Masseuse

[Ruffdaddy]

Also...in true lifting...there is no such thing as "broke in" and getting out of soreness.

[yellowstang]

Get a foam roller and do it yourself!

[mardyn]

We had a great girl here locally (Canton) that Robin & I both went to about once a month,

She and the other girls at the massage place got into some kinda tiff and our girl was the odd man out.

We're searching for someone new at the moment.

mardyn

[347Mike]

Do deep stretching after and the night of your workouts.

I purchased a foam roller several months ago and have been using it almost every day. Foam roller will have a similar impact on your muscles and will promote myofascia release, the same result you're expecting out of a therapist. I can't say it will be as intense as a strong therapist but if you get a good firm foam roller with notches and points in it, it will be close.

I will foam roll/stretch an hour a night depending on what I work out. I don't necessarily feel a shorter recovery time but I feel much better after it all.

[Ruffdaddy]

Do deep stretching after and the night of your workouts.

I purchased a foam roller several months ago and have been using it almost every day. Foam roller will have a similar impact on your muscles and will promote myofascia release, the same result you're expecting out of a therapist. I can't say it will be as intense as a strong therapist but if you get a good firm foam roller with notches and points in it, it will be close.

I will foam roll/stretch an hour a night depending on what I work out. I don't necessarily feel a shorter recovery time but I feel much better after it all.

Daaaaammn!!! Stretching and rolling for an hour?!?!?

[347Mike]

Daaaaammn!!! Stretching and rolling for an hour?!?!?

Not sure if serious or sarcasm. Let's just say I have a lot of free time these days.

I let it take however long it needs to take. I am not flexible at all.

[Ruffdaddy]

Not sure if serious or sarcasm. Let's just say I have a lot of free time these days.

I let it take however long it needs to take. I am not flexible at all.

I was serious. I actually dont stretch at all...and have never foam rolled. My workouts are generally an hour...couldnt imagine stretching for the same amount of time.

[347Mike]

I was serious. I actually dont stretch at all...and have never foam rolled. My workouts are generally an hour...couldnt imagine stretching for the same amount of time.

I stretch at night while watching TV. It goes quick and doesn't really take you away from your "before bed" time. I definitely don't move my schedule around for it.

I could probably count on one hand how many times I stretched prior to a few months ago. I didn't start stretching hardcore until I found out the benefits of it and that it was the main reason why I couldn't squat beyond parallel comfortably. My body is terribly stiff.

[slow99]

I stretch at night while watching TV. It goes quick and doesn't really take you away from your "before bed" time.

I could probably count on one hand how many times I stretched prior to a few months ago. I didn't start stretching hardcore until I found out the benefits of it and that it was the main reason why I couldn't squat beyond parallel comfortably. My body is terribly stiff.

Dude, where the hell have you been?

[347Mike]

Dude, where the hell have you been?

There is a longer sob story version to this answer but the short answer is, I have been around. I have lurked for a while. Fitness has sort of been my thing, my "mind clearer" for the past 6 months so I felt compelled to respond.

[dsrtuckteezy]

Dude, where the hell have you been?

got hooked on vape

[quikag]

I have a buddy who actually works out pretty hard. Many years ago we were all at dinner with my brother for some bday or something and my buddy walks in, sits down, and is just drinking water and not eating anything. We all ask what's up and he said he just got another deep tissue massage as he had worked out really hard the past few days and described it like the masseuse was pulling his muscles apart, almost tearing them to loosen them up and allow them to heal more quickly.

I thought it sounded crazy, but cool at the same time. I guess it's legit if you have a masseuse who actually knows what they are doing. I've never worked out hard enough to need someone to pull/tear my muscle back apart after some crazy workouts. haha.

[347Mike]

I have a buddy who actually works out pretty hard. Many years ago we were all at dinner with my brother for some bday or something and my buddy walks in, sits down, and is just drinking water and not eating anything. We all ask what's up and he said he just got another deep tissue massage as he had worked out really hard the past few days and described it like the masseuse was pulling his muscles apart, almost tearing them to loosen them up and allow them to heal more quickly.

I thought it sounded crazy, but cool at the same time. I guess it's legit if you have a masseuse who actually knows what they are doing. I've never worked out hard enough to need someone to pull/tear my muscle back apart after some crazy workouts. haha.

It may be worth looking into. You don't have to necessarily work out hard to get the benefits from stretching/massage. You can get tight muscles from sitting at a computer or leaning/slouching. One thing that I learned (at least in my case - may not apply to everyone) is that a lot of the pain I have experienced in certain muscle groups and especially joints are directly related to tight muscles.

[Gasser64]

Justin...please post proof of said midrange BB physique

Cause yeah, that sounds like a REAL good idea!! If I want a bunch of photoshopped pics of me doing everything you guys can think of, I'll start a thread where the OP is just a shitload of pics of me.

Also...in true lifting...there is no such thing as "broke in" and getting out of soreness.

Well the thread's over, so let the arguing begin.

You're just unlucky then. Everyone's different, bruh. With me, I just need to get past a "breaking in" stage, when I first get back into lifting. I passed that about 2 months ago, but felt it was worth mentioning. Those weeks really suck. Some real pain there. Difficult to move. Once that's over, I just get some small soreness, even while steadily increasing in weight.

Now, that's not to say that I can't ever feel any soreness. If I press on the muscles, or if I do something that makes that muscle work pretty hard, I can feel some soreness that's mild at most. That's it. I can beat the shit out of them in the gym and get pretty sore, but from personal experience I find its not actually necessary for muscle growth. Just a steady weight increase. I do what works for me. And it does work, so I'm not changing it.

For example leg day. What I'll try to do, is get 4 sets of 12 on squats. So if I achieve that, I'll do that again next week. Until finally that weight is "easy". Can't ever really call it easy. Then its time to pile on more weight. For me, I usually do increments of 20 lbs. If I was only able to get 3 sets of 12, and 1 set of say 6, or 10, I know its not time to move up in weight yet.

[Stephen]

Has anyone else pitched a tent while getting your upper thighs and legs worked on? It's happened to me a couple times