Puggy
Member
Hi all,
I usually train my legs on a Monday or Tuesday. Usually this is my quad dominant workout, with my hamstring day coming on Friday or Saturday.
However, I've decided to take up a team sport on Wednesday evenings, my best friend has just started up, so I thought I would tag along.
But here's my dilemma: despite training legs on a Monday I can be sore till Friday. I always get severe leg DOMs, and it doesn't really get better as I keep to routine for months at a time. I eat the right nutrients, do warm down techniques, hot and cold water therapy, deep heat, etc. And it doesn't make a lot of difference to the pain.
Now because I'm now playing soccer on Wednesday evenings, should I place my leg a day before so my leg DOMs is not at its worst and use soccer as active recovery/cardio? Or a day after at risk of being fatigued from soccer?
I usually train my legs on a Monday or Tuesday. Usually this is my quad dominant workout, with my hamstring day coming on Friday or Saturday.
However, I've decided to take up a team sport on Wednesday evenings, my best friend has just started up, so I thought I would tag along.
But here's my dilemma: despite training legs on a Monday I can be sore till Friday. I always get severe leg DOMs, and it doesn't really get better as I keep to routine for months at a time. I eat the right nutrients, do warm down techniques, hot and cold water therapy, deep heat, etc. And it doesn't make a lot of difference to the pain.
Now because I'm now playing soccer on Wednesday evenings, should I place my leg a day before so my leg DOMs is not at its worst and use soccer as active recovery/cardio? Or a day after at risk of being fatigued from soccer?