First Big Workout - Burning Sensation?!
Question: I just started the gym and worked out for over an hour at a above rate but not too much. Other than being sore until I get used to the routine and get somewhat in better shape, I also feel a strong burning sensation in my legs and shin/calf area. Is it possible to hurt your tendons, muscles if you do too vigorous of a workout and have not worked out in a very long time? I was gong to go every other day anyway but if this still hurts tomorrow I wont be able to make it the entire hour nor want to due to the burning.
What is the burning from and how can I avoid that?
Answers: I just started the gym and worked out for over an hour at a above rate but not too much. Other than being sore until I get used to the routine and get somewhat in better shape, I also feel a strong burning sensation in my legs and shin/calf area. Is it possible to hurt your tendons, muscles if you do too vigorous of a workout and have not worked out in a very long time? I was gong to go every other day anyway but if this still hurts tomorrow I wont be able to make it the entire hour nor want to due to the burning.
What is the burning from and how can I avoid that?
This 'burning' sensation is typical of a bodypart that isn't sufficiently 'capillarised' to circulate enough blood for the required recovery processes.
As you continue to work out regularly, new blood vessels will be constructed, in order to increase the blood supply locally, but until this happens your recovery will be hampered in the affected areas.
A generalised burning sensation should be regarded as a form of 'training ache'. You should work lightly enough to avoid it if possible, and if you do suffere from it, then you should rest the bodypart until it wears off.
Tendon damage will normally be felt as a more intermittent pain, which is suddenly triggered by movement.
Unfortunately, the popular slogan 'no pain, no gain' can encourage people to perform Big Workouts. These are NEVER a good idea, because your body responds much beter to constant, gradual changes. If you haven't worked out for some time, a Big Workout is even more likely to cause problems, with muscle tissue, connective tissue, bone maintenance, circulation (blood and lymph) or neural systems (reflexes, sensory and motor pathways, neurotransmitter chemicals, activity hormones(especially cortisol) and so on.
Although 'hitting the gym hard' can feel very satisfying, you can cause damage that might not be clearly understood for a long time. Please adapt your routine so that you can work with comfortable loads and recover quickly from the work. You should aim to be able to work out every day, even if you are going to leave a 'rest' day between workouts.
'Pushing yourself to the limit' leaves you vulnerable. You always need a 'defensive margin', so that unforseen circumstances do not tip your activity level 'over the edge' and cause unnecessary injury.
that is a good sign, it is probably your muscles reacting to getting a work out for the first time, and give them some time to heal them selves, because that is what a work out is damaging you body and it healing it self and then some. Give them a day or to and work out again. It is a felling you, some times I take a warm shower. But that felling you will diminish as your body gets use to the work out.
take rest braks in between workouts .