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Most people that work out do so in pain or with muscle soreness at one point or another. It’s inevitable if you’re lifting hard and heavy that you are going to get muscle soreness. In fact, muscle soreness in the form of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a good thing. It helps to set the stage for muscle repair and growth.
That said, soreness that lingers for so long that it impacts the quality of your subsequent workouts or begins to spreads to your joints and ligaments can be a very bad thing. Most gym related injuries are chronic in nature. Besides the occasional acute injury that occurs from an accident, injuries from working out come from overuse and under recovery.
The decision on whether to keep working out with soreness or injury is a key one as it will either set you back more if done improperly, or help you to begin your recovery. The first recommendation I give is to decrease the weights that you are using so that you can allow the muscles that are supposed to be doing the work actually do their job. Compensation that occurs when an injured joint or sore muscle tries to lift something it isn’t capable of will often aggravate the issue.
If you can lift the weight with good form and without discomfort, then you will definitely want to continue to train to help you build your muscles up to better handle the issue in the future. Over time, your muscles will get stronger and your joint mechanics will be proper to prevent the recurrence of the injury.
If for some reason you cannot lift the weight with proper form, then you are asking for a ride on the cycle of pain. This pain cycle starts with pain from working out. During the lift the person in pain will likely alter their joint mechanics to shift the force away from what’s causing the pain. From here, the intended muscle does less work than it should. This causes a weakness and eventual muscle atrophy. Along with the weakness and compromised strength comes a joint compromise as well. Joints ill equipped to handle the loads wind up getting asked to do too much and they too begin to get injured, further contributing to an already messy situation.
If you want to break the cycle of pain so you can work out at your best, you may need to start exploring safe joint supplements. The ATHLEAN-Rx MECHAN-X joint supplement is an all natural weapon in your training arsenal that can help you relieve your sore muscles and joints when working out to get you seeing your best results from every workout. Stop compromising your lifts and see your true potential by training without pain.
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49 comments
Can you make video for big toe pain? Please!
I've been dealing with plantar fasciitis since November. I am finishing my 1st week on the athlean X program (just did sprintervals, which felt horrible). Are there any supporting muscle exercises you can recommend for this type of injury?
Great video
Both of my wrist hurt so much that I can't even do a normal push-up so I do them on my knuckles and both of my shoulders hurt as well and my knees and my right hip
Muscle soreness should be removed from the title. Great content otherwise.
Hi Jeff. Thanks for your content. Cervical osteoporosis is one of the most spread disease now days. Can you advise how to work for the guys with this problem?
its hard to accept it, but this video made me wanna take a 2 week pause to just not risk advancing my injury and it should help me get motivated again to make gains when am healed
Mobility training is definitely essential! In 9 months of almost daily training I rarely encountered any pain by doing mobility classes twice a week. BTW, I’m 64.
I watched this video searching for a remedy to chronic left palm and finger pain. or just chronic pain from from exercise. I'm 64 years in age and use You Are Your Own Gym method full body workout in limited space without worrying about getting sick at a Gym and losing valuable workout time. Pain is a part of exercise but when the pain becomes chronic it leads to the inability to workout. Forcing other muscles (legs, arms, back, feet ext.) doesn't bother me as much as my hands. When my hands or fingers hurt I can't work out. Even using supplements has it's limit and rest is sometimes needed. Obviously my age is one reason but limiting my exercise routine from 4 Days a week to 4 Days a Month due to Hand pain has become a major problem. I have seen more than one Doctor and they have given me a clean bill of health with a prescription for NSAIDS. when needed. Any advice would be appreciated.
Is it good to Ice elbows, shoulders or wrists that ache from working out. I see professional athletes (especially baseball players) constantly Icing and when I do it it feels like it does help.
6:00 what are not the answer? An……? Couldn't quite get that word… anyone? Thanks in advance 👍
suckssss
I had like a strain on to of my back the muscle on the left like sharp pain when breathing from chin ups going to low I think had week of still hurts little but but back in training now
Hey! Can you let us know if it's ok to lift weights with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
This video is so relevant to me. A must watch for anyone who wants a lifetime of fitness.
I have been training like crazy these past two years and achieved a body I was pretty proud of
Last month I decided to stop, because I had a lot of pain in my lower back, shoulders, knees, neck, pretty much everywhere actually
Fasted and rested and lot, and a lot of inflammation went away
But I am at a point ,here I don't know what is beneficial anymore, I almost don't wanna go back to working out because I feel that it is destroying my body, but at the same time I don't really see myself not working out anymore
Can't take more pain, just can't
Don't know how many old farts you have watching but we need all the help we can gt. But from reading the comments below, I see it's a bigger problem. In the last month I've done many rehab suggestions from you and things are better. It takes time. ;Mayabeyou can give alternative exercises to do that will at least allow us to keep what we have until we're better. Beet most of us would be very satisfied with that. Thanks for all you ,ve done for me.
What to do if your knuckles and finger bones hurt, Please Advise a.s.a.p
THANKS
This guy never gives any solution at all. He just talks talks and talks but never comes to the point.. and never tells us what to do to over come your injuries..
Please address ankle tendonitis in a vid. Thank you!
Can you make a recovery playlist?
Hi
I just started youe Athlean X1 program. I was recuperating from a knee injury us patellar tracking issues. On the first lower body workout i already have the pain back. I did 6 weeks of physiotherapy and x rays and Ultrasound look ok. I have done all the
Excercises they told me to do. But my tracking problem is still there. What can you recommend?
Ac joint fuccccck !!!
How can I workout my back with shoulder pain?
Hey Jeff. Can I still work out my pecs and shoulder if I have AC joint issue and Supraspinatus tendinitis? Appreciate your reply.
Lots of great advice advice for low back but I have constant mid-upper back issues, and ribs that keep popping out and causing pain. Would love advice on strengthening whatever I need to prevent this and also advice on how to train to avoid re-injuring during recovery.
What your name sir
I was a bboy during high school my legs don’t look bad but boy do they feel week somedays.s
Im 16 and i have knee and elbow problems… im on a gym break for now because of that and so far (2 weeks) nothing has gotten better :/ quite the opposite somehow… did i start too soon? I alrdy had my youth growth. I started with the gym at early 15 and im almost 17 now.
I have this hip flexor strain and It hurts to do simple exercises, I don't want my efforts so far to go to waste but at the same time I don't want the hip flexors strain to get more severe cause of working out and never really properly recovering, I don't know what to do, help!!
Ac joint injury 💔😪😪😪😪😪😪
I'm still sore from ATX1 Week 1 Day 3 (leg day).
Today (the next day), I've to run.
It's in the program.
Screw the soreness. I'm running
My hips are killing me. Keeps me from running.
Jeff, I’m 62….if I let chronic plain stop me, I’d never work out….but your videos help me find ways to work around or through pain. Thanks!
Hello sir , i am sharing my story with you , in park i am doing lunges and the next day i feel that my left knee is making a sound like a poping cracking , i ingnore it…but after 2 weeks my knee making more noise than before….and after 3-4 months my right knee also making the same noise …. i searched about it in youtube but did'nt get any solution… always when i bend my leg it sounds 😢 please help ……
Ohhhhh holy mother of god
im so sad i cant trian i cant even hire someone to help , fuck my desperate life 😔😪
Sciatica and lower back pain
The "cycle of pain", that sounds awesome!
I've only trained for about a year and I have a couple issues. My tricep tendon hurts alot. May be from overuse so I took a week off and I did my first workout very carefully looking at my form today and trying to make it 100% pain free and it felt good. I think the problem with a lot of new lifters is they cant completely distinguish muscle pain from joint/tendon pain so they kind of work though it till it gets to bad to train. That's pretty much what happend to me.
Thank you jeff 🙏❤
I have tendinosis and bursitis in my shoulder. Also artrosis in my knees. I'm putting in weight very quickly as I gave up training. What exercises can I do that will burn fat and not compromise my shoulders and knees
Have you tried treating yourself with Weedborn CBD products?
Please help inside the inner left side of the right foot. Occured after the jogging. And I think love jogging. Thanks.
Sprained my knee and was back in the gym a week later
So this video is basically a supplement Ad ?
Just purchased one of your work outs on your site. Today was squat day. I had to learn how to do a front squat cause I have 2 bad shoulders and I could not get my hands on the bar behind my neck.
Inner elbow pain bothering me.
Maybe my form is off? I've been doing cable preacher curls as heavy as I can.
Young Jeff! 🤩