Im still really sore from football practice/lifting two days ago all over my body. Should I skip today or just go anyway?

That depends Acyd. How old are you? Have you just started working out or for how long have you been doing it?
If your new to it, I can put some time writing down a good start program for you if you want:) If it is just your muscle that is really sore, just wait a day more and even though they are a bit sore get down there and workout. If you have energy in you now you can also go down there and train some of the musclegroups you didnt trained last time, unless you trained it all ofc.

Fløde

If you have the choice no. You in all likelyhood (although we cant be sure with out a blood and body comp test) your not fully recovered. Theres a great book that covers all of this type of info and is very detailed

http://www.amazon.com/Body-Science-Ques ... pd_sim_b_6

If the guy trained breast and triceps and is still sore in them and not fully recovered there is no reason for him not to train biceps and his back!

Yes there is the body is one complete organism he only has one liver, two kidneys and one immune system to process out all the waste products produce by streeses on the body like training on practice, though according to that book a second training session done twice that week can when done sparingly be benefitial the body reprocess the pyruvate into glucose visave glycogenesis in the the liver but that should be done very sparingly.

actually i did my whole upper body but we ran so much and did conditioning drills that my legs hurt more than my upper body and im 15 and no I havent been working out for a long time

If your only 15, you should start slow with training!

Unless you have some kind of health problem or something your body would have no problem problem getting rid of the waste products - And your liver should be proccssing enough gluvose for you to train every day.

As for the waste products it actually might help if your legs is still very sore. To run a few kilometers in a very slow speed. You will get more blood trew your legs and it will take all the waste products quicker. That being said, it is only if you are not overstressing your body by running that. So if your overweight or some, you should maybe just walk instead.

By the way.. When people start to work out they are really really sore at the start. but that will go away fast. So maybe in a month or so if you are 100% sore now the day after training. In a month you will maybe only be 30% sore after training.
remember to eat very good or take some protein drinks, creatine helps you recover faster by the way.

good reply flode, you a personal trainer? lol. Acyd, Dont worry about it, its just one day off. By the way, if your 15, well done, getting into PUA young is good! I'm 20. I'm getting ready to go sarging now, bring it on!

Just read in the book that i mentioned early that soreness is alot of the time caused by the muscle contrationg or stretvhing over bone so soreness is not always indicative of a "good" workout.

http://www.amazon.com/Body-Science-Ques ... pd_sim_b_5

pages 117-119

That is true.. A lot of people deal with muscle contraction. If you are having a lot of trouble with it - Try to follow these advices and I recon 95% of you will have very little muscle contraction as you used to.

Muscle soreness
Many think that muscle soreness the day after the hard or unaccustomed training is caused by lactic acid, but that is not the case. This condition is called DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) and arises as a result of exertion-induced muscle damage. It is not dangerous and very common, even though it means muscle damage.

There are two types of muscle soreness:
acute and delayed

Acute muscle soreness
Most athletes have experienced lactate build up and feel acute muscle soreness during and immediately after training. The muscle soreness is caused by a buildup of chemical waste products that occur when the muscles get fatigued when working hard on an anaerobic level. To put it simply, you build up lactate and the muscles are not working very effectively.


DOMS gets gradually worse within the first 24-72 hours after the hard or unusual exercise. The soreness disappears step by step in the next 3-7 days. The soreness can occur -regardless of your fitness level- after strenuous, unaccustomed training. The extent of the soreness depends on the intensity of the training, duration, number of repetitions - and highly of the type of training that you had. Eccentric muscle contractions seem to cause the worst DOMS

Prevent DOMS
Fortunately it is possible to prevent - or at least minimise - the soreness, by following some general advice.

1. Build up your training slowly and continuously. Start at a low intensity and high frequency (many bouts). A rule of thumb is that you should not increase your training volume with more than 10% per month. When starting an exercise programme, avoid movements that entail strenuous eccentric muscle action.
2. When participating in endurance training, prioritise cycling, swimming and rowing, where the eccentric movements are at a minimum. The advantage is that you can train harder in the starting phase and recuperate faster with a minimum of muscle soreness. On the opposite, you can reduce running, which contains a lot of eccentric work for the thighs.
3. Vary your training. When you run, use both flat and hilly terrain, as well as different types of surface, like tarmac, gravel and treadmill.
4. Always warm up properly and remember to cool down after training.
5. When doing new strength training exercises, start with low weights and many repetitions (12). Increase the weight slowly in the weeks after.
6. Remember that all unaccustomed training will cause soreness in the beginning, and that this is a sign that your muscles are being used.

You have probably already made up your mind about whether to train or not. In the future, if you experience soreness on a day you would like to train perform a thorough warm-up first. Then, after your warm-up, access the situation. If the soreness in the muscles you plan on using effects the execution of a complete range of motion around the joints incorporated during the movements you plan on doing give yourself another day of rest, or more. World records have been set on sore muscles!