The past week or so, i've been feeling increasingly stiff and achy. It feels like the standard sore muscles from overwork... except for the fact that I haven't been overworking them. If anything i'm underworking my legs; my activity dropped quite a bit a week and a half or so ago when my main reliable student was injured. But now, I get up and mostly just wince and grimace whenver I start moving as I move with my muscles in my legs feeling sore, achy, stiff, and tense. After i've warmed up, it's less uncomfortable, but my output is still quite a bit reduced.

Any ideas what it could be?

If I were you I would do more stretching that you normally do, and try to keep your workout as normal as possible.

You might have some kind of bug or something. That could be part of the soreness.

Or.....it could be that you are getting older....I've noticed that after turning 30, things feel sore for a bit longer.

The past week or so, i've been feeling increasingly stiff and achy. It feels like the standard sore muscles from overwork... except for the fact that I haven't been overworking them. If anything i'm underworking my legs; my activity dropped quite a bit a week and a half or so ago when my main reliable student was injured. But now, I get up and mostly just wince and grimace whenver I start moving as I move with my muscles in my legs feeling sore, achy, stiff, and tense. After i've warmed up, it's less uncomfortable, but my output is still quite a bit reduced.

Any ideas what it could be?

Any number of viruses and bacterial infections can make you increasingly stiff and achy. I'd go have a doc check it out. If you aren't overworking, then there is SOMEthing causing it. Muscles just don't decide "Oh, I'm going to ache today!". There is something not right.

John

Potassium and/or vitamin E deficiency, perhaps? Anytime I neglect these two, soreness and cramps get the best of me.

I'd lean toward a virus also.