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My calf feels hard after running. What happened?
This is a normal exercise overload, which leads to anaerobic metabolism of muscles and accumulation of lactic acid, thus making muscles feel stiff, so don't worry.

1, massage is the best way. Massage and stretching muscles after exercise can help you feel comfortable with lactic acid.

2. Taking a warm bath can effectively promote blood flow and is also one of the good ways to release lactic acid.

3, adequate sleep is conducive to the recovery of physical fatigue. If you don't get enough sleep, even if you don't exercise vigorously, your body will feel very tired. This is the reason.

4. Eating more vegetables is beneficial to lactic acid metabolism, and eating more meat is not conducive to lactic acid metabolism. Just add more starch and protein to the diet than before, such as eating one more egg and drinking one more glass of milk with sugar every day.

Extended data

Lactic acid is a kind of exercise regulator in human body. When you exercise vigorously, fat is broken down into calories and lactic acid (so fat people are more likely to produce lactic acid), which will stimulate nerves and cause feelings of pain and fatigue.

Lactic acid is also a protective measure of the body, because too intense or persistent strenuous exercise will strain muscles and damage the body function, so under high-intensity exercise, the body will correspondingly inhibit people's activity ability, making people feel tired and extraordinary pain, so as to prevent too intense exercise from causing harm to the body.

Lactic acid has a negative effect on exercise, but it also has its good side. Lactic acid can be decomposed during exercise, and a large amount of lactic acid can stimulate blood vessels and connective tissue to swell (so you will feel that the calf will become hard and thick after running or skipping rope), and the swelling will make the muscles stronger, accelerate blood circulation, and enable the blood to transport oxygen faster (so the leg muscles of professional cyclists are soft, not as hard as stones, because such muscles will perform well).

After a few hours of exercise, even if it is forbidden, the body will secrete a lot of lactic acid, so it is even worse to rest immediately after exercise, because lactic acid will accumulate in that part of muscle tissue with the decrease of blood circulation speed, causing the increase of fatigue, so it is best to stop exercising for a short time before rest.

The body will still secrete lactic acid the next day after strenuous exercise, so it is necessary to go out for a walk and ride a bike the next day after exercise, because blood circulation and muscle exercise can help the body metabolize lactic acid and make the body feel more relaxed (if you stay at home from the same day to the next day, you will feel more tired).

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: Lactic Acid