I know this has been problably been brought before but I am new here and haven't seen this post yet. I have been looking up about soreness after a workout. If you do not get sore the next day are you building muscle or is it time to change up the workout. I have read that you still are, and that you are doing no good if you do not have at least some soreness. What do you guys and gals think about this.:confused:

I know this has been problably been brought before but I am new here and haven't seen this post yet. I have been looking up about soreness after a workout. If you do not get sore the next day are you building muscle or is it time to change up the workout. I have read that you still are, and that you are doing no good if you do not have at least some soreness. What do you guys and gals think about this.:confused:

Supposedly, the lack of soreness is not an indication of lack of progress. Stick to more direct measures like size and strength gains.

That said, I generally think soreness is a sure sign that you've taxed the muscles, so I always strive to get it -- but, I've had good gains even when my workouts haven't produced any soreness. So, as long as you are making progress in terms of size and/or strength, I wouldn't worry about it much. If you aren't making progress, then it is time to shake things up a bit.

I hardly ever get sore. It depends on how long you've been on a routine and how well adapted your muscles are.

I know you've said that you haven't seen any posts on the subject recently but a simple search will find hundreds of threads on this exact subject. Here's one: http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=24142

I still get sore after every workout, i only look at it as a guide to where the muscle was hit by certain exercises.
Its not supposed to be an indication of a good workout or that growth has been stimulated, although the muscles that get the most sore on me are my best muscle groups.... go figure:confused:
I wouldn't worry if your not getting sore, worry more about if you are stronger than you were last week, ie: an extra rep or extra weight .

Glenn

This is actually a big topic. What you want to search for is not muscle soreness, the word is DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). Search for that and you'll get tons.

As said before, DOMS do not indicate a good workout or you are building muscle for that fact. It was stated that DOMS is a result of taxing your muscles. That's really all that is. You can still stimulate your muscle for growth without getting DOMS.

I usually never get DOMS, however, man, my last workout. My shoulders have been sore since yesterday. :bang:

-Mimic

I only get sore if I start doing a new exercise...Then I might get sore the first time if the excericise is very different compared to other exercises I do for the same muscle-group.

But if I do the same exercises that I have done for several weeks I never get sore. Some times I feel some fatigue from lactid acid directly after the training. If the training was intense with little rest between sets and excercises. Specielly if it´s mostley higher rep traning(8-15 reps).

I started the Max-OT program this week and so far have completed 2 days of it. Well I did legs yesterday and the DOMS is unbelievable. I've been stretching my legs and although it hurts really bad in the beginning, the pain subsides after a few minutes of gently stretching.

Is stretcing the sore muscles a good or bad idea?