Why do people like DOMS?

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  • eatgoodeat
    eatgoodeat Posts: 180 Member
    kami3006 wrote: »
    gia07 wrote: »
    Hate DOMS... I do not need to have DOMS to feel like I worked out...

    ^^ +1
    Thankfully, I've been doing this long enough that I rarely get it anymore. My husband just started a new lifting program and he's walking around like a 90 year old today. I don't get the sense that he's enjoying it at all, though I am enjoying sending him teasing texts; cause that's what loving wives do.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,982 Member
    Because sometimes for consistent exercisers, it's a great indicator that you UPPED your intensity or program.

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  • RobynLB83
    RobynLB83 Posts: 626 Member
    Oh, I thought this was a sex question...
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,399 Member
    I've never been a fan of it myself. But if you work areas you rarely work, or work any area really hard, sooner or later it's going to happen.
  • prettygirlstorm1
    prettygirlstorm1 Posts: 721 Member
    ceckhardt369 wrote: »
    vada44 wrote: »
    Dumb question? What is DOMS?

    Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. So basicly it's why you are after a workout and sometimes up to several days later!

    Thanks for the response!
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    It's going to happen as you try new things or up exercise intensity, change variables, etc.; it just shouldn't be something to shoot for all the time and it seems like that's a common view.

    Just like sweating your *kitten* off or puking seems to be common. Somebody was talking to me after a squat session where I was just doing singles and she said, "I can't believe your're not sweating your *kitten* off like me." I said, "I set my training goals and as long as I hit my training goals that's all that matters. If I sweat my *kitten* off then fine, if not fine, if I'm sore then fine, if I'm not sore then fine; all that matters is that I achieve my goals with the plan I set-out with."
  • hamlet1222
    hamlet1222 Posts: 459 Member
    I like them, but can't explain why. I admit it is a weird thing to like.
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    I like them! Especially during a full body stretch the next day, feels good.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    aarar wrote: »
    I'm weird, I actually enjoy the pain. For me it's a reminder that I did something good for myself.

    I get this

    But I don't get DOMS that often and also don't confuse them with a sign of a successful workout
  • maroonmango211
    maroonmango211 Posts: 908 Member
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    Ok not really, but I do like the reminder sometimes that I killed it and my muscles are talking back (though the time frame is usually more like 24-48 hours).
  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I like DOMS, can't really say why though :confused:
  • Tomm88
    Tomm88 Posts: 733 Member
    I really don't think about it much, If i'm beating my logbook and getting stronger week to week month to month i really don't worry much if i'm getting sore or not.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    I remember liking it when I was younger because it made me feel like I'd accomplished something - the "no pain, no gain" mentality. Now that I have fairly regular aches and pains in various parts of my body, and I move partially to PREVENT that, it takes on a new perspective.
  • TheDancingWriter
    TheDancingWriter Posts: 3 Member
    A lack of DOMS doesn't mean you didn't work out hard. Even when I started seriously lifting weights, I've never suffered from DOMS. I was doing push-ups before then and, yeah, got DOMS when I first started those. There is no scientific consensus about why DOMS happens. Since I'm so active in general I hardly get DOMS anymore. My butt muscles are always sore after a dance class, but that's common among all dancers.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I like the feeling of being a little stiff and a little sore- but straight out and out- crippling doms? not so much.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    no idea; i loathe it!
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    edited October 2015
    I'm on training break until next week and I will be starting again with a strong hypertrophy component to my program.

    I expect my suffering will be legendary, even in hell.

    But I'm kinda looking forward to it.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    BZAH10 wrote: »
    fannyfrost wrote: »
    People who enjoy it are just happy that they got something out of the workout. It isn't the pain they enjoy (well unless they really like pain, but generally that is a small percentage of people), it is the feeling that the workout was effective.

    I don't enjoy DOMS, but if I felt like a muscle needed a workout and I get sore after, well I know I got it!

    This exactly for me. Particularly for those of us who've worked out regularly for years. When I do get any kind of muscle soreness it tells me I've targeted an area I must've been neglecting, so I see it as a good thing. Not the pain itself, but the accomplishment.

    This! I just take it as a sign that that particular muscle group needed the exercise.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    aarar wrote: »
    I'm weird, I actually enjoy the pain. For me it's a reminder that I did something good for myself.

    I get this

    But I don't get DOMS that often and also don't confuse them with a sign of a successful workout

    PREACH!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    DOMS makes me feel just a bit sad ... that I've let myself go enough to feel DOMS when I start working out again.

    Maybe I should add that just about the only time I experience DOMS is if I haven't been weightlifting for 6+ months, and then I start again. DOMS will hit me hard the day after the first over-all workout, then mildly after the second and third workout, and then it's gone. I can increase weights, increase intensity, change my routine, etc., but as long as I'm working out regularly and making the changes relatively gradually ... no DOMS.

    And that's the way I like it. :)

    For me, DOMS means I've let myself become unfit.

  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    Curious?? Does lactic acid have anything to do with DOMS?
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    nakedraygun wrote: »
    I'm on training break until next week and I will be starting again with a strong hypertrophy component to my program.

    I expect my suffering will be legendary, even in hell.

    But I'm kinda looking forward to it.

    Best of luck with your new routine.

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