Weight Training and Soreness

[Guest guest]

My workout partner contends that if the muscle group isn't sore the next

day, then you didn't work hard enough to see a real improvement in strength.

Does anyone have any anecdotes, studies, or logic to confirm or deny this

statement? I'm working on building strength without gaining too much muscle

mass, but I also want to make sure I'm not wasting my time.

Regards,

--.

[Guest guest]

Sometimes peopl ewill not be sore untill two days or so later, the

soreness is the muscle fiber being torn down by the exercise, when

your body rebuilds the muscle it makes it stronger and dencer to deal

with such streesses ion the future. If you keep doing this, your

muscles will get stronger and stronger. The way you lift weights

makes all the difference, lifting vary heavy with less reps builds

strength and bulk but not so much indurance. Lifting medium to

moderate amounts of weights builds indurance, moderate amounts of

bulk and moderate amounts of strength. Its possible to adjust your

workout to achive what ever level of bulk vs indurance you want, just

look at bruce lee, he had more bulk then most but not as much as pro

body builders like Arnold and, he had lots of indurance and strength.

So yes, the pain is normal. When the pain is sharp in a spacific spot

vs a generalized soreness over a wide area, you may have a problem.

I hope this helps.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your reply.

In case anyone else is interested:

After searching misc.fitness.weights and other sources, it seems that

different people respond to resistance training differently.. Some people

gain strength without soreness, and others don't gain strength unless they

push for soreness. Apparently I'm a member of the first group.

From this thread:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en & lr=lang_en & newwindow=1 & threadm=4c6h0e%

24scp%40ixnews8.ix.netcom.com & rnum=1 & prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dg:thl2897109866d%26h

l%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26newwindow%3D1%26selm%3D4c6h0e%2524scp%2540ixnews8.ix

..netcom.com

" No, muscular soreness is not an indicator of efficacy. Degrees of soreness

are also a genetic factor, with some individuals becoming sore with very

little volume or intensity, and yet others never being able to experience

soreness, with all factors being equal. "

http://www.trygve.com/mfw_faq.html

----- Original Message -----

From: " ernestmac13 " <ernestmac13@...>

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Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 10:39 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Weight Training and Soreness

> Sometimes peopl ewill not be sore untill two days or so later, the

> soreness is the muscle fiber being torn down by the exercise, when

> your body rebuilds the muscle it makes it stronger and dencer to deal

> with such streesses ion the future. If you keep doing this, your

> muscles will get stronger and stronger. The way you lift weights

> makes all the difference, lifting vary heavy with less reps builds

> strength and bulk but not so much indurance. Lifting medium to

> moderate amounts of weights builds indurance, moderate amounts of

> bulk and moderate amounts of strength. Its possible to adjust your

> workout to achive what ever level of bulk vs indurance you want, just

> look at bruce lee, he had more bulk then most but not as much as pro

> body builders like Arnold and, he had lots of indurance and strength.

>

> So yes, the pain is normal. When the pain is sharp in a spacific spot

> vs a generalized soreness over a wide area, you may have a problem.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

>

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