Racking up aches and pains is par for the course. If your weighty then even more so, even if this weight is caused by an impressive top half physique. In order to clear your slate in this regard you need to treat yourself right. A lot of gyms these days come with a sauna room, which are pretty heavily used, as well as a cold water plunge pool, which is you know less heavily used.
The idea here is to cause your vascular system to dilate and relax. This increases blood flow to exterior tissue in order to shed heat. While its there the blood is more useful to your muscles, especially the ones located in your lower legs. At the same time you sweat which causes the skin to be cleaned well from the inside out. Things that get deposited on the lower layers of skin are flushed out. There is a metabolic component for those spending 20mins in a sauna like environment as well but that is far less likely to happen at home in the bath.
It's relaxing like a hot bath. In order to get everything excited vascularly again you need to transition to the opposite kind of environment. This cold environment will cause blood supply to concentrate inward quickly taking the blood, and the things it contains, to your organs. The effect of which cleans your muscles out.
So after your 20min relaxing hot bath with candles or whatever. Which you prefrably take in a warm room. You stand up and drain the bath. Cross the room and turn on the shower to full blast and cold. You want thirty seconds ideally and complete immersion. Then I suggest swearing a lot and getting a towel.
I have done this daily in the past and it really works. Simple aches in your thighs, calves and feet go away quickly. Best part is it doesn't cost much at all.
James
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