Stretching

I'm a total gym newb. I've only gone twice since I signed up on Monday and I'm dying. I pretty much had to crawl to the gym yesterday by abs and butt were hurting so badly. DH thinks it's because 1. I haven't used those muscles since I've been to gym 5 years ago (which is probably right) and 2. I'm not stretching properly. I've been trying to google some stretching exercises but I haven't found anything good. I find a lot of written instructions which is no good for me. I'm a visual person, I need to SEE it to do it. Any sites or recs would be fantastic! TIA!

Re: Stretching

What muscles do you need to stretch? Also what exercises are you doing that are making you so sore? How do you decide what to do at the gym - you may be doing too much too soon.

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Stretching

I think it is because you have not worked out in a while. When you get back into working out, it is important to workout different muscles groups everyday and even then there will still be soreness. I remember in high school the first week of track practice was always brutal and I was sore for the entire week. The next week the soreness was gone.

Now, I never stretch and I am very rarely sore.