How long do you have to lift until your legs aren't sore for 4 days?

quote:

---

Been lifting consistently for about 2 years or so and I'm still miserably sore 3-4 days after a killer leg workout. No other body parts feel this amount of soreness after lifting.

---

Are you doing anything extra to care for your legs after working them out? Unlike everything above them, the legs work all day every day, standing, walking, going up/down stairs/ramps. They don't get the normal rest period the upper body gets when you are sitting at the office or even walking around.

i'm kind of in the same boat but I have started foam rolling 2-3 times a week and stretching. I also know my body well, and realize I can't squat heavy 3 days a week, so I do heavy/light/heavy then have 2 days off so I give my legs more recovery time

quote:

---

Been lifting consistently for about 2 years

---

quote:

---

Is this the cause of 4-5 years of working out once or twice a week and it never being legs

---

So are you working out your legs consistently or not?

I do squats and leg presses 3x a week and while they are a little sore, especially the 2nd day after, it stopped being brutally sore after the first couple of weeks.

Do you take fish oil? I know this is anecdotal but when I am taking a few a day I never get as sore as when I’m not taking them.

stretch after, then get in an ice bath after.

I hit legs every week. As soon as the soreness goes away I hit them.

I hit legs this Tuesday. They’ll probably be sore until Saturday. Sunday or Monday I’ll hit them again. Then the cycle of soreness starts again.

quote:

---

As soon as the soreness goes away I hit them.

---

The soreness would go away quicker if you worked them out more frequently, even when they are sore

When I was a powerlifter, it would take me a full week to not feel any soreness since I also did lots of leg accessory work

Now I'm just sore from my program since I just started lifting again in a long time

I’m at the point to where the soreness and fatigue are gone by the end of the day. I do stretch after more than I used to. That may have made a difference.

It doesn't matter how often I train legs. If I do heavy walking lunges, my arse and inner thighs will be sore as frick for a few days.

quote:

---

I do heavy walking lunges for every leg workout. They’re the best.

---

That's probably why you're always sore (not a bad thing in this case)

I can do high rep atg squats, heavy atg squats, regular lunges whatever, but nothing else makes me sore like the walking lunges.