Does soreness equal growth

[chiefwiggum]

I was reading a comment on shawn rays website that mentioned it doesn't matter if you feel sore or not. The degree of soreness is not a gauge of intensity or growth. I was always under the understanding that the more sore you were the next day, was a reflection of how hard you worked in the gym. Lately, i haven't been sore at all,maybe it's the d-bol but i don't know. Let me know your thoughts on this and whether or not lack of soreness means my workouts are stagnant.

Thanks ladies and gentlemen
wiggum

 

[Rianabol]

Hi Bro!

I dont believe a lot of soreness is a good thing, usually Im not, as I train only for 30mins heavy 5 days per week on and off cycle. Remember roids speed up recovery so you wouldnt expect much soreness anyway. Usually when U hit a muscle from a different angle, then your stretching and contracting differently so that can induce some discomfort next 48 hrs. My advice is train heavy with strict control but dont aim to rip your muscles 9-12 set per body part is sufficient.

R

 

[2Lean]

Soreness doesn't matter - it just means you've hit some new muscle cells. For instance if you only bench for a few weeks and your not getting sore anymore, then switch to DB flys, you will get sore again - it is still your chest but is slightly different cells involved. This is because we are never able to contract every single cell in a given muscle, if we could the muscle would tear off the bone, we can actually only contract 50-75% of the cells at one time (is a protective mechanism). so when you bench you use a given 50% of the muscle then when you do the flys you are still only using 50% but it is a different 50%. As for the soreness itself, we still are not 100% sure of what causes it - there are several theories but none have been proven yet.

 

[nexus7]

Soreness is a mix of several factors : cell damage is one of them but by no means the most prominent one - lactic acid as well as the acumulation of other toxines in the tissues is most probably the biggest factor.

 

[68GT350]

The degree of your workout should be measured by the pump you get at the end and the level of fatigue. If you can continue doing reps after your sets, then you just haven't done enough weight or reps. Push yourself to the limit and you know you had a good lift--sore or not.

 

[chiefwiggum]

The degree of your workout should be measured by the pump you get at the end and the level of fatigue. If you can continue doing reps after your sets, then you just haven't done enough weight or reps. Push yourself to the limit and you know you had a good lift--sore or not.

My buddies and I have this argument all the time, they don't care about the pump whereas I say it's a good measure of intensity. Is the pump an accurate measure of intensity and does it equal growth or just fatigue.

thanks from springfield
wiggum

 

[serge]

soreness=muscle fiber damage