if you don't hurt, is it still working?

Mistraal1981

Hey,

I am doing the 30DS and am on day 7. (I am doing 2 days shred,1cardio, 2shred 1 cardio, 1 rest)

My question is: I am tired while doing the shred, I recovered really fast, and I don't hurt the next day anymore. Dies this mean the workout is no longer effective?

steech100

1st of all what is shred? and if your not sore the next day maybe you should add some hgher weight

Yodifer

that is not true, some people never get DOMS. When I first did insanity I could barely walk for a week, now I'm on week 3, higher effort and feel no soreness. If you feel like you are working your hardest during your work out that is how you determine if you're doing enough. Soreness does not equal effort.

FrnkLft

Yep, soreness has nothing at all to do with the amount of work you do, or don't do.

It is just the by product of starting something new/different, and not everyone gets it.

Just make sure that you sufficiently challenging yourself and following the program.

star5785

I don't know how scientific my answer is but I consider it maintenance when a workout I'm used to doing doesn't hurt anymore. Doesn't mean it's not effective! At that point though I like to change it up and cause some muscle confusion to shock my body.

FrnkLft

I don't know how scientific my answer is but I consider it maintenance when a workout I'm used to doing doesn't hurt anymore. Doesn't mean it's not effective! At that point though I like to change it up and cause some muscle confusion to shock my body.

Muscle confusion is kind of just another fitness myth, and like I said, soreness has nothing to do with maintenance or otherwise.

See the whole idea behind muscle confusion is that somehow the muscle is getting "used" to the movement or stress, and that this is stalling growth. So long as you are increasing the weight involved (weight training), or running longer/for more time/etc... (cardio) you will continue to see physical results.

That's all it takes, you don't need to change things up at all otherwise unless you want to. And remember, the whole point of doing anything is exactly to cause the muscle group to adapt (biceps curls to make biceps adapt and grow). If you keep hitting the biceps in different ways, it won't adapt as efficiently