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No soreness??
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Tom Treutlein
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You've adapted to your training, that's all. It's pretty normal. If you don't get sore, don't worry. It's not an indicator of growth or even a good workout. Personally, I like being sore because it makes me feel accomplished. Whether or not it means a thing, I don't care.
Welcome to the boards! I say if youre not getting sore its time to change your routine. More intensity and more volume may very well be the answer. After 9 years of training I make sure I am sore after each session. Soreness is an indicator of growth in my mind. Keep training hard!!
Just because you aren't sore doesnt mean you are not training hard enough. If you are lucky, your body will recover fast enough that you dont get overly sore. However, after a hard workout you should have some point tenderness. More often than not this is the only soreness i get and i train as hard as anyone.
lolJKurz1 said:
you read my mind
i have personally found that i am sore after really good workouts, or at least have tightness and a little tenderness from the muscle being broken down
but i have meet big guys who say they are never sore after training
i think it is part of the mental aspect, soreness really makes many belive that they trained hard
JKurz1
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nah...definately not mental.......sometimes I'm sore, when I feel like I didn't train as hard as I could of...others, I hit 3 or 4 PRs and can't tell I did anything the day before.......I'll tell you what though, Lunges.....walking or parking lot lunges, will get me everytime........2 days later, I cant sit down...........sometimes it's just a matter of a different movement, or hitting a muscle a little differently that shocks it into soreness.....
Soreness may not be completely necessary. All I know is, thats the way Ive trained and gotten the best results. I always strive for that soreness, if I dont feel it, it usually means I had a half-ass workout, which I dont allow to happen anymore. I takes alot for me to get sore in any bodypart, since Im used to a good deal of abuse, so I really have to push it hard to feel it the next days. Ive always used soreness as a gauge of effectiveness. There are lots of theories on soreness. At the very least, this perspective keeps me training very hard all the time.
