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Still sore 5 days after leg day (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Conman_Signor@lemmy.one to c/fitness@lemmy.world
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Basically, it's been five days and I'm unable to even sit in a chair without a struggle. I didn't go too hard, mainly squats and leg press. I didn't think it would take this long to recover considering I still run 4 times a week. Is it normal to be this sore and what can I do to help it?

I really really want to get back in there and work on my squat form but I can't even get close to parallel right now due to the soreness

Edit* side note I went from an extremely sedentary lifestyle to a very active one about 6 months ago, starting with running but now my legs are paying the price of no strength training. So it may be that I'm just so new to the workouts

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[–] minnix@lemux.minnix.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How long have you been going to the gym?

[–] Conman_Signor@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I've been going for about 4 months but I was only doing speed training on the treadmill, I starting lifting about 3 weeks ago. I try to get 2 days at least of squats but it's getting hard

[–] minnix@lemux.minnix.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At that time frame it is normal

[–] Conman_Signor@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For reference I started lifting with machines first, because injury with the barbells scared the hell out of me, and then one day I was in there alone and finally tried it and it wasn't too bad, I've just got really tight hamstrings

[–] minnix@lemux.minnix.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I can see how it can be intimidating at first, but like you said, it's really not that big of a deal. One trick with tight hamstrings is putting a plate under heel when you squat and as your hamstrings loosen you gradually use lighter plates until you're using none.