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Jogging
I always ache the day after jogging.
What am I doing wrong? I am new at
this by the way.
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You are doing nothing wrong by doing something that is good for you! :)
The age old saying is "No Pain, No Gain." It hurts to build muscle and get your body into shape. We suffer a little bit now in order to feel great physically later.
Something you could try before you go to bed after your day spent jogging, is to soak in a nice warm Epsom Salt bath. It really does make those over-taxed muscles feel better.
If you don't have a bath tub, maybe fill your sink or a large dish with warm water and Epsom Salt, soak a towel, then wrap your legs (or the muscles that pain you) and let it set a while. The downfall to that is the wet towel will cool quickly.
Like said by those before me- it helps to do a few stretching excersises beforehand. Also, since you are new to jogging, it may help to warm up after a good stretching by walking a little ways.
Someone who would be of great help to you is Evolution. He is a Certified Fitness Trainer. If you don't hear from him, try posting a question in his inbox to get good tips on stretching and jogging, as well as questions regarding the pain involved after the fact. The link to his column is below:
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its just that your body isnt used to it, and feels its being overworked. Dont worry it will pass eventually. Your not doing anything wrong =]
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you're not doing anythign run. Your body is just not used to it, after a while the soreness will go away.
However, to prevent soreness, take potassium supplements, or bananas after you run. Also try to get in some glutamine, which can be found in whey protein drink. Also remember to stretch your legs throughout the remainder of the day after running. If you do this, you should be a lot less sore the next day, or not sore at all.
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the problem that you might have is that you are not stretching before you run, i used to have this problem but than when i stretched really good for like 10 minutes it quit hurting, also you might want to strecth afterwards, that helps too
hope i helped
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It's because you're just starting to jog, and your body isn't used to it, and/or you're out of shape. After a few days or a week it will go away.
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Like someone said, it's normal. Your body is getting use to the physical movement of jogging. In a few days it'll be better and your body will ache a lot less. Just check to make sure your form is correct, that might be it depending on how you jog.
Good luck and hope this helps.
Response to the feedback comment:
Look at the word form in the sentence and the content of the sentence. Depending on how you jog shows that form relates to the way you jog. Maybe you didn't understand that. But anyway, form means the way you run. An example, the way she runs or her form can cause her an injury. I thought you would have understood what I meant since everyone I know knows what the word form means when related to jogging/running. No offense of course.
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You actually answered your own question. When you first start jogging it's natural to ache because your muscles aren't used to it yet. Give it a few more days and the pain will go away.
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