Muscle pain because of cold weather?
I recently moved over to a much colder part of the country. It was around 6 months ago. I started my work outs almost 4 months ago. The problem is that I suffer from muscle soreness all the time. I have reduced my work out intensity to almost half and I am not lifting any heavy weights. I also do proper warm ups and cool downs but still the soreness happens. Doesn't look like an injury because even the smaller muscles like biceps and triceps get sore within 24 hours of working out and continue to stay like that for 2-3 days.
I have reduced my Protein intake as well. Can that cause the soreness ?
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This isn't and exact match for your question about protein, but post-workout protein appears to reduce muscle soreness: Postexercise protein supplementation improves health and muscle soreness during basic military training in marine recruits
It may follow that a general reduction in protein could be the cause of your symptoms. It would be easier to test than moving to a warmer climate.
According to this site:
lower air temperature causes the air to constrict and result in lower
pressure. The lower air pressure can cause the soft tissue around your
joints to expand in response and it infringes on the joints, which can
cause pain that radiates into the muscles
Cold weather might also cause muscle soreness indirectly. First of all, you're more likely to get sick. With sickness comes fever, and with fever comes inflammation. When it's cold out, you're also less active, and inactivity itself may also cause your muscles to be stiff. You said you've reduced your exercise intensity to about half... are you still exercising 3+ times a week? If not, maybe the lack of exercise is what's causing it. And if your muscles are stiff, they're more likely to be sore when you do exercise (even if you do warm up).
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