Also HIGHLY recommend a decent 5-10 min warmup (e.g. bike, treadmill, just jogging a few laps, whatever) and stretch for cool down. It goes A LONG WAY towards working w/ DOMS. Also DOMS tends to hit the DAY AFTER the day after you start -- so, especially for sore legs, its good to keep moving on those following days - the less mobile you are, the more the stiffness sets in. Some light walking cardio on the following days is good just to keep things warm & limber.
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