I have always gotten sore exactly two days after a workout. I just joined back to my gym, and had an intense workout on Monday. Today I would’ve made a penguin look like a prima ballerina with how stiff and sore I was/am. Thank deity for hot showers. I’m not looking forward to Friday. 😅
Check out the “repeated bout effect” as well! If you stick with it week after week the DOMs will gradually vanish!
So much so that I’ve had clients ask if something was wrong because they weren’t sore at all, usually after 3 or 4 weeks of a training block. But all is well, soreness is not actually the goal of a workout.
If you take a break though, even a short one (for me it’s literally like 10 days of not training) it kind of “resets” and you get the full soreness again. It’s become a great motivator always sneak some volume in somehow, even on vacations and stuff
Oh wow, I always just thought I hadn’t been working out hard enough when that would happen.
Yeah! It’s actually a pretty major pitfall that I feel like doesn’t get talked about enough. Many people have a tendency to conclude “this isn’t working anymore” when they reach that point, due to the lack of soreness. People often feel inclined to switch up their exercises to reintroduce the soreness.
But it’s a terrible irony, as that is usually the point where you will begin to see really great progress on your program.
The critical thing to ask yourself is whether you are progressing in your lifts. If you added 5lbs or got more reps (without changing your technique), then you’re on the right path
is that why i subconsciously want to sneak a hike or something in whenever i go on vacation? you have explained part of my brain dude
I thought the way to help DOMS was to find SUBS.
For local help with DOMS, search “Doms in my area”
Article really didn’t tell me anything other than it happens.
The best cure for doms is cardio.
Sauce?
That was a nice read, thank you!
my DOMS is usually hand in hand with getting a mild fever, and being unable to sleep for a couple days.
DYEL bro?
