Many of my new online and studio clients often ask if they will be sore from their workout the next day.
I or another studio team member let them know that whenever you change programs, it is typical to be slightly sore the next day.
After all, there has been some muscle breakdown.
We actually need this to occur so that we can rebuild the muscles stronger and shapelier than before.
What we run into, though, is the myth that you should be sore after every workout in order to get results...
Not only is this completely false, but it is very damaging to your body.
Some people come from a bootcamp-style workout mentality and believe that unless they're in pain, short of breath, exhausted, or near their breaking point that they're not getting a great workout.
To me that seems counterintuitive.
Aren't we trying to create a healthier, leaner, and more energetic body? Fortunately, the research backs me up and proves that excess cortisol created from too hard of a workout program (multiple weeks of soreness and fatigue) is bad for your health.
Not only does it lower your immune system function, deplete your adrenal glands, and leave your exhausted, but it actually causes you to gain weight.
That's right - overtraining leads to excessive muscle tissue breakdown and slows down your metabolism.
Apparently too much of a good thing, isn't such a good thing after all.
But then again, if you insist on sacrificing form for more weight or to keep up with a friend, you can't blame anyone but yourself.
Don't get me wrong - your workouts must be intense and you should be sweating...
but there's a point where you cross the line.
Is resistance training a must for you if you want to speed up their metabolism and lose weight? Absolutely.
Just be smart about it and pick a program that works for you and you'll likely be writing your own success story in just a few short weeks.