Getting toned without feeling sore?

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    If someone is starting from being totally inactive and doesn't have a bit of DOMS, I would question if enough exercise was being done to do any good.

    I'm sore after a good massage, and expect to be sore if I start lifting again after a period of activity. Thursday was the first time I've lifted in seven months and sure enough I am indeed a little sore in my chest today.

    I've definitely been active during those seven months, but apparently not my pecs.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,077 Member
    beachhouse758 wrote: »
    47Jacqueline wrote: »
    There is no such thing as getting toned. Toned is not a noun.

    Soreness, not pain, is a sign that your muscles are working. Pain is a sign you are overdoing it or doing it incorrectly.

    tone
    tōn/
    verb
    past tense: toned; past participle: toned

    1.
    give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a part of it).
    "exercise tones up the muscles"
    "tones up" the muscle. Not make it "toned". Realize that this word was made up by the fitness industry insinuating that females couldn't distinguish what lifting weights really did.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,077 Member
    To the OP, soreness (DOMS) happens due to muscle not being conditioned to do a certain exercise or intensity. Likely most people don't get DOMS because the exercise is within their range of execution.
    You want more definition? Reduce your body fat %.

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