Sore Vs. Tired muscles

On May 22, 9:45 am, Jay <morris.ja....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just started getting into lifting after a very long time away
> and was wondering about sore muscles vs tired muscles. The first week
> that I started working out my muscles were very sore (no surprise)
> however now they are just tired. Am I not working out hard enough or
> is this normal?
>
> Thanks

Sore muscles are from the break down of old beat up muscle by protein
digesting enzymes. If you give your muscles a rest the new muscle
will replace the old. Doing too much volume many times is the cause
of too much soreness.

Tired muscles = tired you! Too many stress hormones being produced
will give you that tired feeling.

Try less volume, more rest, better food & you will see great results.
Take your time, 3 times per week weight training is more than enough.

I've been working out since 1980 and I don't train with weights more
than 3 times per week. I'm doing Yoga 2 times per week to loosen up
what is becoming too tight from the heavy lifting. This month I
deadlifted 485 lbs while weighing 158 lbs from a 3 time per week
workout. If I would have cut back on the volume I would have pulled
more because I hit 490 during a heavy workout the week before.

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On May 23, 10:02 pm, "Hard Bop Drums" <nos... RemoveThis @hardbopdrums.com> wrote:
> I know that I have a URL for
> my drum building business, but I doubt ANYONE in MFW is going to be buying
> drums from me.

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I'm busy fixing up a vintage Hayman and an old Vistalite at the
minute, but your stave shell tubs look pretty good to me!

Stephen
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"Jay" <morris.jay.a DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have just started getting into lifting after a very long time away
> and was wondering about sore muscles vs tired muscles. The first week
> that I started working out my muscles were very sore (no surprise)
> however now they are just tired. Am I not working out hard enough or
> is this normal?
>
> Thanks
>

I'm not qualified to give advice as I'm just getting back into lifting after
a long lay-off as well. However, you could probably attract more help by
posting your routine, as well as your age and general fitness level, so that
more experienced people can get a better feel for your problem. You really
didn't give enough info (No offense).

That said, I'll re-iterate the statements about (1)overtraining/or lack of
(2)rest/(3)nutrition. Most likely some combination of the three. I had a
similar probelm recently that was rectified by more *quality* rest and
better (and more) food.
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