Hi everyone, I’m new to working out. I’ve mostly been walking and rowing. On Monday I incorporated body weight strength training, which included squats and lunges. Today is now Wednesday and I’m feeling the pain in my legs. How do I recover from this? Should I stick to my routine or take it easy today? I do warm up/warm down, stretch and eat protein heavy foods btw. I also really want to keep going as it helps my mental health. TIA.
A single study with sample size of 8 can hardly be called a science answer.
According to A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Foam Rolling on Performance and Recovery the results across are sometimes contradictory, with no agreed upon mechanical reason for why it should work and heavily tied to the psychological aspect of it.
It can be effective placebo treatment if you believe in it, but won’t actually treat the DOMS.
@UndercoverUlrikHD @partial_accumen define “treat the DOMS”, rolling absolutely helps, that’s like saying a massage doesn’t relax you. Muscles stiffen up when we best them, and rolling although temporarily relaxes them again, which helps pain. Just because you can’t explain a mechanism doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. There’s no shortage of drugs out there that we still don’t know completely how they work, but we know that they do, doesn’t stop them from being prescribed.