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2002/08/25, 01:58 AM
Can someone out there help me out with a few questions? What causes the muscle to get the burning sensation? Is it moving the weight fast, not breathing properly, high reps etc? Also, what "exactly" causes the muscles to get sore the day after? I ask because sometimes I get sore, and sometimes I don't. I mix it up, changing my routines and shocking the muscles. It irritates me to kill my bicep with 5 to 8 sets, using drop sets, lifting to failure, and using heavy and light weights. I got a great pump, but the next day my arms weren't sore at all. I want consistency, but sometimes I get sore, sometimes the pump, and sometimes the burn, but I can't seem to figure out what causes each........So can you break it down?
1.What causes soreness?
2 What causes the burn?
3.What causes the pump?
Thanks
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2002/08/26, 02:12 AM
Hmmmmm lol lot of questions there!!! Okey, lets see if I can explain all this.
1 & 2) Well the soreness is the reward from the burn..... When you work out with weights you'll often not get enough oxygen to the muscles fast enough and you'll create lactid acid which will give you the burning sensation. Also you'll create micro trauma to each muscle fiber, tearing them apart and actually hurting yourself, so your muscles will come back stronger and bigger.
Okey, now your muscles need to recover from all that and it takes a little time and you'll feel a little sore.
Now what is the pump?
3) the pump is caused by blood....... Lots of reps with light to moderate weight (that's what the athletes do just before jumping on stage)
Faster blood circulation and more blood, water and oxygen to the hard working muscle.
Okey? Did I explain it good enough?
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- Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.
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2002/08/26, 02:09 PM
Awesome explanation Philia!
RandyP, I found that I only get soreness when first working a new muscle. After a few weeks of lifting, I have almost no soreness after workouts. Although, as Philia said, you ARE tearing muscle tissue when lifting weights, your muscles seem to "get used to" this damage, resulting in much less post-workout soreness. There's no doubt that if you are indeed lifting heavier and heavier weights, you ARE tearing muscle and, subsequently, are rebuilding that muscle bigger and stronger. USE GOOD FORM, and be sure to increase weight as you progress, and there's no way you won't see results. Consider yourself lucky if you aren't sore the next day!
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