[philosopher]

Sorting Out Soreness
Aside from the pain of muscle injuries such as strains, there are two common kinds of exercise-related muscle soreness. One is acute soreness, which occurs during or immediately after exercise; the other kind is delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), which develops 24-48 hours or longer after exercise.

Acute soreness:
Muscle soreness during and immediately after exercise usually reflects simple fatigue, caused by a build-up of chemical (lactate) waste products during the exercise. it will dissapear after a minute or 2. once the soreness is going away you can continue the exeserzise. if the pain persists than stop with the excersize and take some rest.

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
after a workout you get home and take some rest than after 24 hours youre muscles are starting to hurt a little bit. its a side effect of youre previous training. Its a result of microscopic tearing of the muscle fibers.You may notice muscle stiffness and weakness also swelling may take place in and around a muscle. Such symptoms are a normal response to unusual exertion and are part of an adaptation process that leads to greater strength once the muscles recover. The soreness is generally at its worst within the first 2 days following the activity and subsides over the next few days.

Preventing DOMS:
its hard to prevent doms but they can be reduced by warming up thoroughly before activity, streching before and after the workout and after the activity a cooling down.

Finally:
to have muscle soreness is a good thing but always keep in mind that it is a sign of the body what means rest, the body have to repair itself so it can be better, stronger and faster the next time. dont train youre lats if they are already sore from the previous workout. avoid injuries and listen to youre body

[LoudHoward]

My DOMS can last up to a week. Has anyone else experienced this?

[philosopher]

is youre diet right? stay high in protein they help the body recover. also if youre doing real heavy load and you dont used to it for example if youre rest 3 weeks and than after 3 weeks youre off to the gym and train really hard than it can less for more than a week because youre body isn't used to it.

[StayBig]

Yeah, I've had DOMS for about 6-7 days at the max, and it was after high intensity workouts which I try to avoid now. My chest and triceps always take the longest to recover. Legs second. And back and biceps pain are gone in less than 3 days. Odd.

[MaKaVeLi]

sometimes when I change my routine drastically and up the intensity I can feel sore in any of my muscle groups for up to a week...