Hi all!

On Wednesday I did some squats along with my cardio and now my thighs are really sore. I even feel like i'm walking a bit weird. How are you able to workout through the soreness?

Try stretching afterwards a bit more. Every now n then during the day to it really helps. I found that until I built up more muscle my recovery days where ****. I would cry/laugh on stairs while holding into the railing for dear life.. Drink in that feelin in a while it'll be hard to work achieve that "sweet pain " on recovery days :/

If your muscles are really sore (impact your natural movement) go for low impact 'active recovery' workouts. Nothing strenuous, nothing that involves movements that will stress sore muscles or cause compensation injuries.

Walking and swimming are great activities when you're sore, but still want to move.

I'd stay away from static stretching of sore muscles without warming them up first. Dynamic stretching is awesome or static stretching after a good warm up.

I'm a huge fan of foam rollers too. It took me a long time to try it, now I'm hooked!

Definitely second the foam roller suggestion!

Also, I rub stuff like P3 or V..v...what's that stuff called? It starts with a v! Crud. Kind of like A535 anyway. I rub that on sore muscles before and after workouts.

I personally love working out with sore muscles! It feels like I'm rocking it!

Edit to add: I remembered its called Voltaren!

Awesome thanks. you use the foam rollers for stretches or exercise?

If I'm sore from squats I don't do squats the next day, allowing my muscle to recover. I will walk and do an upper body workout.

I too do not do static stretching before a work out. I ease into workouts and warm up but only stretch at the end. I also do yoga sorts of poses at the end of the day before bed as it helps me to get to sleep.

typically i am sore every single day of my life in some part of my body because i am training for a sport. i still go in and with a good warm up, i am able to work out. it's safe and ok.

if i am so sore that i am having a hard time sitting down to pee or go up stairs, then i generally rest until i feel stable while walking and doing activities of daily living. that type of DOMS usually only happens when i haven't been regularly training.

Simply walking is a great exercise to do even if you are still sore. The soreness will subside a little when you start walking Keep up the good work!

If you stretch after workouts, it helps cut the soreness a bit. Some soreness is unavoidable, but I do still walk and stretch when I am sore. Unless of course I am totally immobilized by the soreness, in which case I wait for it to resolve before working that part again. However, there is usually enough strength left in some other part of my body to work that instead. Consider today- I was supposed to start a new routine, but I overworked my glutes over the weekend and that wasn't going to happen. So I just did some upper body stuff instead. Problem solved. Still worked out, still made progress. All is well. By Wednesday, I am sure my butt will have recovered enough to complete the mission.

I have this stick thing that I use to roll on my muscles like a rolling pin before workouts to warm them up, and after workouts to massage out any knots or soreness. The foam rollers are great too, especially for the back.