24th
Aching Muscle - Hindu Squats #2
The main problem I have with the article below is the presumption that the answer to getting rid of muscle pain is to just keep on doing the exercise, in this case hindu squats.
In order to keep developing an exercise you do have to keep doing the exercise, but, when it comes to muscle pain we need to consider recovery techniques. I released a great report on recovery techniques a while back, so I won’t go into the detail again in this post.
What I would like to mention in relation to this particular article is the stretching that should be performed after you have completed an exercise routine. Stretching releases the blood and lactate buildup in the muscles, as well as stretching the muscle fascia. A series of stretching exercises for a good half hour after training will greatly reduce any potential muscle soreness that you may be worried about experiencing.
I’m at a point now with my own training where I rarely experience any soreness at all. Part of that is due to repetition of the exercises, I have been doing them for a long time now and have greatly adapted to the movements. But the main factor is the stretching routine that I perform after EVERY workout. There have been rare times that I have skipped the stretching due to busy work commitments and I have felt soreness the next day.
That, to me, is the only evidence that I need to prove that thorough stretching after a hindu squats workout will greatly relieve any aching muscles.
