cad2
11-29-2005, 09:15 AM
The day after a weight lifting session do you have to experience sore muscles in order to have any growth? Sometimes I don't feel anything after? Does it mean it wasn't a good workout
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Naxis
11-29-2005, 12:59 PM
Not at all. Soreness is much more common in the beginning because your body is so unconditioned. Unless you do a particularly greuling workout (aggressive mass building) or become untrained (weeks off) you don't have to be sore to get benefit. It's not a good gauge for how effective a workout was. Since you're not lifting to gain mass, you don't necessarily ever have to be sore again. :)
cad2
11-29-2005, 03:33 PM
I wasn't to sure about that, thanks for clearing it up, I though that mabie I wasn't doing enough. My friend is always pretty sore after her workout and can hardly sit down, she has also had an increase of over an inch in her thighs so she lifts quite a bit different than I do. I just want to be lean not bigger.
Belles150
11-29-2005, 03:57 PM
I get sore the day after a chest workout every time even though I have been doing it for a couple of months with regularity. Should i back off the intensity, change my routine, etc..?
Naxis
11-29-2005, 04:29 PM
How often is your chest workout? Once a week? 3x a week?
SlinkyRobinson
11-29-2005, 08:57 PM
I wasn't to sure about that, thanks for clearing it up, I though that mabie I wasn't doing enough. My friend is always pretty sore after her workout and can hardly sit down, she has also had an increase of over an inch in her thighs so she lifts quite a bit different than I do. I just want to be lean not bigger.
It's quite possible your friend is lifting heavier weights than you are and therefore a) causing more muscle fibres to stretch and tear which will increase the soreness and b) will lead to a larger increase in muscle mass.
For toning you really want to do a lighter weight and more reps (12-15) per set.
As for the soreness, I train with very heavy weights for my size and when i started out I couldn't move the next day, now, although I have increased the weight i lift, i'm barely ever sore the next day but i'm seeing better results than I was before.
It's quite possible your friend is lifting heavier weights than you are and therefore a) causing more muscle fibres to stretch and tear which will increase the soreness and b) will lead to a larger increase in muscle mass.
For toning you really want to do a lighter weight and more reps (12-15) per set.
As for the soreness, I train with very heavy weights for my size and when i started out I couldn't move the next day, now, although I have increased the weight i lift, i'm barely ever sore the next day but i'm seeing better results than I was before.
Belles150
11-29-2005, 10:30 PM
I do chest twice a week, and I do 3 sets of heavy bench and one of light, three sets of dumbell bench press and three sets of flies.