Is there any that you can lower the amount of sorness that you get after you work out?

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I find that swimming after a workout helps a lot. A good idea to go to a gym that has a pool if possible....Show more

Yes, graduated aerobic training. When your body is not able to convert sugars to energy during exercise, it begins to build up certain chemicals like lactic acid in the muscles.

Our cells produce energy in two related ways: in the absence of oxygen ("substrate-level") and in the presence of oxygen ("oxidative"). Most of our energy comes from the oxidative process in the presence of oxygen, but some energy is always produced from a process that occurs without oxygen. The two steps are related. Glucose is first broken down in the absence of oxygen ("glycolysis"), yielding a small amount of energy. If the by-product of that breakdown ( a molecule called pyruvate) is not used by the oxidative process, it is modified to a molecule called lactic acid. The most common reason why lactic acid builds up in muscles is because the oxidative process isn't able to keep pace, so pyruvate, and therefore lactic acid, builds up. The muscle cells simply haven't been trained so that they can more efficiently use oxygen.

You can train your cells (short of doping) to make better use of oxygen by gradually building up your athletic stamina. Your cells will become better at converting sugar to energy in the presence of oxygen, and as a result you will feel less sore. But you don't need a scientific explanation to understand what is really common sense, practical advice: start out slowly, and move up gradually in time and intensity. Don't attempt, for example, to run 3 miles after a long period of little or no aerobic exercise. Marathoners always build up to the marathon- to attempt the great length on the first try would be suicidal. But even for people whose goals are not as great, such as jogging a mile or two, you want to start with shorter distance, shorter intensity runs (or bike rides, walks, etc). Then, as you feel more and more comfortable, push it up a little. After a month or two, you will feel that you can go farther and faster with as much effort as you used to go just half the distance....Show more

Warm up before really doing a workout.... then stretch.... then do your workout.

I believe taking warm showers and getting a massage. The more blood flow to your muscles the quicker healing time. Try not to sleep under a running fan. Your muscles will become chilled and tense all night long. You will have cold tight muscles. You want to keep them warm and limber... Gentle stretches only... no over stretching.

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you will get a certain amount of soreness when you first start but as you gain muscle back you tend to not feel this so much. try some yoga to releive stress and excercise at a low pace...Show more

swimming

sauna

dont increase what you're doing until your body gets used to what you're doing now

mineral ice

actually, i always thought that if you felt a little soreness then you knew that what you are doing is doing it's job...it's when you feel a lot that you should be worried...Show more