Not sore after working out

tjsims88

I've started working out a couple weeks ago. The first few days I was really sore, like I hated walking down the stairs sore. Lately I'm not. I've been doing the same few exercising in rotation everyday. Is it that my body is used to it or I need to work harder?

SezxyStef

DOMS happens when you start working with a muscle that hasn't been used recently...

They do go away but it has nothing to do with how "hard" you are working...

I don't get DOMS often...I have to take over a week off from exercise for it to happen again...and even then it doesn't last long as I continue to exercise which helps them.

Shropshire1959

Sounds like you need to step up your game.

cwolfman13

I'm rarely sore after workouts these days...being in that kind of pain where you hate to even walk only really happens when you're brand new to fitness and/or haven't done jack **** in awhile.

I only get DOMS these days when I do a major change up of my routine, and even then it's usually just some random muscle that I'm hitting that hasn't gotten much work with my previous cycle...I can't remember the last time my whole body hurt, and that's a good thing...means I'm fit.

leodru

I workout out consistently but was ignoring legs for a while - did a workout and was really sore for around 4 days. I've been working my legs since and aren't having the same issues but i am tracking the weights i use and the # of reps i can do. Once i can hit around 10-12 reps then i add weight until i can only do 6-8. It's how i track my progress upward. It's how my trainer always worked with me. Good luck! keep going!

cbhubbybubble

When I first started, I had super DOMS. I hadn't done a squat in years, so a series of just body weight squats had me in agony for a few days. Now, I get the occasional sore muscle if I do something new or a little differently, but I don't get DOMS from my basic routine. I increase my weight load slowly -every week or so to increase difficulty, but not so much that I'm in pain for 2 days. if you feel absolutely nothing you may need to step things up a bit, but there's no reason you have to shoot for serious muscle pain.

Elsie_Brownraisin

I think it's more to do with how difficult you find it when you're actually working out. If it's easy, then yep, do more.

I have weeks where I seem to ache all the time (even when swimming, which I've consistently done at least twice a week for 18 months) and others not at all, even though I've started a new phase of the lifting programme I follow with some different exercises.