still sore..

[Ordy]

Changing routines etc can do it too (as i found out the otherday )

[ThePman]

DOMS isn't really anything to do with muscle recovery per se.

Recovering from soreness isn't the same thing as recovery in terms of growth.

[Luigi]

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ok auck builder heres why your wrong, this is straight out of flex magazine so you know it MUST be true :wink:

gotta type it all out so mind the typos...

MYTH 1: DONT TRAIN WHEN YOU'RE SORE

PREMISE

The number 1 bb myth seems so logical and has been promulgated so successfully for so long that you may be stunned to find it here and thats presiicely why its in the top spot, if DOMS indicates that your muscle cells are in effect broken down from your previous workout then why would you want to train again while still sore?

SCIENCE

DOMS signifies normal porecesses the muyscles that are involved in muscle recovery and growth , one study found that when subhects followed an exercise session that caused muscle soreness with another exercise session about two days later - WHIL STILL SORE - their cortisol levels were much lower than the first workout and free test was slightly higher . in other words they were in a better anabolic state,

in addition jap researchers induced soreness in the biceps muscles of subjects with heavy negative rep curls and reoeated the exercise two and four days later they found no significant dif in strength ranfe of motion muscle soreness and plasma creatube kinsae(a chemical indicator of muscle damage) between each exercise bout. in other words muscle damage wasnt made worse by the back to back traiining

VERDICT

research shows that you typically need 48 to 72 hours between workouts to fully recover and you can then train the same muscles again. this is REGARDLESS o f whether or not you still feel sore

FALSE

[ThePman]

Here's a research review I wrote on the subject if anybody's interested.

tl;dr version: muscle is "damaged" by a workout in a variety of ways, and not all of that damage equals muscle growth. Sometimes you're just recovering from other stuff, and that actually impairs your ability to workout as often as you should.

[tonyb]

I live in a two storey house and it kills me coming down the stairs after leg day.