol.

Should I go anyway? The next class will be today at 5:30pm. I want to really badly.

[BeeNee]

It depends. After a hard workout your body does need time to recover, however, this can be done actively as opposed to not working out at all. If you went hard doing one workout, ease off the next day and either work different body parts, or do a less strenuous workout like a nice walk or a yoga session to help you with active recovery.

There is no point, however, in forcing your body to try and get in a good workout if you quite literally cannot physically move, you are so sore. This means your body most likely has created several micro tears in your muscles that will help them get used to the load you are going to keep putting on them and are no cause for concern. However with any hard core high intensity workout, you really do not need to and should not train that way for more than 3 or max 4 times a week just because of the overall strain it does put on the body.

[Xfitchick]

Bodypump needs some 48h for muscle recovery. So dont do every day. You will have a negative effect

[HulkkSmash]

That's what i was thinking, but I've never heard of bodypump. I thought it was like a yoga class.

I was unsure so i said "if you have to go then go"

[Xfitchick]

@HulkkSmash Bodypump is one of those group sessions where you you exercise with weights. You exercise a ceatain muscle or muscle group for 5 to 6 minutes continuously in different rythms. So the muscle get extremely sore. Good for toning and endurance if you don't want to bulk up, but recovery needed

[Xfitchick]

thanks

[Entruder]

You can still workout even if you're sore, although it might be difficult to go ham like the previous day. You can also go a bit easier today. You said it was your first class yesterday so your body wasn't used to intense things like this and you were bound to get sore after it. You can still workout and from the sounds of it, it looks like you really want to.

[AlphaMale1]

Exercising is very addicting. I learned years ago that when doing any type of aerobic exercise it is a good idea to give the body a break the following day. Your body will still burn calories as if you exercised. However, the muscle mass has more time to repair, tone and build.

[Sara413]

It's important not to over do it. .. even the fittest of the fit need to take rest days. If you're relatively new to this level of fitness routine you should ease into it. If you're that sore the day after I don't think your body is ready to do it again.

[HulkkSmash]

You're supposed to go when you're sore. Unless you're like, "im going to die" sore. Then you should see a doctor.

[Asker]

I can't even lift my arm up over my head, thats why its questionable if I should even go or just rest. It doesn't warrant a doctors vist, its just very uncomforable to move around a lot.

[HulkkSmash]

If you're supposed to go just go, you'll feel better once you start.

[Asker]

Gotcha. Thanks

[JohnDoe3000]

You can go if you work on different muscles than you worked on yesterday, but that's kinda hard if you did bodypump yesterday... You could do cardio (running or cycling) which would be great for your endurance and also burns more calories.

[Asker]

So should I just go on the treadmill instead and skip bodypump?

[JohnDoe3000]

Yes, that would be best.

[Ray-98]

If you burn yourself out then you will stop going entirely. Listen to your body. Rest up (a lot of fitness experts say rest/recovery is just as important as the exercies itself) and then hit it really hard the next time you go.

[jddesign11]

Yes you want to go! Being sore is a good thing. And once you get started in at that class, you'll forget about the pain and you'll be glad you went. That's what pushes me to go each day

[akadatank44]

Yeah once you get the juices flowing you'll be fine.

[Alyssa1111]

no, give it a break for like a day or too. dont push yourself too much.

[Username3568]

Some say rest. Some say it means you need to keep training to make pain go away till it no longer shows up. As in the pain never showing up.

[Username3568]

You supposedly build when your on rest. Just how they say 5% of work is in the gym an 95% is in the kitchen

[dogbert444]

No. It needs time to rest and recover.

[Decentguy]

you can go. but you should eat something healthy.

[tricia103]

*Sore*

[Asker]

I know.