why do muscles start to REALLY hurt the following day

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So been being more cautious about my health since I’m in my late twenties and decided to try to exercise some more. Starting out with 25 pushups and 10 burpees (probably not a lot but I felt winded) and after the exercise I felt fine. Then the next day it starts to hurt like something smart. Why though? Shouldn’t the muscles be rested after that point?

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On a fundamental level we don’t know. The things other people mentioned about muscle tears are reasonable theories, but this hasn’t been proven. We know its not related to lactic acid. It might be related to tendon strain

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