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[MetalSlimeHunt]

Got back into exercising, which is happy, but it's day three and my muscles are like "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING" and it's hard to stand.

[Yoink]

Well, that just means you're doing it right, doesn't it?
To a point, anyway.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Certainly, it's just a frustrating point when you are wrestling with your subconscious for control over your processes because it has made the logical deduction that your consciousness is trying to work yourself to death and must be stopped. It pretty much always happens whenever I start on a routine.

[kaijyuu]

You might be pushing yourself a little too hard then. Soreness is a good sign to some degree, but it's also a sign you should stop until the soreness goes away.

[hector13]

Isn't the soreness microtears in the muscle tissue?

Your body needs time to repair. Either exercise every second day (or so) or at least avoid working the same groups on consecutive days.

Bear in mind I'm saying this as a non-exerciser, who gets most of his knowledge of anything more complex than basic biology from his veterinary wife.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

You might be pushing yourself a little too hard then. Soreness is a good sign to some degree, but it's also a sign you should stop until the soreness goes away.

No, it isn't. You'll just put yourself into a cycle of start-stop if you do that. Gotta push it to the limit, and I say this as somebody who has accidentally stepped over the line before (albeit only just, and as a result of my own foolishness in pushing it to the limit while very hungry).

[hector13]

Depends on what your exercise goals are.

If you're exercising just to keep fit, no need to go over the top (unless it's marathon/triathlon fitness you're after)

If you're aiming to look like Arnie, you must break yourself.

But like I say, non-exerciser. I foresee any future endeavours on my part in this area being just to maintain health, as opposed to anything else.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

No, you have to break the lines to make any kind of progress. If you want to stay somewhere you can not go over the top.

[Tack]

Good point!
Also one of my friends popped his heart by trying to 'push it to the limit'.
He's dead. But he placed very highly in that triathlon.
... So that's nice.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

That's very unfortunate, but not really applicable to this situation.

[SalmonGod]

The strangest thing about soreness:  the best coping mechanism is actually to exercise more.  Seriously.  Get those muscles moving and working again, and the soreness gets replaced by a pretty nice feeling.  If you just let your muscles rest, they'll be sore all day.  The rough part is forcing yourself to get started, when every sensation is telling you that moving is bad.

[Tack]

Generally if your heart goes, it's due to a pre existing condition or you overdid it well beyond the point of being remotely sensible.
Generally the exercise most people do won't be enough to send you into cardiac arrest.

It's a complicated one. It was sudden cardiac arrest, or SDS (Most popularly known as SIDS).
It can pretty much kill anyone, but it's most well known for killing athletes or fitness freaks, because those people really shouldn't die.

[Tack]

Fortunately not. Modern medicine has advanced, after all.

We know it's a heart attack. We have literally no clue what caused it.
(Except sometimes exercise, and sometimes sleeping)
Don't do either of those things.

[Xantalos]

Generally if your heart goes, it's due to a pre existing condition or you overdid it well beyond the point of being remotely sensible.
Generally the exercise most people do won't be enough to send you into cardiac arrest.

It's a complicated one. It was sudden cardiac arrest, or SDS (Most popularly known as SIDS).
It can pretty much kill anyone, but it's most well known for killing athletes or fitness freaks, because those people really shouldn't die.

SIDS is babies dying in their sleep. 

[Pnx]

Unfortunately what you're describing is actually what something like 25% of the world is like... more or less. It's basically the end result of what happens when your corruption issues run out of control for so long.

I really wish I knew some easy way to change these things.