Monday, May 30, 2011

About Exercise: How do you handle muscle soreness

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From Paige Waehner, your Guide to Exercise

While I love to expound on the many benefits of exercise, it isn't always happiness and light. In fact, there's a near 100% chance that, if you workout, you'll eventually experience some muscle soreness. Too much soreness can be debilitating, but a little bit should be expected and is sort of like your body's way of saying (or shouting), "Here I am!" There you are, indeed.


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