Lifting while sore?

[RottenWillow]

I would absolutely not hit it even moderately hard if I still had DOMS in a given muscle group.

A real light workout is active recovery and would actually speed up recovery of the muscle group by bringing extra blood and oxygen into the worked muscles. Anything more than that though would just be counterproductive.

 

[shibs]

honestly when i workout a sore/tight muscle it just makes it feel better. a little soreness should never slow you down...

 

[JDid23]

one thing I have to add though: For me at least me strength does feel quite a bit lower with DOMS, escpecially on exercises like squats.

eh. I've had DOMS since i've been squatting heavy 3x per week. However, it's only during the lift and i don't find it to effect me that much, if at all yet.

Having said that, i think what you're saying is true to an extent- a little DOMS shouldn't have that much effect on your strength, should it?

 

[Tblock1]

eh. I've had DOMS since i've been squatting heavy 3x per week. However, it's only during the lift and i don't find it to effect me that much, if at all yet.

Having said that, i think what you're saying is true to an extent- a little DOMS shouldn't have that much effect on your strength, should it?

No I'm not talking about a little DOMS, I'm talking about when I have done 20 rep squats before and I can barely walk. My strength seems to be lower even when I am fully warmed up with severe doms.

 

[imafuturebodybuilder]

This..... After your first few sessions (providing you're not changing it up every week which typically isn't a good idea), you should get used to it. There is a very distinct difference between DOMS (sorness) and an injury and you should be able to tell when you lift. If you don't feel any pain after the lift, chances are that if you feel some sort of soreness your next workout that it's just DOMS and not an injury.

What, I feel sore after every workout. Basically my chest, abs, legs and back are the problem areas. I thought that working out while sore is bad?

 

[z66x]

what's doms?

never mind i googled it, ignore this, deletethis post

 

[JDid23]

What, I feel sore after every workout. Basically my chest, abs, legs and back are the problem areas. I thought that working out while sore is bad?

read the topic again If you're really sore after every workout, it's probably not good and it might be lack of rest/bad diet, or you might just be overtraining. Hell, there could be an underlying issue or there could be nothing wrong at all. I am not sure and don't know a lot on the issue so take this with a grain of salt.

Then again, everyone responds differently to everything. If you change your workouts a lot, then you might be sore, but if you keep a consistent and well planned routine, you probably shouldn't be sore too much. It's not an indicator of a good workout and if you're sore, it's fine to workout. It's when you take a week off from lifting because you're so sore that it continues because you have to get used to it.

I'll give an example of how my body acclimated to lifting again. After soccer, i came back for the first time in maybe 4 months and squatted 135x6 and then for about 4. Next workout, i did the same with 155, and after that i did 175. I was sore as hell after 135, but after the 175 my body was used to squatting again and i wasn't sore at all.

 

[cleandres]

Nah this isnt starting out this is coming back after a break.

regardless your body has grown accustomed to the break you just took, give it a few weeks the soreness will go away

 

[Eric1987]

Well I just went to the gym and I think muscle memory is real. My bench is making big gains and so is everything else.

 

[kx250rider]

As others said, it depends on what kind of soreness for me to decide. If it's just left over sore muscles, I ignore it and lift. If it's a tendon or something non-muscular, I'll avoid using that particular part of my body until it's better. (case in point: my left wrist was broken in December, and now I have a granddaddy of a case of tendinitis in that wrist. Looks like surgery. But I still work out, just avoiding any tension on that wrist. I can bench (and shoulder) press, curl, and do just about everything except cable tricep push-downs. Sure it hurts, but I'm careful not to make it worse.

Charles