Cardio exercise with DOMS

[pbirkett]

At the moment, I am going to the gym to do weights, and my intention is the following day to do cardio, however, today, like many a day, I've skipped cardio because I am quite literally seizing up!

I've never really known for sure whether doing cardio such as jogging or swimming was recommended when you're aching from a weights session; I've always been told not to over-train.

What do you think?

[rocksteadyeddie]

Do you ease up a bit if you stick with it? Try low/no impact stuff like the bike, x-trainer, or swimming.

[996 sps]

Train, it will encourage venous return and will in turn get rid of the waste products your body has produced. Even the bike will do if quads/hamstrings are to painful to run.

[Gargamel]

1. You may be doing slightly too much with the weights session. If you just starting out some soreness is normal, but otherwise it is a sign of pushing a little to far

OR you simply aren't stretching down properly, spend longer on your stretches and do a proper cool down.

Keep warm and loose through the rest of the day post training, drink more water this will help remove the lactic acids.

Do go and do the cardio workout but warm up gradually, Some of the workout you do is tearing tiny muscle fibres which then re grow bigger and stronger. So don't push them too hard to soon. A longish warm up is essential. Take one day a week of completely and every forth week have a much lighter training week.

[Digger]

Yes does sound like over-training and/or overly heavy weights. DOMS should only affect those starting out or returning to exercise or adding a new exercise. Have you tried doing your cardio straight after your weights rather than on a separate day? Admittedly it's probably more beneficial for me as I can't/won't go heavy on the weights due to suspect knees and shoulders back etc etc . . .hmmm . . . sounds like I'm overtraining too

Edit: warming up for 10-15mins is essential but on the subject of warming down, I actually find it detrimental as by the time I have cooled down for 5 minutes stretching is less effective and the muscles have tightened up so I find it more beneficial to go straight from cardio to stretching. Any thoughts on this?

Edited by Digger on Wednesday 2nd December 16:34

[pbirkett]

Well the main reason for being sore was because I've not been very consistent of late in my routine, first time doing weights for 3 weeks. A session of deadlifts, squats, benches, shoulder presses and pull downs and I've been aching for the past 2 days.

I did still go out for a run today. I've neglected cardio of late too, and I've been wheezing like a good un after that.

[996 sps]

Gargamel said:

1. You may be doing slightly too much with the weights session. If you just starting out some soreness is normal, but otherwise it is a sign of pushing a little to far

OR you simply aren't stretching down properly, spend longer on your stretches and do a proper cool down.

Keep warm and loose through the rest of the day post training, drink more water this will help remove the lactic acids.

Do go and do the cardio workout but warm up gradually, Some of the workout you do is tearing tiny muscle fibres which then re grow bigger and stronger. So don't push them too hard to soon. A longish warm up is essential. Take one day a week of completely and every forth week have a much lighter training week.

OP sounds fine, just some DOMS from the eccentric phase of the workkout during weights. Get some cardio done and man up.