Exercise: should you be sore? Feel the burn?

[Wahine]

Hi Goldfinch.

Congratulations on getting yourself moving!!

As for the burn. How much people will feel after a workout (or during for that matter) is highly variable. What V. said about the important part being that you are improving, is totally true.

I coach, do personal training and I work as a Physical Therapist. It is unusual to have a client that doesn't feel much when you are pushing them to the edge of their ability, but it's not unheard of. I have had a few clients that I *know* without a doubt that I had them working their abs like crazy to the point of fatigue and they never felt anything. No matter how many times I kept asking them.

So you could just be one of those people. Just focus on what you can do and how you're improving for your feedback.

I hope that helps.

[marni]

my rides and workouts usually leave me fatigued, feeling like my muscles and lungs have been worked, but after a short break I feel energized and can do more. The occasions when I have prolonged soreness or DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) it is either because my trainer has suddenly popped the level up, or because something is amiss with my nutrition or hydration. I tend to lose potassium unless I eat my daily banana.

Still the biggest criterion should be feeling able to do another workout and to alternate rest work , baby steps are good.

marni