I'd let him make me sore.
As silly as it sounds, don’t you love being sore a day or two after a really intense workout?
In some twisted way, I think we all do. And it can be addictive; many people feel like they didn’t get a good workout unless they’re sore thereafter.
But it begs the question: Is soreness required for muscle growth?
No. Soreness is not required for muscle growth.
There is a lot that is still not understood about soreness, but it often arises after doing something new. New workouts or exercises are a shock to the body, and soreness may be part of the result. Since subsequent workouts are less of a shock, soreness tends to decrease over time.
If you’re just starting out with a new routine, you’ll probably feel it the next day. But if you’ve been training for years, you probably won’t feel the soreness. It doesn’t necessarily mean your muscles aren’t growing; it may simply mean that your body isn’t shocked in the same way.
And if you’re looking to build your muscles, sometimes no soreness is a good thing. Muscle soreness is often associated with endurance training (i.e., taking a spinning class, doing many reps of an exercise, etc.) and not the type of low-rep high-resistance strength training that stimulates muscle growth. In other words, if you do a few sets of heavy bicep curls in a low rep range (say 8 reps) until muscle failure, you probably won’t get sore. But there’s no doubt that it will grow your muscles.
Of course, if you try something different, work ignored muscles or push your body in a way in which it isn’t accustomed, then you’re likely to experience delayed onset muscle soreness. But it’s not required to gain muscle mass.
Hey! Thanks for the tip! I was just arguing about this with my roommate. Guess I was right all along.
I’m sore already every day after working. Not after working out. It’s because I have to work on my feet walking or running but always doing another thing I didn’t do the day before. So I’m working out different muscles every day. Since I gained more fat then not muscle mass, since I started this job, I think this kind of ever changing workout is bad. I conclude with the assumption that in a way always wanting to do something that makes you feel sore can be a bad thing.
If you’re always on your feet and keeping active, then you are expending a lot of calories. I’d take a look at what you’re eating and how much mental stress you have.
A good guess would be the mental stress and the inability to sit down to eat for more than five minutes. I’m working at a retirement home for mentally impaired, very old, people.
Thanks for the thoughts, it raised my awareness for my eating behaviour.
change shoes a number of times in a day-ok-at least twice in a day—-you will most definately notice the difference-and proper shoes and fit make the difference.trainers-part of day-exer-sandles rest of day.your feet will thank you.exer-sandles-as in Birkenstocks-just an example.no flip-flops-unless very short walkabout or the pool.
Thanks for the tip!
Ehm… what is the name of that guy on the picture? Rawr…
a sore muscle burn really doesnt hurt day to day-and it wont be that intense from day to day.if similar workout stress is employed-it would vary in a mix of workout types.a bit of sore burn does indicate you worked the muscle-and gr8 recovery ensues-the very next day.bottom line-listen to DW-he knows what hes talking about.i sure do.