Today was day 6 in my transformation. Yesterday I started doing some bodyweight exercises (squats, pushups and crunches) and today I am SORE. I’m not looking forward to tomorrow because of DOMS. DOMS simply means Delayed Onset Muscles Soreness and usually sets in at its worst 48 hours after exercise. Not everybody experiences DOMS but I tend to be in the unlucky category of people who do. This means that I have to have a strategy to overcome the pain.
Pushing Through. This seems simplistic, but one strategy I have is to push through the pain and just keep going. It’s difficult because even sitting and getting up from sitting is very difficult. But this is a part of growth…pushing through the pain.
Taking Drugs. Another option is to take Advil or Ibuprophen. I don’t like to do this because I don’t want to be dependant on drugs to be well. I’d rather just stretch and work out the soreness.
Visualization. Again, I keep coming back to visualization as a method to push through an obstacle. It’s probably because I’ve just discovered the scientific research on visualization but I really like the possibilities it offers. Take the pain, see the end result and overcome! Sounds like a recipe for success!