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not sore anymore???

bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2002/10/28, 09:49 PM i have been weight traing for almost 4 years. now i have switched from strength traing for power lifts and stuff to body building however my only problem is i am no longer sore. i know r body get used to it after a while . i've even gone from working out 4 days a week to 5 days a week ( chest, back, arms,legs, shoulders) 1st time i did it i was a lil sore maybe for 2 or 3 hours after but still i do not get sore anymore. i've shortened my work outs to about an hour to hour and 15mins( i used to work out for 2 hours but i did 2 body parts) i've tried everything from flushing muscles with one excercise to doing 3 or 4 one after another still after the 1st time i do it i no longer get sore??? any idea???
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/10/28, 10:58 PM that is not unusual, I assume you are referring to DOMS(delayed onset muscle soreness). At your advanced training stage you probably won't. Under certain circumstances you may. I haven't gotten sore for years now, sometimes when I do some brand new exercise, I may get a smidgen of soreness the following day. Soreness is not a measure of a good workout at your stage. If you "feel" with each set what you did while taking it to failure, you are doing your utmost workout.
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2002/11/01, 04:53 PM I've been reading recently that soreness actually impedes your recovery, so I wouldn't worry too much.