Talk to me about post-gym muscle soreness aka DOMS
Discussion
I know it sounds like I'm being abit of a pansy/girls blouse. But I'm not sure if I should lift tomorrow or not, i've still got quite abit of DOMS soreness from lifting yesterday. And I know SS routines (most routines) require lifting 3x a week. Sure it'll probably ease up quite abit when I go to sleep. I know that I will still go in and see how it goes (something is better than nothing). But how do you know where to draw the line in terms of whether you should lift or not?
There seems to be alot of conflicting information on it. There is one arguement that DOMS isn't necessarily a sign that you shouldn't do exercise. Some even say its fine to do cardio on your in between days as it encourages blood flow to those areas.. aiding recovery, hot baths assist in this too. On the other hand some say stick to ibuprofen/NSAIDs and use cold baths in order to ease swelling, restricting bloodflow, being sure to get as much rest as possible. I know that the more often you go, the lesser the soreness becomes.
Which route does one follow? Which route do YOU follow, and can you offer any additional isight.
Thank you.
There seems to be alot of conflicting information on it. There is one arguement that DOMS isn't necessarily a sign that you shouldn't do exercise. Some even say its fine to do cardio on your in between days as it encourages blood flow to those areas.. aiding recovery, hot baths assist in this too. On the other hand some say stick to ibuprofen/NSAIDs and use cold baths in order to ease swelling, restricting bloodflow, being sure to get as much rest as possible. I know that the more often you go, the lesser the soreness becomes.
Which route does one follow? Which route do YOU follow, and can you offer any additional isight.
Thank you.
All very interesting comflicting opinions.
I wussed out yesterday and didn't go. Did go today though. Squats did feel abit sore at the very bottom of my squat, however after doing my warm up sets it had completely gone away.
On a related note, what's the purpose of repping until failure? In my old gym when I first joined after doing my work sets my instructor had me unload the bar and do fast half reps until compelete faliure on squats & bench press.
I wussed out yesterday and didn't go. Did go today though. Squats did feel abit sore at the very bottom of my squat, however after doing my warm up sets it had completely gone away.
On a related note, what's the purpose of repping until failure? In my old gym when I first joined after doing my work sets my instructor had me unload the bar and do fast half reps until compelete faliure on squats & bench press.
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