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If you have recently started strength training or are returning to the gym after an extended period, you will most likely get sore the day after you train. Many people take this as a sign of a good workout, but is there any truth to this
idea?
If you are sore after a workout, it's simply a sign that your body is experiencing something new. If you aren't sore, it doesn't mean you didn't train hard enough. Soreness after working out is simply a sign that you did something your body isn't used to. It's not good, or bad, it is what it
is.
If You're Sore The Day After A Workout, It Means It Was A Good Workout, Right?
The internet has been full of memes and pictures about how sore your legs are the day after a heavy leg session. If
some people aren't sore after a workout, it's often taken as a sign of a bad session. But why all the hassle about being sore after a workout?
The question can be answered in simplistic terms, no, being sore the following day isn't always a sign of a good workout. While it may help with the mental aspect of the gym, giving you a feeling of
accomplishment as you struggle to walk to the car after a leg day, being sore is not an indicator of a great workout.
The pain upon waking up is a psychological indicator of a great session, but it's not essential to have a good workout. It may even seem like something is wrong for most beginners when you're sore the next day. Yet, for regular
weight lifters, it's something that they relish.
Why Do You Get Sore After A
Workout?
If you are going to the gym for
the first time or coming back to weight training after an extended break, it's more than likely that for the first while, you will feel sore for a few days after exercise. The main reason behind this is that your body is experiencing something new, you're using muscles that you usually don't, and thus your muscles are simply telling you that something has changed.
Eventually, your body will adapt to weight training, and while you may still wake up from time to time with soreness, it will be nothing like the beginning.
Scientists refer to muscle soreness after a workout as DOMS or Delayed
Onset Muscle Soreness. Initially, it was thought that soreness was caused by an excess of lactic acid that built up during training, but this is now often refuted.
Although DOMS is still not fully understood, it's suggested that it's caused by eccentric muscle action caused during weight lifting. In short, it is a response by your body to the tiny
muscle tears caused during weight lifting.
As we know, tearing down muscles builds them back up bigger and stronger. So, in this sense, a little soreness can be a small indicator that you've worked your muscles sufficiently to the level that they will build themselves back bigger and
stronger.
If you are using soreness as an indicator of progress, there are better ways to gauge this. Measure your progress using a diary, write down the amount of reps or sets you achieved at a certain weight on bench press or squats and slowly increase your personal best on these. This is a much easier and more convenient way to track your
progress.
☑️ Healthy Football Snacks!
I am so excited for the football season!! The main reason I am excited is because I know my 49ers will win the super bowl this
year! Yep, this is our year!
If you are a football fan it can be hard to resist the unhealthy snacks. So today I am going to share a few articles you might enjoy with healthier options!
11 Healthier Football Snacks
17 Healthy Game-Day Snacks
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