sore muscles = muscle gain???

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funjen1972
funjen1972 Posts: 949 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Do sore muscles mean you are gaining muscle? Its been a long time since high school health, but I thought the muscle ache was actually small tears...or was it lactic acid???

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  • Hendrix7
    Hendrix7 Posts: 1,903 Member
    edited April 2015
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    No not necessarily.

    IF you were to lift weights while eating 100 calories per day you would still get sore, doesn't mean the muscle will grow.

    IF i ran a marathon today I would be very sore tomorrow, running marathons is not conducive to muscle gain
  • CorbanRushworth
    CorbanRushworth Posts: 4 Member
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    Hendrix7 wrote: »
    No not necessarily.

    IF you were to lift weights while eating 100 calories per day you would still get sore, doesn't mean the muscle will grow.

    This ^^^

    The muscle ache is small tears, but unless you eat sufficiently well afterwards they won't "gain". They will repair, but may source the energy required for this process from other muscle tissue if there isn't sufficient resources.
  • Sutnak
    Sutnak Posts: 227 Member
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    Usually sore muscles only indicate that you aren't used to the work. They are zero indication that you will see any sort of growth.

  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,179 Member
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    In brief, no.
  • funjen1972
    funjen1972 Posts: 949 Member
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    Thanks... these responses make sense to me!

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