Raggamuffin wrote:LordRaven wrote:Raggamuffin wrote:drum wrote:Tomorrow i'm giving my cross trainer away
it's being collected early AM, sick of it just sitting there.
I did use it when I first got it and I did lose weight with it but after I lost what I needed to it started gathering dust again
so it's going to a young woman half my age, she needs it more than me.
Ages ago I got some kind of equipment like a cross trainer,
but it made my legs hurt so much that I gave up. That went elsewhere too.
No pain, no gain! They are designed to hurt.
No they're not. My legs hurt afterwards for hours - it wasn't normal.
Exercise shouldn't hurt IMO.
Pardon? The whole idea is to work your muscles and that causes them to get stronger and they will not do so if you simply give up.
You have to push through the pain and it becomes much easier overtime.
Exercise and ATP | HowStuffWorks
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When the cell has excess energy, it stores this energy by forming ATP from ADP and phosphate. ATP is required for the biochemical reactions involved in any muscle contraction. As the work of the muscle increases, more and more ATP gets consumed and must be replaced in order for the muscle …
The pain you speak of is caused by a build of lactic acid in your muscles and it is normal