Quick response, training when sore?

[nutrick]

Well to make it brief and to the point, basketball championship (won) and worked out sunday, played basketball again yesterday, and now i'm really sore, it's 3:15pm, and my boxing is at 4pm, should i let my muscles rest? or should i just tough it out and go. what comes to mind personally is working smart not hard, but i need some second opinions, as i'm trying to alternate between going to the gym to lift weights, and going to the boxing gym to work on my technique. MWF gym, Tues,Thurs Boxing, All help much appreciated thanks

Patrick

[Sharla]

If the session is light and you're only a little sore then go.

Don't do a hard session or an especially long session.

Rest if your muscles are really screaming at you.

I'd say a light workout when only a little sore will help because it will get your circulation going and hopefully encourage faster recovery.

Make sure you get a full night's sleep.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Very Light session.

Perhaps no impact boxing.


Look into Glutamine and Argenine.

[Trainer Monkey]

It depends,if nothing feels close to pulled,go for it,it will break up the sore a bit

[Sharla]

I was thinking about this last night and now I'm thinking maybe it's best to be a bit careful about what you try to train when you're sore.

After a long run a few weeks ago my legs were sore and stiff. I didn't have the usual bounce in my legs when I was getting down out of a truck and I felt something crunch in my ankle. It was a little sore for a few days in certain positions but luckily didn't give me any further problems.

Still I think the risk of injury because you can't control your movements as well as normal is there.

I also remember being suprised when I first returned to boxing training after my knee injury. i could get lower than before because I was running so many kms before I was standing too high without enough bend in my legs because they were sore. I was sore so often I guess I didn't even notice the change in my form.

Plus I'm thinking if you train sore muscles in the same/similar activity as you did to get them sore then you will most likely use a smaller range of motion and be training yourself to reduce your range of motion over time.

I'm thinking things which work your muscles lightly in a completely different range of motion might be beneficial. For example getting on the exerciase bike or stepper or rower when your legs are sore from running.

It still gets them moving and bending in a reasonable range of motion and pumps blood through those sore muscles without the same amount of impact.

Thoughts People?