Why do I feel sore the day after I exercise?

Answer 1

I'm no doctor, and I don't know a whole lot about physiology. I do exercise most every day, however.

My understand of things is that, when you exercise, your muscles process nutrients in your blood. This leaves a by-product of lactic acid in the muscle tissue. The way the blood flows, it is slow to come out. The acid literally burns from the inside.

I try to drink lots of water. It feels like there is a certain washing efffect where the extra hydration actually helps to remove the acid from the muscle.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The soreness comes from inflammation of the muscles. If you overexercise or exercise improperly, you can make small tears in the muscle fibers. Various proteins and other material from inside the cell can then leak out. Your body's immune system sees the leaking material and tries to destroy it, creating a mild inflammation, which you feel as next-day soreness. (That's why taking anti-inflammatory drugs, like Advil, helps ease the pain.)

Answer 3

When everyone excirsizes they omit an acid into their muscles that create the burning sorness the day after. The more you do excirsize the less soreness and the less acid you omit into your muscles.

Answer 4

because your muscles are streched out and over night they tighten up