Instant Soreness due to lack of any muscle

It was a sad realization when a thirty something overweight mother of 4 did her first exercise routine in over 3 months.  "I feel sore already.  I'm not sure how that is possible..could be to my total lack of any muscle tone in my hamstrings."  Still, the future fitness model was proud that she was able to overcome the odds which were stacked against her to fit in her first exercise day.  "It was a hard day.  The kids had lots of school work, I had stayed up late doing paperwork the night before.  I took an allergy pill in the afternoon not knowing it would knock me out and force me to my bed so that I wouldn't colapse on my kitchen floor".  After being forced into a drug induced nap during her baby's naptime, it seemed as if she would have to wait until 9:20pm to exercise.  The flabby homeschool mother found the time to get in her exercise after dropping off kids at church.  With a 18 month old joining her in lunges, squats and leg kicks, she got the job done.  "Now on to tomorrow.  I've succeeded my first day, and nothing can stop me now."  What once would have been an easy workout in her youth proved to be just the ticket needed to get a good sweat going.  Day one for this woman is complete.

Associated Press / September 23 2009