[flippingmonk]

Just curious but do you have to be sore to know that you got a good workout the day before?

[tim290280]

No.

DOMS has very little to do with progress and muscle development.

[BigBen]

Nope, u do not have to be sore. matter fact its better if your not bc your keeping your body undertrained whichc is what u want, u wanna be border line overtrained, but stay on the understrained side. brings far better growth than overtraining.


Godbless

BEn

[flippingmonk]

right on : ) cause ive been getting less and less sore lol after workouts

[ikzn]

im sore everyday lol

[flippingmonk]

i sorta am lol, i only get sore on certain parts of the body : /

[Most-Muscular-Society]

Originally Posted by flippingmonk

Just curious but do you have to be sore to know that you got a good workout the day before?

It's more important to consider if you are sore before you workout. By far the most neglected/ dangerous practice in Bodybuilding is to train when a person has not recovered.

[flippingmonk]

It's more important to consider if you are sore before you workout. By far the most neglected/ dangerous practice in Bodybuilding is to train when a person has not recovered.

do you mean that like if im sore in my chest can i still train legs? or just wait till i have fully recovered? yea im new to this lol

[MaKaVeLi]

if you experience soreness the next day from a workout and if you train any two days in a row - which is very common, then you're bound to feel sore going into a workout. So, it's fine to workout a bodypart if it's not going to involve (to enough of a degree) your muscle groups which are already sore and recovering. So, yes it's absolutely fine to workout your legs if your chest is sore and vice versa. You just have to ensure that your split accomadates for this - for example ensuring that you don't do Triceps the day before chest (if your tris are always sore the next day)

[johnyt09]

i'm only sore when i switch up my routine or up my weight

[xtweak05]

I rarely get sore, Ill get tender. The only parts recently that really get sore are my Lats, Traps, and Neck. Everything else will be very very slight, but I have no problem with that.

DOMS is different for everybody, you dont have to be sore to reach your goal.

[flippingmonk]

Right on thanks : ) i've just started lifting harder then i have so im pretty sure thats why i am getting sore more often

[Ice]

Originally Posted by xtweak05

DOMS is different for everybody, you dont have to be sore to reach your goal.

Total noob question here, but what is DOMS?

[tim290280]

DOMS= Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness or that ache you feel 24-48 hours after doing something demanding of your muscles.