weight set?

hey pure im sure you alreaddy know this but you need to slow down and start lighter. if you hurt so bad you can olny work out one day a week your doing more damage then good. ley your body adjust a while, and warm up then streach properly, after your done streach again and cool down properly.

Originally Posted by: hunter60Love drawing the parrallels between weight lifting and playing guitar. Right on track! :)

Was that an intentional pun? :)

Pure: I agree with you what you said about spending money.

Anyway, did you look at the google link I posted? I read at least one interesting article on running and training with weights. It's worth a look.

Oh i forgot, I was going to come back to that link. which one did you read?

Originally Posted by: BrokenJerahey pure im sure you alreaddy know this but you need to slow down and start lighter. if you hurt so bad you can olny work out one day a week your doing more damage then good. ley your body adjust a while, and warm up then streach properly, after your done streach again and cool down properly.

I always get sore no matter what. so I guess soreness is not a good indicator of overtraining for me..

I remember during track season my legs would just never feel like recovering quick enough.. yea i did the ice baths.. I tried the protein stuff.. and i was stretching out just as much as everybody else if not more.. there wasn't one track meet where I didn't run sore.. Its probably bad that i did.. But it was either run sore or don't run at all.. I asked my coach about it and he didn't have much to say either

and i'm sore as hell right now.. lol.. but i was sore just from running a couple 400s, 200s, and sometimes 100s, almost every weekday.. so i'd probably still be sore if i was squatting only 10 lbs lol

Originally Posted by: pureOh i forgot, I was going to come back to that link. which one did you read?

Um....I can't remember as the link I posted is a bunch of google hits. It was a long article about running and weight training all in text.

Originally Posted by: pureI always get sore no matter what. so I guess soreness is not a good indicator of overtraining for me..

there's "good sore" and bad sore. Good sore is just some achyness from the lactic buildup- make sure you're well hydrated. A good sign of over-training is when you do more poorly, even when you're not pushing yourself to the max. Bad sore, is "I can't walk and everything hurts!" Take a coupla motrin or advil and call me in the morning...

Oh, don't underestimate a good epson salt bath. Or just a hot one. The heat will soothe the muscles, and hopefully you wont spazz up from a tough workout. It may be worth a $15 investment to get one of those electric heating pads where you can put a damp sponge in- it has velcro so you can wrap it around body parts or just lie on it. I have a messed up back, it helps a lot.

well as we were leavin the gym my buddy did say that he worked me a little harder than necessary.. lol _''

We have some epsom salt laying around.. I took a plain ice bath yesterday and it felt good!!.. might try the epsom.

The heating pad sounds good too.. I don't completely understand how the heating and cooling stuff helps recovery but it could help alot with other things, not just weight training so I'll look into getting one.

And i don't believe muscle soreness is caused by lactic acid laying around.. dat might be true for short term, like a couple hours, but for after a day.. I believe the muscle fibers just got tore up so theyre sore and they'll heal up stronger. Am I wrong about that?

And i've been able to walk this whole time.. I just couldn't run or do intense things like going up and down stairs easily- basically why I'm not going to be weight training during track season.. cuz I can't run well while strength training.. I might be able to by now, but i just got up and haven't been on my feet long enough to test it out.

I looked at some of those links and alot of them are basically what I've been told by a coach or some teammates in the past.. which is a good thing i'm sure

about the over training, I probably did do a little too much.. normally I'm nearly finished with recovery by this time. but its all good I'll just go back and do less sets next time