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overtrain
i always wanted to ask this: if i over trained and muscle hurts the next day should i continue to train or should i rest and do nothing?
What are you talking about, soreness as in DOMS, or something that feels like a stabbing, shooting, or sharp prickly type pain?
If it's DOMS, you might be overtraining, but then again you might not. Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness is a sign of a good workout, but if you're overtraining or going stale, as it's also referred to sometimes, you might experience some of the following.
Increased Lethargy.
Disrupted sleep patterns.
Weight lifting ability decreases quite markedly. N.B. It should be mentioned though that occasionally doing a workout, and getting one less rep on an exercise, probably doesn't qualify, especially if you get it back next time, so don't automatically assume if that happens, it's a definite precursor to going stale, but if you're getting a few lb's of lost lifting ability, over the course of 3-4 weeks, and you know you're eating's been steady, you're probably going stale, as opposed to Catabolising muscle through shoddy eating as well.
You may also find if you're overtraining, and get common signs of being ill during that time, symptoms may be more pronounced than usual, which would indicate that increasing staleness is affecting the Immune system.
Going stale may also have affects on the Central Nervous system. The Central nervous system is made up of two main cell types, which each make up about 50% of CNS cell content.
Electrical conductors called Neurons, that help to relay signals from the Brain throughout the body.
Glial Cells, that don't conduct such stimulus, but do support Neurons, feed and oxygenate them, and clean up dead cells and other things present in the CNS, that don't need to be there. So they act kind of like mothers or housewives in a sense, for Neurons, and you probably would be over stimulating the Neurons if you are going stale.
This might possibly affect other normal muscle functions, if you affect the relay of electrical Brain stimulii.
You may also possibly get decreased appetite, when you're going stale too, so lack of hunger could be a sign.
So if you think you're overworking yourself, either take some time off, or train for another couple of sessions, and see what happens, regards the above possible outcomes. I would think within 1 week of starting to overtrain, you'd experience at least one of those.
If on the other hand the pain feels like
A: a shooting pain. It kind of jumps in a sense, or feels like it's travelling.
B: A sharp pain, like the muscle is being cut perhaps.
C: a stabbing pain, where you feel like the muscle is being poked with a pointy thing
Then you need to respect that feeling and try doing some of the following.
Rest.
Ice if needs be, to control any heat that may gather at the pain site, and aggravate it.
Keep the muscle not too active, just minimal stuff like walking, (if it's a Leg strain / injury), and if it's a Leg, try to elevate the Leg slightly, with something like a cushion, to reduce stress on it, and if it's an upper body muscle, remember to adopt correct posture when seated, to avoid straining the painful area.
You may also find Ibuprofen or Ketoprofen Gels may assist in your recovery, but of course they can have allergic responses for some, so do be aware of that.
You might also find heat pads / wraps, beneficial for injured / strained muscles.
Also another possibility is a product called Quercetin.
Quercetin is found in things like Apples, Red Onions and Red Peppers, but also in supplemental form. It is an anti-inflammatory, and an Anti-histamine, which makes it useful, especially for allergy sufferers and Arthritis sufferers too, but it might assist with a muscle recovery system, should you feel any painful muscle responses resulting from workouts.
Note that injuries don't necessarily stem from going stale, though going stale or overtraining, might possibly contribute to them.
If it's DOMS, you might be overtraining, but then again you might not. Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness is a sign of a good workout, but if you're overtraining or going stale, as it's also referred to sometimes, you might experience some of the following.
Increased Lethargy.
Disrupted sleep patterns.
Weight lifting ability decreases quite markedly. N.B. It should be mentioned though that occasionally doing a workout, and getting one less rep on an exercise, probably doesn't qualify, especially if you get it back next time, so don't automatically assume if that happens, it's a definite precursor to going stale, but if you're getting a few lb's of lost lifting ability, over the course of 3-4 weeks, and you know you're eating's been steady, you're probably going stale, as opposed to Catabolising muscle through shoddy eating as well.
You may also find if you're overtraining, and get common signs of being ill during that time, symptoms may be more pronounced than usual, which would indicate that increasing staleness is affecting the Immune system.
Going stale may also have affects on the Central Nervous system. The Central nervous system is made up of two main cell types, which each make up about 50% of CNS cell content.
Electrical conductors called Neurons, that help to relay signals from the Brain throughout the body.
Glial Cells, that don't conduct such stimulus, but do support Neurons, feed and oxygenate them, and clean up dead cells and other things present in the CNS, that don't need to be there. So they act kind of like mothers or housewives in a sense, for Neurons, and you probably would be over stimulating the Neurons if you are going stale.
This might possibly affect other normal muscle functions, if you affect the relay of electrical Brain stimulii.
You may also possibly get decreased appetite, when you're going stale too, so lack of hunger could be a sign.
So if you think you're overworking yourself, either take some time off, or train for another couple of sessions, and see what happens, regards the above possible outcomes. I would think within 1 week of starting to overtrain, you'd experience at least one of those.
If on the other hand the pain feels like
A: a shooting pain. It kind of jumps in a sense, or feels like it's travelling.
B: A sharp pain, like the muscle is being cut perhaps.
C: a stabbing pain, where you feel like the muscle is being poked with a pointy thing
Then you need to respect that feeling and try doing some of the following.
Rest.
Ice if needs be, to control any heat that may gather at the pain site, and aggravate it.
Keep the muscle not too active, just minimal stuff like walking, (if it's a Leg strain / injury), and if it's a Leg, try to elevate the Leg slightly, with something like a cushion, to reduce stress on it, and if it's an upper body muscle, remember to adopt correct posture when seated, to avoid straining the painful area.
You may also find Ibuprofen or Ketoprofen Gels may assist in your recovery, but of course they can have allergic responses for some, so do be aware of that.
You might also find heat pads / wraps, beneficial for injured / strained muscles.
Also another possibility is a product called Quercetin.
Quercetin is found in things like Apples, Red Onions and Red Peppers, but also in supplemental form. It is an anti-inflammatory, and an Anti-histamine, which makes it useful, especially for allergy sufferers and Arthritis sufferers too, but it might assist with a muscle recovery system, should you feel any painful muscle responses resulting from workouts.
Note that injuries don't necessarily stem from going stale, though going stale or overtraining, might possibly contribute to them.
you don't overtrain in one session, that's just soreness and it's best to train the next day although a lower intensity to flush out the lactic acid still in the muscles
overtraining occurs over weeks or months depending on your tolerance and is basically when your body shuts down and your continually tired, can't sleep, can't train, no energy and you'll more than likely get pretty sick too from a lack of immune system
overtraining occurs over weeks or months depending on your tolerance and is basically when your body shuts down and your continually tired, can't sleep, can't train, no energy and you'll more than likely get pretty sick too from a lack of immune system