Ask not what your DOMS can do for you...

justboo2u · 03-03-2009, 04:50 AM

... but what you can do for your DOMS!
also titled:
Why I HURT like a DOG!!

Dont know about the rest of y'all, but it seems that, unless I REALLY damage something, I dont get the soreness the next day, but the day-after-next... and its usually the day I should be going at it again!

Long ago I learned to free-base ibuprofen

and that usually takes care of it, but sometimes (like the last leg day) I prefer to 'tough it out'...
(Hurts so good... c'mon baby, make it hurt so good

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Like last leg day... I felt fine the next day (Arm day), and then... well, lets just say that when I get out of a chair... I wish I had one of those that lifts you out!

I dont usually have a problem sleeping because of them, but when its in the shoulder... the counting sheep are usually jumping on them!

Im just REALLY glad yesterday was an 'off day'!

Guff · 03-03-2009, 05:00 AM

Huh, did you say something? Sorry I can't hear because my quads are screaming at me again.

LyingSac · 03-03-2009, 07:25 AM

if you find the cure please PM me........."""REWARD""..........

justboo2u · 03-03-2009, 11:12 AM

Hey! That aint fair!

I STARTED the thread... YOU GUYS are supposed to have all the answers!

Where's Baldie when ya need him?

beachguy498 · 03-03-2009, 12:25 PM

Soreness for me is usually doing too much weight or one set too many. Avoidable to some, but it only takes me closer to where I want to go. I swear by Aleve in my old age, not every day but once a week I have the need for it. And shoulders, is the new "S" word.

BG

Whatanejit · 03-03-2009, 12:55 PM

Is it true no pain no gain???

I did my shoulders and triceps this morning and so far nada.

After struggling with my mobility after many squats last week I am almost frightened to waken up in the morning!!

bayou_piper · 03-03-2009, 01:45 PM

I have noticed a definite lengthening in the delay of DOMS. When in college, I might get sore that evening from a tough morning workout. Now it is usually 48 hours. I did chest on Monday at lunch and I am just starting to feel a twinge, I know by tomorrow afternoon I will not be able to put on my coat without going v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y...

I do legs on Friday. It makes Sunday the true day of rest.

LyingSac · 03-03-2009, 04:33 PM

i added two drop sets to all my exercises last month,i'm just getting adjusted now...Legs hurt for three weeks.......but two big cups of coffee in the morning gets at least gets me thru the workout..

Keltron · 03-03-2009, 10:13 PM

are there any muscles/muscle groups that just wont get any DOMmage no matter what you do? My medial delts are like that. Now I know that DOMS doesn't necessarily equate a good workout but it would be nice to feel something every now and then. I've tried everything. I've tried high volume, I've tried low volume and high tension, I've tried a mix of the two, I've tried supersets... all to no avail. Oh well.

But yeah, anyone else know where I'm coming from?

justboo2u · 03-03-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by beachguy498

Soreness for me is usually doing too much weight or one set too many. Avoidable to some, but it only takes me closer to where I want to go. I swear by Aleve in my old age, not every day but once a week I have the need for it. And shoulders, is the new "S" word.

BG

That's when I get hit that day or the next day... but the 'good stuff' usually waits for the 3rd day. (IMO)

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Originally Posted by Whatanejit

Is it true no pain no gain???

I did my shoulders and triceps this morning and so far nada.

After struggling with my mobility after many squats last week I am almost frightened to waken up in the morning!!

Havent seen any research on the correlation between degree of DOMS and amount of hypertrophy over a period of time... would make a good one tho, I tink! (dont I bro-sci gud?

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Originally Posted by bayou_piper

I have noticed a definite lengthening in the delay of DOMS. When in college, I might get sore that evening from a tough morning workout. Now it is usually 48 hours. I did chest on Monday at lunch and I am just starting to feel a twinge, I know by tomorrow afternoon I will not be able to put on my coat without going v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y...

I do legs on Friday. It makes Sunday the true day of rest.

Unless I do major damage, I almost always get hit on the 3rd day... and thats been true since the mid-20s.... maybe HRT is in my future...

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Originally Posted by LyingSac

i added two drop sets to all my exercises last month,i'm just getting adjusted now...Legs hurt for three weeks.......but two big cups of coffee in the morning gets at least gets me thru the workout..

My last set of (whatever) is usually a drop-set from the 'top of the pyramid'... and so far has been GREAT for feeling like manure later!

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Originally Posted by Keltron

are there any muscles/muscle groups that just wont get any DOMmage no matter what you do? My medial delts are like that. Now I know that DOMS doesn't necessarily equate a good workout but it would be nice to feel something every now and then. I've tried everything. I've tried high volume, I've tried low volume and high tension, I've tried a mix of the two, I've tried supersets... all to no avail. Oh well.

But yeah, anyone else know where I'm coming from?

I cannot remember ever having DOMS from calf work... but growing up a 'clydesdale' Ive always had good fetlocks...

Have U been able to get a pump on the shoulders on any of these routines? I still have some rotator issues when I do shoulders that commands the majority of my attention when delts are involved, but I HAVE been to the point where lifting arm overhead was more than a broadway production!

Whatanejit · 03-03-2009, 11:33 PM

I'm awake and just a moderate ache in my shoulders but not debilitating - phew.

StressMonkey · 03-03-2009, 11:38 PM

The first day after my first training session with my trainer I wasn't sore at all. I was patting myself on the back for being in better shape than I thought that I was. Then the next day came and it felt like I had been run over by a dump truck.

justboo2u · 03-03-2009, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by StressMonkey

The first day after my first training session with my trainer I wasn't sore at all. I was patting myself on the back for being in better shape than I thought that I was. Then the next day came and it felt like I had been run over by a dump truck.

... carrying a full load of whoop-azz!

Saw that truck couple of days ago... thought I'd NEVER get thru the cardio 1/2 hr this morning after chest day!

but I did...

free816 · 03-04-2009, 01:18 AM

torn tendons in my right big toe, in a walking boot the last 6 weeks. had a leg day monday, the last 12 hours have been hell on earth for me. i feel 93 yrs old

justboo2u · 03-04-2009, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Whatanejit

I'm awake and just a moderate ache in my shoulders but not debilitating - phew.

Sounds 'good'... I spose.

That's when the rotators would up & say 'hey what about US?'

jealous little buggers!

justboo2u · 03-04-2009, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by free816

torn tendons in my right big toe, in a walking boot the last 6 weeks. had a leg day monday, the last 12 hours have been hell on earth for me. i feel 93 yrs old

HOW on earth did you manage THAT?

justboo2u · 03-04-2009, 02:56 AM

When I lived in Vegas that my apt complex had an outdoor jacuzzi by the pool.... and my door was like, right next door...

Kinda like my own personal hottub!
It made 'those-little-aches-and-pains' SOOOOOO much beddah!

I miss that place!

Whatanejit · 03-04-2009, 04:39 AM

That sounds lush!

Just attacked the quads and the rest of the lower body today again.

Fingers crossed I can walk tomorrow!

justboo2u · 03-04-2009, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Whatanejit

That sounds lush!

Just attacked the quads and the rest of the lower body today again.

Fingers crossed I can walk tomorrow!

Actually it was a dump... but the pool/hottub WAS niiiiice!

I told the gang at the gym that they should have 'hoverrounds' available for leg day...

the kid behind the counter didnt catch it, I think.

Oh well!

free816 · 03-05-2009, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by justboo2u

HOW on earth did you manage THAT?

17 year old nephew bothered me for a hour to play one on one basketball back on thanksgiving. kept telling him no, he kept saying i was scared he was finally able to beat me, i told him i wasnt dead yet, of course i played. problem was i was dressed up, had on dress shoes. not 5 mins into the game i knew i hurt my toe, at home that nite took my shoe off, it was swollen big time. kept lifting on it, golfing and hooping, would complain. the wife nagged me to death meant "convinced" me to go see the doc. after 2 months i knew something was wrong. its been 3 days since my leg workout and im still walking funny

justboo2u · 03-05-2009, 05:43 PM

Well.... tomorrow is Leg Day again...

Stand by for some crawling!

crupiea · 03-05-2009, 05:53 PM

The more I eat the less the DOMS are.

Deborah_Lyn · 03-05-2009, 06:43 PM

I found out this week that 'good mornings' mean the next day, the morning sucks! Sitting as my desk for an hour, I go to get up and my legs were killing me! lol.

justboo2u · 03-05-2009, 07:12 PM

Just one more reason I dont say 'good' morning...

unless it's 'mourning'...

Whatanejit · 03-05-2009, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Deborah_Lyn

I found out this week that 'good mornings' mean the next day, the morning sucks! Sitting as my desk for an hour, I go to get up and my legs were killing me! lol.

That is so true!

At least I managed the to get down the stairs this morning in the upright position.