Sore is good, right?

[UalreadyKnow 843]

Ok, so I bought a jump rope because I WAS amazing at jumping rope when I was younger. And have found that as I've aged my coordination seems to have abandoned me.. it's coming back (I think) but let's just say my jumping rope consists of a lot of "f" bombs and sweating, boy am I a sweaty, bouncy, hot mess. Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed outdoing my 15yr old athletic son after I got back into the swing of things.

I skipped bouncing around yesterday and walked at a pretty normal pace, but did 3 miles while my son was training at baseball. (I'm secretly determined to be as fit as he is) and immediately felt sore afterwards.

My question is, was it the walking or the skipping rope that has made my entire body hurt sooo good? It's a good kind of sore, but I'm talking 'bout abs, booty, shoulders, EVERYTHING hurts!! Going to alternate days doing these and see if I can tone up. Has anyone tried jump roping again? And did you see results? XoXo

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[James Marusek 5,244]

Exercising can make your body sore. Feel the burn. Jumping rope exercises not only the leg muscles but also the arms and shoulders, so it could affect almost your entire body. Walking is a good exercise. I think hill walking (or walking up and down stairs) is better because you are exercising two sets of muscles in your legs. I am not big into running. Too much stress on the cartilage in the knee joints. I am 67 years old and I have no pain in my knees joints and I attribute this to not running. Both my younger sisters have already had knee joint replacements.

[erp 2,016]

It's DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) from the jump rope.

[summerset 5,265]

If it's the muscles hurting it's ok (DOMS was already mentioned), if there is a kind of pain or "soreness" in the tendons or joints, you might want to back off a little bit.

[UalreadyKnow 843]

So I rested yesterday, my right calf is the worst. My obliques are sore but a good kind of sore. Soo, what's good for DOMS? Rest??? Or do I work through the soreness?

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[erp 2,016]

Stretching helps to release the lactic acid build up. Given that you took yesterday off, depending on how you feel you can take another day or go lighter today.

[summerset 5,265]

Light exercise or stretching is good.

[UalreadyKnow 843]

I also took yesterday off, I'm going again tonight!! Thanks for the help! I'll do a good stretch sesh before jump roping.

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