Today, my untrained legs have been traumatised by the sudden regime of squats, mountain climbers and lunges I have been putting them through. I literally just have to trust-fall back onto the toilet and hope for the best, because my legs don't have the strength to support the gradual descent. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I started a new workout routine to get fit. After watching a bunch of online videos, I thought I could jump right in. I overdid it on squats and now can’t sit down without grunting like a wounded animal. I’m now having to climb stairs on all fours. FML
Today, I went to the gym for the first time in months. On my way home, my legs gave out halfway up the stairs to my apartment, and I had to awkwardly sit there until I could crawl the rest of the way up. FML
Today, I did a new exercise where you lie flat on your stomach and lift your legs. Despite easily lifting my legs into the air from my back, the muscles needed to do it from the other position are so pathetically weak that I could barely lift my legs a tenth of an inch off the ground. FML
Today, trying to get into shape because I run out of breath after walking more than 30 minutes, I started to hit the gym. Too bad my legs didn’t want to cooperate and decided that it would cause limping-worthy pain for every step I took on the treadmill. FML
Today, I had a great leg workout at the gym. Instead of doing my cool down exercise at the end, I decided I wanted to do something more adventurous, like box jumps on one of those metal stools at the gym. Well, it turns out my body wasn’t ready for that. Now my shin is busted and swollen. This is my second week training. FML
Today, my legs were really sore from working out yesterday, so it hurt going down the stairs at work. To avoid the pain, l ignored how stupid I looked and limped down the staircase. When I finally got to the bottom, I hopped off the last step. And twisted my ankle. FML
Today, I was doing squats at the gym. I caught my reflection in the mirror, got distracted by how awkward I looked, and lost my balance. I fell backward onto a medicine ball, rolled into another person’s legs, and took them down with me. We ended up in a sweaty heap. FML
Today, I went to the gym to do squats. I couldn't even do it without weights on the squatting bar because it hurt too much to rest it on my back and neck. Then my friend who was with me and who is skinny as a rail easily managed it with two 45 pound weights. He claims it's from practice. I guess I’m wimpy. FML
Today, I was exercising my legs by laying on my stomach and lifting a dumbbell between my feet. I sneezed mid-lift and dropped the dumbbell right on my taint. I haven’t looked but I’m pretty sure both my asshole and cooch are bruised. I’m walking like John Wayne. FML
Today, after the longest time, I went to the gym. I ran and ran and ran on the treadmill for an eternity, beating myself up for getting so overweight. Then I tripped and fell off, sweating and sobbing for being so useless. When I looked up, I saw I'd been on the machine for barely 2 minutes. FML
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leagacysgirl 19
It gets better. Keep up the good work!
dacoovinator88 7
Once you get to the point where you can work them out then through what you did already but very lightly. Like do less reps, no weight, but just do something to lightly work them. It will really help with soreness.
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Comments (67)
jcash52426 5
Drink more mike but also don't over work yourself.
malait 23
Pretty safe to say most people who have ever worked out have made that mistake at some point, if it makes you feel any better haha
will968 15
Grab hold of something then
readingrachel 9
You forgot to stretch
Bearsmomma 30
Not necessarily. I stretched before my first spin class, but got so into it I didn't realize how hard I'd pushed myself until I got to the parking lot and nearly face planted when I stepped off the curb. I was fine in class, then I had ZERO control over my legs. I stretched before and after.
SnugSlug 12
YDI for skipping leg day!
humorousname 10
Don't forget to stretch first for really intense workouts, and always ALWAYS build up slowly, never just run right into it or you'll **** yourself up permanently, be careful
sarcasmwins 24
This is exactly what I'm going through, I feel your pain!
RavenFeathers 15
don't forget to stretch after every workout and take in adequate amounts of protein each day.
Cathrin 26
Minor YDI for going for it all at once. You're supposed to gradually increase the intensity of your exercises, not go for the major stuff right away, especially if you don't usually exercise to begin with as "untrained" implied to me. I still voted YLS instead of YDI because you didn't deserve such an unpleasant aftermath, but consider it a lesson learned. Good luck with future workouts!
Catdragon 40
I understand this. I added squats to my exercise routine. I struggled using the toilet because I just had to fall onto it. Getting back up was even harder. You're supposed to work your way up instead of start at a high amount.