Maggie's Farm

I always ease into a new exercise. There is no rush and there is no good reason for muscle soreness. I am aware that sometimes pushing yourself can be both beneficial and can cause muscle soreness. Beneficial in terms of short term performance but not in any meaningful long term benefit. I am now 82 and I live with what ever harm I caused my body. My worst injury was excessive zeal doing an different exercise and I know exactly when, 40 years ago, and what I did to cause me to remember it everyday since. My advice to anyone is: warmup, ease into new routines and always listen to your body, i.e. don't push through the pain. Three days to ease into a new routine or heavy lift. Be aware that your major muscles will trick you into overloading smaller weaker muscles. What good is it to have legs like a Japanaese Sumo Wrestler and a back like an accident victim. Just my two cents.