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With aching muscles caused by doing different exercise to normal is it better to rest them or exercise them?
They are not really knackered but feel like they weren't properly stretched when cooling down.
If I start exercising them again will they loosen up or tear a muscle?
GENTLE exercise will aid a recovery.
Hows the shoulder(s)?
I found that commuting in by bike a couple of days after a run actually helped considerably, though there was a degree of sobbing on the first hill or two.
As Thomthumb said. The ache is due to lactic acid still in the muscle tissue. Gentle, i.e. aerobic exercise, helps remove it as does a good massage.
And as an ex always used to say to me, a massage doesn't have to end in s*x but it's always nice when it does.
That wasn't a proposition by the way 😯
gentle excercise aid recovery despite what it feels like - if you use a hrm think the polar site has some suggestions on intensity
geetee1972 - think i'd remove the "always" from that sentence
edit - the second one that is
Swim and sauna and feeling a lot better.
Now where is GeeTee's missus?
😉