[Luscious Lou]

I've been lifting for about a year now and all my other friends that lift complain about being sore as normal, however I stopped feeling sore after workouts about 6 months into training(excluding legs, always feel like crap for the next 2 days). I can tell you that I always train til failure every workout. Sorry if this may sound stupid as I'm pretty new to the bodybuilding world.

[Kaboom]

You dont have to be sore to have a good workout.1 its not good to always train to failure IMO but 2 if you did train to failure you would most likely be sore sometimes so i really dont think you are working as hard as you think

[Freak]

Switch up your routine.

[chrispghmuscle]

agree Kaboom

[ZiR RED]

Soreness is not an indicator of growth.

Soreness, or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is due to microtears in the sarcolemma (the membrane of the muscle cell).

DOMS actually reduces insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake by the muscle cell, thus reducing glycogen storage, and slowing muscle growth. Energy must first be dedicated to repairing the sarcolemma before it can be used for hypertrophy.

Should you feel a little stiffness the day following a workout? Absolutely.
Should you be painfully sore for days after? No

DOMS can often be attributed to the recruitment patterns of new muscle fibers following the addition of an alien exercise, which is a sign of poor conditioning. After the second or third session using this exercise you should not experience any significant DOMS as now you are now able to successfully overload the new fibers.

Br

[monkeybiker]

Normally you will get will get sore from doing something you body is not used to. This could be a new exercise or different rep range or your first workout after some time out of the gym. After this your body becomes more used to it and the soreness will be less after your workouts. Also some people get sore more than others but is an individual thing but that doesn't mean they workout harder than you.

Muscle soreness is not a good indictor of how well you worked out. A better indictor is your increases in strength.

[ZackKnight]

if they're not sore and ur still growing, then why u bitchin? haha

[moorey]

Originally Posted by Kaboom

You dont have to be sore to have a good workout.1 its not good to always train to failure IMO but 2 if you did train to failure you would most likely be sore sometimes so i really dont think you are working as hard as you think

agree !

[Luscious Lou]

Originally Posted by Kaboom

You dont have to be sore to have a good workout.1 its not good to always train to failure IMO but 2 if you did train to failure you would most likely be sore sometimes so i really dont think you are working as hard as you think

I honestly am completely gassed at the end of my workouts, i dont see how i could train anymore so i doubt its a question of working hard. I guess I have to switch up my routine, i do change the the order of of the exercises i normally do and i might switch out one exercise for another once every other workout, but my reps always stay in the 8-12 range, could that be a factor?

[MikeNYY420]

Originally Posted by ZiR RED

Soreness is not an indicator of growth.

Soreness, or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is due to microtears in the sarcolemma (the membrane of the muscle cell).

DOMS actually reduces insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake by the muscle cell, thus reducing glycogen storage, and slowing muscle growth. Energy must first be dedicated to repairing the sarcolemma before it can be used for hypertrophy.

Should you feel a little stiffness the day following a workout? Absolutely.
Should you be painfully sore for days after? No

DOMS can often be attributed to the recruitment patterns of new muscle fibers following the addition of an alien exercise, which is a sign of poor conditioning. After the second or third session using this exercise you should not experience any significant DOMS as now you are now able to successfully overload the new fibers.

Br

So you're saying that being sore user actually making progress slower than if your not sore? Sorry if I misinterpreted that.

I'd switch up the rep range you don't want to always be consistant with it maybe do a few sets of 6 or 3. Something like that.

[ZiR RED]

Originally Posted by MikeNYY420

So you're saying that being sore user actually making progress slower than if your not sore? Sorry if I misinterpreted that.

Depending on the extent of the soreness, most certainly.

Br

[<3Frosty]

Mike, lets not just try and read what ZiR says and make a statement. Lets try