# After my typical workout, I feel...

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/41 "2014-11-06T18:07:36Z")

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Jittery, tired, and STARVING TO DEATH. Then I fall asleep. Not unpleasant, but I’m another who has never gotten that mythical endorphin rush that is supposed to feel so damn good. I’m proud of myself, and tired in a nice physical way that doesn’t really happen outside of working out because I’m really sedentary, but I never feel awesome or amped up.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/42 "2014-11-06T18:17:29Z")

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I continue to sweat, even after showering, for a good 20 minutes. Then I’m useless for a few hours.

The exercise really takes it out of me. I do it because I feel better _overall_, but right after…not so much.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/43 "2014-11-08T10:12:11Z")

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Typical workout for me is my day (night) at work. A couple of times during a shift, I crawl around underneath, picking up dropped mailpieces. Following this, I stand upright again. Over the course of eight hours, I also walk for several hundred yards within the building.

If I get assigned to perform daily maintenance on a DBCS machine, that includes locking out the equipment and checking with a multimeter that power has been removed. So that means I have to struggle into a set of overalls for PPE. And then out of them again.

So, after a TYPICAL workout, I feel like driving home and going to bed.

I do not deliberately seek out opportunities to exert myself physically, and I have a difficult time imagining a set of circumstances that would find me wanting to.

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**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373/44 "2014-11-08T10:25:56Z")

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I usually feel tired, slightly guilty, with a faint ache in my right forearm.

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