Causes of Muscle Soreness - Coursera Science of Exercise

Take the entire Science of Exercise course online at goo.gl/S5wYjx. You will learn more about the human body’s response to exercise, fitness, weight loss, and a healthy lifestyle. There are several factors that cause muscle soreness during and after exercise. In this video Professor Robert Mazzeo from the University of Colorado at Boulder discusses the causes of cramps, spasm, soreness, and stiffness, as well as how to adapt your fitness plan to these factors.

[@Andyc18]

Who's here the day after a heavy gym workout? Yesterday, I did a gym workout for the first time since lockdown began (4 months) and my whole body is on fire today 🤣 went heavy on the squats on the first day back and my quads are sore AF!

[@okidesu4314]

Bloody hell mate! I did mine yesterda , my biceps and triceps burned like hell!

[@teslasmarttech6753]

@@okidesu4314 lol I did a heavy chest and bicep,tricep workout 2 days ago and now my shoulder and chest hurts like hell

[@dynamicflashy]

I can barely lift my arms after my first real session since May.

[@stuny731]

Yup😂

[@Braindead154]

My ass hurts

[@colingomez5934]

Yesterday was "why we get goosebumps" today it's " why do muscles get sore"......I've been waking up with some random ass questions lately. Have a good day y'all 😀👍

[@ellabratsos2882]

😃

[@jocelynruelas1915]

SAME

[@fggaming6258]

Do you feel chest pain when touching it when breathing? shoulder, neck, arm pain and shortness of breath?

[@colemanwalsh7477]

This mans enthusiasm is unmatched by no one and its great lol

[@Mitutumuch]

this is how our great teachers of old guided us through the maw.

[@jw1741]

He has the enthusiasm of a dried snail ya I know what ya mean

[@MMAjsf7]

He got a little hyped at 4:55

[@colemanwalsh7477]

@@MMAjsf7 lmao

[@tellogods8075]

So what you're saying is it's completely matched by everyone ?

[@cupofjoen]

This professor gave us 9 minutes and 35 seconds of solid information and I don't feel wasting my time watching every second of it.

[@mr.irrelevant8826]

I went through a HUGE workout after a month of not going to the gym and i can barely move my arms

[@iwontreplybacklol7481]

Epic fail for you. Betcha didnt even warm up, just threw on a "do you even lift bro" stringer, some tight stretch pants, downed a bunch if ore workout and went for that juicy pump all day long, right fail boi?

[@fggaming6258]

Do you feel chest pain, pain when breathing, and shortness of breath?

[@domochan7598]

@@iwontreplybacklol7481 why u so bothered lol

[@loveyourself954]

@@fggaming6258 yeah.. that's a normal after working out..

[@XVNRX]

@@iwontreplybacklol7481 why you sweating him mf

[@covid1909]

I came here to see if u can work out while muscles are sore but he gave a hole class for free

[@NobleWolf33]

I’ve been doing boot camp exercises and I LOVE this soreness. It feels so good yet so painful

[@simpledudes1966]

IKR

[@HussainjrMalik]

Same, but this time I have to avoid it as I am training for a big football trial

[@axszzzzz]

i ship out to boot camp soon so i’m training for it 😂

[@gameoholic8424]

it’s a good pain!!

[@Coffee_n_Fitness]

I love that kind of pain... That's the beautiful pain.

[@karamjotsingh2600]

But we all love this soreness

[@jojyyn]

its a good kind of soreness

[@seanbullis3364]

not the doms, anything but the doms

[@umbreonamvs9927]

@@seanbullis3364 yes. I can't even take a dump after leg day.

[@fggaming6258]

Do you feel chest pain when touching it and when breathing? shoulder, neck, arm pain and shortness of breath?

[@Cuumerr]

@@fggaming6258 no ur just dying

[@dodgyhodgyo4]

Straight to the point with no time wasted throughout. Thank you for the quality content.

[@HansvanPutten]

After 50 years of cramping muscles and the 3rd day pain issues, finally understand why! Thank You!! Define the problem, then go and solve it! Albeit too late for my youth sports career, definitely helpful in the years to come, my third chapter! Very very helpful!

[@phennexion]

Wow, no wonder we need so much protein and nutrition after big workout days.. your muscle literally need to remove and build new! great video, thank you!

[@victoriacortes7322]

Such an informative and well done video! Thank you so much!

[@pattyprolapse]

Looking for an explanation of this without a baked in grift or product promotion took a long time. Thanks for the clear SCIENTIFIC explanation.

[@yoegyone]

This is the best explanation by far! I never accepted the lactic acid theory. Love the explanation and the phases.

[@timdotson5004]

I've been looking for a good explanation and thank god I've found it

[@tamale4864]

Thank you for such a great and informative video kind sir.

[@Karanh0]

thank you . you explained very well .

[@bradleyneufeld6127]

Fascinating video. Thank you for the high quality content

[@adnanmushtaqbhat]

The muscle soaring pain is the best pain ever 💕

[@jpurquidi3812]

I swear I love it lol

[@vanitahnambatya9793]

I wouldn't call it best but they say that means the exercise is working on burning calories 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@wallyTM]

having light soreness is great, but i got extreme soreness for 2 days after my 1st workout in like 2 years. I couldn't touch my own face without searing pain, my triceps were absolutely destroyed... this is not great at all lmao

[@user-xu3hp3bg8h]

Psycho

[@adnanmushtaqbhat]

@@user-xu3hp3bg8h yoo😁😂

[@simonesolomon-stubbings8988]

You must do more of these videos. Plain talking, understandable and informative; thank you.

[@jaheimcrussell3955]

This video actually explains something but people will find this bored but this actually helps so I’ll give this a prop because it actually makes since

[@jaavi2030]

i just did 100 squats and 50 pushups I am just a 12 year I regret it now, LOL YOU READ IT TILL HERE HAVE A GOOD DAY STILL HERE? GO DO SOMETHING GOOD IN LIFE DONT WASTE YOUR TIME HERE YOU ARE A LEGEND!

[@rogermorales4819]

Watch it at 1.5 speed..

[@Bosssauce11611]

Saw this too late

[@anasabuasabeh2111]

Thank you lol😂

[@rachelga4195]

such a good video so informative and clear, thank you!

[@user-xh9up7zz2k]

Excellent video ! Can’t thank you enough !

[@PraveenSriram]

My whole body is extremely sore after a workout yesterday at the gym after not going to the gym since March 17th, 2020!

[@youtuber08495]

this is some kickass explanation

[@stefanscheepers6737]

very informative and broken down perfectly in language tgat laymen can understand

[@akaunderdog4223]

Very informative, thanks.

[@salciano]

Would have been awesome if he made a lesson on dealing with the recovery of DOMS.

[@Silvah777]

just need to give your body three things 1: Antioxidants to deal with oxidative damage caused by removal of damaged sarcomeres 2: Plenty of macronutrients (protein, fats, and carbs) to repair the damage 3: Keep a healthy immune system so your white blood cells can remove damaged sarcomeres more easily. That would include, but is not limited to, avoiding hydrogenated fats as these have been seen to cause dysfunction in white blood cells.

[@TheVoiTube]

True muscle damage can take week to repair, thou good thing since tendons needs time too to get stronger. Let it repair and hit back gym when done.

[@sofeanoranizah5976]

Nice. Well explained.

[@lablabdog]

Aaah yes the pain I know and love ever since I started working out

[@gamergaming1060]

I love volini and the cool effect

[@adam0.858]

I CANT OPEN MY ARMS MORE THAT 90° ITS BEEN 2 DAYS. HELP😭😭😭😭😭

[@sheikhhilal8256]

Hello. What happened? Are you okay now? I’m asking because right now I’m in the same situation

[@adam0.858]

@@sheikhhilal8256 yeah man I went a bit too hard on the first day of the gym Im ok now It was very bad back then Couldnt even open the fridge But everything will be ok in 3-4 days Then if u trained at least 1-2 times a week Ull never be sore again

[@lollol855]

bro i did one 100 knee push ups and now am sore as hell its been 3 days and i dont think ill be able to workout soon and i cant open my arms more than 90 degrees either

[@adam0.858]

@@lollol855 yh 4 more days and ull be ok😅

[@whhatwut]

I’m in that situation right now as I’m typing

[@gymfreak659]

Thank u so much sir.. ❤❤

[@soda5542]

I went skating for my first time and I did it for two hours and now my butt, thigh, and arms hurt 😞 so that’s why I searched this up

[@gettingnewbread5434]

How

[@soda5542]

🤷‍♀️ idk

[@mightymarshtomphill7531]

@@soda5542 did you stretch before you went skating?

[@soda5542]

@@mightymarshtomphill7531 oops 🤣

[@mightymarshtomphill7531]

@@soda5542 makes sense now😂

[@eric6rock]

It's been a year since i have done rigorous and strenuous activity. And it's been 3 years since the last time i was snowboarding. It will recover just wanted to see why and what happens inside the body.

[@enhygene3505]

You can't outtrain a bad diet... I learned that the hard way training so hard and having poor results. Then I started following the Agoge diet, and I finally started seeing some awesome results.

[@jauzaafaishalahmadpadmadis3846]

the diet part is the most challenging thing for me. i cannot get my hands off chicken skins, chitlins and all that high cholesterol stuff.

[@outroseok]

had my first day at the gym yesterday and I'm so sore it's hard to even get up and sit down, work tomorrow is gonna be HELL. I also used the gym provided tanning bed today so add sunburn into that mix, lol. I targeted my whole body but most of my soreness is in my legs and glutes.

[@thundergun933]

I enjoyed this.

[@LennyTheHopeless]

I get so many foot cramps when I'm in bed. Whether it be when I'm about to sleep, after I wake up from sleeping, or even during sleep, they always happen when I'm laying/sitting down. Pro tip: If yall ever have a foot cramp (and you'll know when you do cause they're painful af). Just stand up. Seriously. The pain will subside so much quicker than if you stay laying or sitting down. My dad taught me that and im never going back to the "trying not to move it" method. F that method, it sux 😂

[@elle9976]

I have Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and I think my muscles react this way when I'm in a flare up. I'm almost unable to walk with my muscles like this. I have lifted weights, climbed mountains and competed in running events when well and can compare how my muscles feel like this but I've only walked upstairs. Does anyone have a video on this? I've read pubmed research but a video like this for ME CFS community. Excellent video thanks. @cuboulder

[@cameronj.8621]

Just did leg day just after one month of not going to the gym. I’m seriously handicapped right now. 😮‍💨

[@somewherenear3003]

I have severe muscle pain after workout and I'm watching this in agony

[@arivasyivaa]

thanks

[@TornadoElle_]

I've never done marshal before but I did yesterday and I can barely walk and I got curious 🤣 (Marshall is helping cars/bikes and people off the track in a race after they crash) usually walk through ankle deep gravel sand to get there and then push a motorbike through it 🥲 so heavy I don't recommend

[@spardarxsv9705]

Been having pain all over my body like if blood doesnt floods. I exercise everyday 2 hours and just yesterday my legs been feeling a burning feeling that's move up to my whole body.

[@tylermacdonald8924]

Not a physician but here a few things I can say, make sure that you are stretching areas that you are working and make sure not to over work muscles because that can actually make building muscle harder. Make sure to keep well hydrated and take some warm showers or baths. And of course get enough sleep.

[@jeffreeepstein1175]

I don't think you're supposed to do 2 hours of intense working out

[@tylermacdonald8924]

And last thing is to give your body the ability to heal because the muscle has to grow. So space out the days that you are working out.

[@jubileethobejane5442]

I enjoy my doms, helps me sleep better.

[@el_piter33]

Played soccer for 90 minutes for the first time this year and my shoulder blades hurt

[@spasatasevski2597]

I don’t exercise, but I have such a soreness and shrinking of my muscles for ears and I’ve been to doctors nothing and I don’t know dog kind of doctor and what to do where to go please can somebody tell me help

[@briancain9486]

Cool!

[@rev3609]

Does the burning leads to muscle growth? that’s all I want to know, like is that saying no pain. no gains. true or not?

[@Rjsessions1]

Not exactly, in the most basic of explanations; when we lift we cause muscles to tear apart. Not majorly, but enough to where we can injest higher amounts of protein to fill in those gaps that we tore. Depending on your goals I would look into particular plans that will shred your muscles in the most effective way for you personally.

[@onepunchman5501]

Working to failure points (at any rep count) is proven the most effective way to build muscle

[@LightningMcDrift]

very helpfull

[@tamale4864]

Here because my quads are sore af after adding sets and weight.

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

Hey mate, I not working out and my legs are so sore. Any ideas cheers

[@khushboorani2629]

After heavy speed running..i feel heat and body pain in whole body..thats why i watched this video..to understand..i amn't going to die😓😓😓

[@poggyhellsing]

Is it okay I did arms the other day and I can't fully extend my arm can I get some advice

[@mayur3060]

What if we increase intensity every workout? Either more weight or reps. I'm experiencing DOMS after every workout by following progressive overload.

[@jubileethobejane5442]

Thought I was the only one experiencing this . I guess it would make sense for DOMS to occur the first couple of sessions if weight and reps are kept constant.

[@partyplace10]

Take a shot everyone he says "muscle"

[@lealoctavio18]

I’ll be dead by the time the video is done

[@luminosity2]

I did what you said because I was bored. I got drunk and shaved my brother’s eyebrows in his sleep. I’m now kicked out of the house 🙂

[@tamale4864]

estrxlla 😂😂😂😂

[@dennisortiz8406]

everytime lol*

[@aquaqueen6542]

Hey... I m unable to climb stairs.. coz my back doesn't support so I have to pull myself hard upward with the help of my hand and with my right leg...I dnt understand why my back doesn't support I never had any injury on back... Even if I bend down to pick up something I feel my back is so tight .. plz tell what to do . Wha is the issue

[@sanjana2339]

Too good

[@aeri.2213]

after almost 4 years of not playing martial arts, the first time I went home from m.a class, my whole body hurts like freaking hell. i need to hold on unto something when climbing up and down thw stares, i couldnt move my arms that much and the muscles at my back hurts when laughing or even sneezing/coughing. during our cool down, i stop whenever i feel pain so maybe thats why my upper body hurts. its been 2 days😭

[@marcomurran5733]

Here cause some bodybuilders lie about how building muscle actually work.

[@gwho]

Obviously, what gives you the most muscle growth is whatever feeds their ego the most.

[@bofetada6841]

what causes pain gramática experiences or repetible motion and tjis leads to lack of blood or space within the muscle.... that's pain I'm one sentence

[@crystalHfff]

I worked out yesterday and it felt so good, so I decided to go hard, and now I'm laying here in bed looking up scientific reason why my body is sore after a workout, lol It feels like I need a cast on my arms 😂

[@pandemoniumglaciers82]

I know I'm weak but I'm here after babysitting my nieces and nephews and carrying and picking them up constantly

[@gwho]

Just don't put them down. Remember, it's the eccentric loading that causes doms

[@umadbro4493]

24-48 hours? i worked out 5 days ago and still have DOMS but it's because i didn't train for 5 months

[@Pamela-rc1kt]

MY HIP LITERALLY ACHES RIGHT NOW I SWEAR I CANT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT GETTING HURT

[@chaosdweller]

Neat thx

[@Midwestern_socialist]

I literally can’t move my arms it hurts alot

[@voids2045]

My legs are so sore I am having a hard time walking 🚶‍♂️and I got work tomorrow morning

[@Astat4]

So who started the whole lactic acid during Doms

[@ronniekillertone]

Here today after starting a job which requires me to lift 1 side of a 350 lbs light pole onto a cart... just to do it again on the other side.... Then repeat all day for 16 an hour..😔🤔

[@spookycrossaint5519]

I did 100 reps for a 8 lb dumbbell and my right arm physically hurts so bad I can barely extend it all the way

[@spookycrossaint5519]

Sorry my left arm but my right arm just feels sore with a little pain

[@gwho]

@@spookycrossaint5519 how dare you get the arm wrong. We are disappointed in you.

[@Gg-wh3vi]

Overworked

[@muskaan2241]

I'm a girl and I just want toned arms and lose flabby skin. I did more reps and lesser weight. I have got sore muscles the next day and I touch my arms and i feel like a strong muscle there. I don't want to grow muscles i just wanted to lose weight in my arms and now I'm worried. 🥺

[@drn316]

4:45

[@oblivion2508]

everyone here after a workout.. I went to a haunted corn maze and fell at the chainsaws so hard my toe still hurts, and i feel sore ASF. 😭

[@seanbullis3364]

first day back at chest in 4 months since our second round of lockdown and it feels like I took a bullet to both pecs xD

[@ember5935]

I jugged for 1km and my feet has been sore for 2 days now

[@pact7836]

🤔that's why after going to Jim ay have mussels pain.

[@sonofpait1310]

This is all well and good, but how do I lower myself onto the toilet?

[@PhiyackYuh]

By lowering yourself. Simple right

[@apinezstats2237]

My arms are stuck at 90 degrees

[@WetPastaa]

DOUDEE IS THIS GUY A REAL CROW OR WHAT

[@user-hf4nv6fb5r]

Soreness in the calves is the worst type of soreness

[@TheAxhol]

You’re not protected from it after getting long onset soreness, people just don’t train hard enough xd

[@user-xu3hp3bg8h]

I feel like cutting off my limbs due to this pain

[@drn316]

1:10

[@jessv449]

sko buffs

[@KafkaMike71]

This guy looks like The Amazing Criswell.

[@texastalk86]

👍

[@rubyskyes686]

He looks familiar 🤔

[@kumatea356]

bro gym class is buggin

[@tkaymdala]

I can't even lift my arms mad

[@jyotiadhikari9544]

I am here because I played yesterday long tennis now my leg arm back thigh hurting so bad

[@nefertitib4313]

I exercise 5x a week and every day I get sore……

[@vionanyambura9440]

I had butt work excrsise today my ass and hips are so sore

[@angel_0.0]

Lol

[@iwontreplybacklol7481]

If you have doms, the worst thing you can do is sit on your ass and complain, you gotta move the muscle and drink lots of water, doesnt take a phD to learn.

[@tylermacdonald8924]

Sir, I'm not sure that the "acid generating metabolites" are to blame. Ketones are turned into pyruvate and the lactic acid makes the burning.

[@tylermacdonald8924]

@@luminosity2 Sorry?

[@samiammunoz6854]

pyruvate and lactic acid is acidic and anaerobic pathways are the “acid generating metabolites” he is talking about

[@djblunac1169]

@@luminosity2 bro why tf you hating

[@lunam7249]

lactic acid = acid... acidosis = to much acid = lower pH+ = burning