When you head out for your first fast-paced run in ages, you might expect to experience a few not-so-pleasant physical side effects: Beads of sweat falling into your eyes, quivering leg muscles, or maybe even a feeling that you can’t catch your breath. One that’s probably not on the list? Seriously itchy legs.
"Just like everything else, if you go from one extreme to the other, it's not good for your body," says Eleázar. "So trying to expose it to a certain amount of stress but giving it time to recover is the best way to get through it."