Do you have to get sore everytime?

[gottiwill]

When I first started working out, 2 weeks ago, I got sore for the following 2 days. This happened with EVERY muscle group I worked.

Now, I never get sore, I'm lifting just as much, if not more, I stay alot longer (2-3 hrs) but I don't get that ripped sore feel.

Should I be?

 

[FM 3321]

I don't get as sore as the first time. It looks like that's the way it works. My first week I was so sore in my chest I felt like I was going to die.

 

[legolas]

DO NOT equate sore with ripped!!! Sore means there's lactic acid in the muscles (and some other things) This is not a good thing.

 

[I-tallionStallion]

First two weeks I've noticed I'm pretty sore after I comeback from a week off. After that I still get a little sore.

Just make sure you are working hard dude. You don't have to be in extreme pain everytime after you lift.

 

[Being_the_Don]

When I first started working out, 2 weeks ago, I got sore for the following 2 days. This happened with EVERY muscle group I worked.

Now, I never get sore, I'm lifting just as much, if not more, I stay alot longer (2-3 hrs) but I don't get that ripped sore feel.

Should I be?

You shouldn't be working out more than 1 hour per gym session. Otherwise you risk burning out your CNS and your muscles won't be able to repair themselves; weight training involves tearing muscle tissue which is then repaired thereby increasing the strength of the muscle fibers.

 

[Smack]

When I first started working out, 2 weeks ago, I got sore for the following 2 days. This happened with EVERY muscle group I worked.

Now, I never get sore, I'm lifting just as much, if not more, I stay alot longer (2-3 hrs) but I don't get that ripped sore feel.

Should I be?

Muscle soreness is not an indicator of growth. When I first started, I got really sore. When I try something new, I also get really sore. But once I'm used to it, I don't get sore.

What matters is whether you're growing or not.

 

[MrS]

No.
Low reps won't make you sore after the first few weeks.
New stimulus will do the same.

 

[gottiwill]

First two weeks I've noticed I'm pretty sore after I comeback from a week off. After that I still get a little sore.

Just make sure you are working hard dude. You don't have to be in extreme pain everytime after you lift.

I love that feeling.

You shouldn't be working out more than 1 hour per gym session. Otherwise you risk burning out your CNS and your muscles won't be able to repair themselves; weight training involves tearing muscle tissue which is then repaired thereby increasing the strength of the muscle fibers.

I don't work the same muscle group for more than an hour.
I work the **** out of my abs & I rest quite a bit in between sets. (is that good?)

 

[FM 3321]

Muscle soreness is not an indicator of growth. When I first started, I got really sore. When I try something new, I also get really sore. But once I'm used to it, I don't get sore.

What matters is whether you're growing or not.

Yeah I did a change up on my back routine and now my back is a little sore.

 

[Throttle]

You shouldn't be working out more than 1 hour per gym session. Otherwise you risk burning out your CNS and your muscles won't be able to repair themselves; weight training involves tearing muscle tissue which is then repaired thereby increasing the strength of the muscle fibers.

tell that to the guys here who lift big numbers. there's no single time limit on how long a session should go. it depends on your routine, how many sets, how much & what kind of warming up, rest periods, and whether or not you're taking in nutrition mid-workout.

 

[The Bat]

Are you lifting more and/or doing more reps/sets than before? If yes, then don't worry about getting sore. If no, then don't worry about getting sore.

Oh wait, if you said no, then you need to kick things up a notch. Overload progression is the real key to strength gains and mass growth. Being sore has lot to do with metabolism and muscle physiology than it has with lifting heavy.

Bottom line: As long as you're progressing (i.e. higher weights, more reps, more sets, etc.), don't worry about getting sore.

 

[Being_the_Don]

tell that to the guys here who lift big numbers. there's no single time limit on how long a session should go. it depends on your routine, how many sets, how much & what kind of warming up, rest periods, and whether or not you're taking in nutrition mid-workout.

The heavier the lift the more time you should take between sets, that's obvious enough. But the time spent on the actual lifting has to be limited, if you overdo it you'll burn yourself out. Would you workout for a full hour steadily increasing the weights and reps yet only taking maybe 30 seconds between exercises? At some point you'll tire, that would be your body's way of telling you to take it easy and recover.

 

[I-tallionStallion]

...there's no single time limit on how long a session should go. it depends on your routine, how many sets, how much & what kind of warming up, rest periods, and whether or not you're taking in nutrition mid-workout.

 

[kickureface]

when i first started i always got sore.
solve it by eating 2x more.
now i hate HATE it when im sore <>:O