# After my typical workout, I feel... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373 "2014-11-02T17:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/1 "2014-11-02T17:09:22Z")
Health hounds-curious as to how you feel after a typical workout. I’ve heard some complain that they feel like utter crud. Me (usually on the stationary bike for 30-60 min.), I typically feel great-just full of energy. I did a 2 hour bike workout 2 weeks ago-with much of it going up simulated hills-and felt like I could have gone another hour. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/2 "2014-11-02T17:57:19Z")
Doing Hatha/Vinyasa yoga or karate, after the workout it sucks that I live on a 3rd floor walkup. All I want to do is go home and park it in front of the computer until bedtime. I usually don’t feel good until midmorning the next day. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/3 "2014-11-02T18:27:39Z")
I usually feel pretty good, smug with the knowledge that I did something great for myself, unless I overdo it in which case I feel like crap. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/4 "2014-11-02T19:28:07Z")
I said pretty good. I’m usually a bit tired, and the odds of being nauseous for a while are about 35%, but I don’t need a nap or anything to recover. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/5 "2014-11-02T19:56:41Z")
Smugness is the predominant feeling I’d say. I ran three miles this am and it was #@!? cold with a blistering headwind. Mind you, coupla thousand people are running the NYC Marathon today in the same weather so you’d think I have nothing to be smug about finishing 5K in a rollicking 39 minutes. But smug I am and smug I shall remain. Physically I was ready for a rest and a cup of coffee, but not crapped out/uncomfortably drained. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/6 "2014-11-03T04:12:31Z")
If it’s a run, I feel alright when I’m done, maybe even a bit more energetic. If it’s lifting, I feel about the same, but usually sleep hard later. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/7 "2014-11-03T04:18:38Z")
I usually feel mentally very good, psyched up and feeling good about myself. Physically I’m wiped out. So, I wasn’t sure which option to pick. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/8 "2014-11-03T05:03:58Z")
I’m not a morning persons. If I workout in the morning I tend to drag all day. Now that I am in my 40s if I run more than about 2 -2.5 miles my legs/hips/knees are sore later. Now that I don’t have to do either of those involuntarily anymore I generally feel good. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/9 "2014-11-03T05:30:16Z")
Aerobics makes me tired (although I recover quickly). Weight work generally makes me feel nice and powerful. Pilates makes me feel like I just had a massage. Dancing makes me happy but I’ve been known to overdo it, to the point that I could barely get up the three steps to the dressing room. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/10 "2014-11-03T07:20:31Z")
Tired, with minor pains and general discomfort. Emotionally, it’s “thank goodness that’s over”. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/11 "2014-11-03T07:41:27Z")
I feel like crap, and am happy it’s over. The next morning I dread going. I go, feel like crap, and am glad it is over. Repeat forever. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/12 "2014-11-03T08:25:15Z")
Sweaty, pleased with myself, and usually hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/13 "2014-11-03T08:59:50Z")
Mentally I feel great, physically I feel absolutely spent and just want to collapse on the sofa. A typical work out for me is a 100km training bike ride or a 30 - 50km race. Even though the training ride isn’t aiming at achieving exhaustion, it involves around 4 hours spent in the sun and is fatiguing. Races are hard or you’re not doing it right (or you’re treating it as training, which is fine.) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/14 "2014-11-03T15:23:19Z")
I picked the “I feet great” choice, but I don’t work out to the point of trashing myself. Just enough for strength gain & heart & lungs pumping good. Then it’s time for a good-sized healthful meal. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/15 "2014-11-03T15:27:36Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I usually feel mentally very good, psyched up and feeling good about myself. Physically I’m wiped out. So, I wasn’t sure which option to pick. This. Mentally great but physically whipped (but not sore/achy) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/16 "2014-11-03T15:28:57Z")
Generally very minor aches and pains and lower energy levels for an hour or so, then I recover and am back to normal so I put “about the same.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/17 "2014-11-03T15:51:12Z")
Tired, hungry, and worried that the laundry won’t get done because I wasted too much time at the gym. Then we go grab some bar food, a glass of wine, a nap, and I say fuck the laundry. I’m probably doing something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Tremblay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/18 "2014-11-03T16:21:17Z")
Depends on the day- some days I have a great workout. Other days, I have a crappy workout (bad run, weight lifting didn’t go as planned) and I feel BLAH! I still keep at it though. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/19 "2014-11-03T16:21:22Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Tired, hungry, and worried that the laundry won’t get done because I wasted too much time at the gym. > > Then we go grab some bar food, a glass of wine, a nap, and I say fuck the laundry. > > I’m probably doing something wrong. Yeah, you should do your laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/20 "2014-11-03T17:01:02Z")
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