The topic pretty much states it all.
After 3 weeks of heavy lifting, soreness AFTERWARDS no longer happens. Does it mean your muscles are recovering FASTER then before and you should lift more?
What if originally, it took about 1 week for your muscles to recover (due to soreness lasting that long) but as you worked out more and more the soreness occurs for maybe 24 hours after you lift.
Should you still wait a whole week before hitting the same muscle group?
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02-11-2006, 09:33 AM #1Registered User
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What is soreness really, and why does it go away?
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02-11-2006, 10:03 AM #2Bodybuilder For Life
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when you work out, you tear and break down the muscle. when youre new to it or you do something new it will hurt more. it will start to get used to that exercise and weight and it wont hurt as much or at all. it can also be caused by lactic acid. dont think you need to be sore to grow though. it just means youre doing something hard enough to cause micro tears or the muscles arent getting enough oxygen and have a lacic acid build up. my arms never hurt but they grow, same with my back.
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02-11-2006, 01:21 PM #3Registered User
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Hmm...OK, what about my muscles taking a whole week to recover? Is that normal?Originally Posted by timmy47Is it wrong to love a being who cannot see? Such belief is the highest faculty a human being can develop.
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02-11-2006, 01:40 PM #4nah it shouldnt take that long to recoverOriginally Posted by MonarchX
do you stretch afterwards?
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02-12-2006, 09:59 AM #5Registered User
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Originally Posted by (Oz)
I know my biceps and forearms .. are sore and taking to long to recover.. Any ideas on how to properly strech those after a workout?
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02-12-2006, 10:18 AM #6Not Banned
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I know it's not the case but I always think if I am not sore the next day, I didn't work hard enough.
Just my two cents....
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02-12-2006, 10:21 AM #7Master Debater
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Your muscles can take up to 5 days to recover... that's not extremely unusual.
Lactic acid is produced from anaerobic respiration in your muscle cells. Lactic acid then breaks down proteins(Actin/Myosin). Along with the Lactic acid, you get ATPase heads that break down due to the intense amount of pressure exerted on them. This combination is what breaks down some of the proteins. The Lactic acid is flushed out of your system very quickly and metabolized in your liver.
The hurt you feel is the proteins that were broken down, it just means you're still rebuilding them. GET PROPER NUTRITION!"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge"
~Alfred North Whitehead
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