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fercircularbuf | 6 months ago

First time I've ever heard that soreness = something wrong. Isn't soreness basically guaranteed to some degree if you've done enough work to actually build strength?

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hatefulmoron|6 months ago

> Isn't soreness basically guaranteed to some degree if you've done enough work to actually build strength?

Not really. If you're eating/sleeping well and training consistently it's completely normal to not feel soreness (that is, excluding the immediate discomfort that rapidly subsides). I can't speak for all forms of exercise, but certainly it's normal when lifting weights, even to failure.

That said, if you're just starting out you will notice a lot of soreness. Many people look back on the early DOMS and wish they could feel that sort of "positive feedback" again.

FredPret|6 months ago

I noticed that two things make my DOMS disappear like magic:

- eating an shocking amount of spinach (works much better than a magnesium pill)

- some sort of light cardio of the affected muscles after lifting

beingfit|6 months ago

It depends. But as GP also said, it can be because one is not exercising (that part of the body) regularly. Anecdotally, I have seen that soreness is not really observed when exercising regularly. Some aches and a little fatigue? Probably. But not really muscle soreness.

ruslan_sure|6 months ago

I suggest reading or listening to Dr. Andy Galpin on this topic.