I’m your classic story of a childhood athlete succumbing to a couch potato lifestyle due to x,y,z reasons. I won’t bore you with the story. I just have one question about getting back into the “grind”.
I’m following an online workout routine and today was a legs workout. Lots of squats, lunges, burpees, etc. All body weight exercises, no free weights incorporated yet.
After 15 jump squats and about 12 walking lunges, my legs started to hurt. Not a dull, sore feeling, but almost a tightening up, cramping feeling. The only time I’ve had that happen before was when I was getting back into lifting and lifted too much too fast.
I was only about 3 minutes into my workout, but quit because I didn’t want to risk pulling something.
I will admit my warm up was only some dynamic movement. Can this pain most likely be chalked up to a non-existent warm-up? I also have very tight muscles, so I’m sure that’s not helping. This definitely wasn’t DOMS because it occurred on the first day of working out, during the workout, and subsided when I stopped.
What do you all think?
Thank you!
I’m following an online workout routine and today was a legs workout. Lots of squats, lunges, burpees, etc. All body weight exercises, no free weights incorporated yet.
After 15 jump squats and about 12 walking lunges, my legs started to hurt. Not a dull, sore feeling, but almost a tightening up, cramping feeling. The only time I’ve had that happen before was when I was getting back into lifting and lifted too much too fast.
I was only about 3 minutes into my workout, but quit because I didn’t want to risk pulling something.
I will admit my warm up was only some dynamic movement. Can this pain most likely be chalked up to a non-existent warm-up? I also have very tight muscles, so I’m sure that’s not helping. This definitely wasn’t DOMS because it occurred on the first day of working out, during the workout, and subsided when I stopped.
What do you all think?
Thank you!
