why does it take >24 hours to “feel” a hard workout?
In: Biology
I’m sure there are lots of good ‘scientific’ explanations here…
This won’t be one of those…
Your body probably assumes that your “big workout” was you running away from, perhaps fighting to the death with, a large predator. It doesn’t want you stopping the fight because you’re a little achy across your shoulders. It’s just.. “HERE, TAKE OXYGEN AND ADRENALIN, MAYBE SOME VITAMIN C.. JUST DON’T FUCKING DIE”.. then, a day or so later, it’s like… “Dude/dudette, don’t ever fucking do that again.. or else.” (soreness)
People will say lactic acid, but that’s false. Lactic acid flushed out of muscles about a minute after doing your exercise.
The correct answer is muscle tears. Basically as you break down muscle during exercise, it heals and builds more muscle.
Exercise physiology is pretty cool stuff
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DOMS, why it happens? No exact reason has been determined yet. It’ll go away after your body adapts to working out.
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