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Physical exercise won't be complete without the natural occurrence of muscle discomfort. Oftentimes, the reason why muscle pains develop is because the aching muscles are not used to the amount of stress it has just received. Either that or it has already borne too much stress over a long period of time.
 
In the case of the former, one way to avoid muscle pain is to condition your muscles gradually to take on the aches through regular exercise with a slowly increasing intensity and duration. Combine this with the proper intake of minerals, sugars and salts in your diet. Stay hydrated with water or better yet, any of those commercially available sports drinks (i.e. Gatorade, Rush, Gatorade Propel, Pocari Sweat, to name a few). Sip small quantities during your workout to also slowly replenish your body's supply of energy. This doesn't replace drinking water, which is also essential. You should take in copious amounts before and after exercise.
 
Avoid muscle cramps by taking the right amount of salt in your diet. I love to eat tuyo or dried salted fish the day before an endurance activity. It seemed like a good idea and I can say that I haven't experienced any cramping when I observe this habit. But of course, salts can be obtained from other food sources in a less concentrated form such as bread and cereals, as recommended by Graham McGregor and Hugh Edward de Wardener in their book, Salt, Diet & Health.

 

'One way to avoid muscle pain is to condition your muscles gradually to take on the aches through regular exercise'

 
Too much stress over a long period of time, on the other hand, may involve the build-up of lactic acid. If so, your body needs you to replenish the liquids and salts with the right diet while modifying the intensity of the workout by adopting an interval training session which allows for an alternating of high intensity and low intensity training days, says Miriam Nelson of WebMD. Sometimes, though, active rest is the most appropriate solution for these pains.
 
Pain is a biological fact of life, so you might as well be thankful and enjoy the pleasant soreness of your body earned from a hard workout. Put it this way: Having the sensation of pain means you're still alive! That definitely beats being numb and dead.