Never sore??

[LisaP]

Hi all,
I've been wondering this for a long time, and I'm hoping you guys can give your informed opinions... I lift pretty heavy (I think), and have made definite gains in both strength and muscle growth, yet I never get sore. I hardly get sore on the upper body days and only a slight soreness on lower body, even the days following 100lb atg squats where i can barely eek out my last rep. Is this normal?? More than anything, I want to know if this happens because I'm not doing the amount of weight I should. I do go to failure on most everything but maybe I should be doing more?? Thoughts??
:shrug:

[Erik]

Soreness has nothing to do with whether a workout was productive or effective. Literally nothing. It has to do with damage to the muscle's connective tissue in response to a novel eccentric stress.

It's irrelevant.

Some people get routinely sore in certain muscles - chest for me for example, and rarely sore in others - shoulders for me (and many) for example. Doesn't matter. What matters is results and soreness doesn't play into them.

It's also why NEW exercises or programs result in soreness which then dissipates with repeated runs through the workouts.

[jkidd]

I would try changing something in your routine. I agree with, Erik.

[ErinLeigh]

So what if I am ALWAYS sore, feeling like I'm recovering pretty slowly as well. This is not every body part, mainly Legs.

[keciakelly]

I have been experiencing soreness in some areas and others not. When I am sore, I am reminded that I have reached a muscle that has not been reached that way.

[Erik]

So what if I am ALWAYS sore, feeling like I'm recovering pretty slowly as well. This is not every body part, mainly Legs.
Could mean something, could mean nothing. My chest for example will get sore no matter what.

Soreness that persists after a workout longer than it should could potentially be indicative of a need to revisit your training program it's important to keep in mind that recovery is not as good in a caloric deficit as it is in a caloric surplus. So if the training volume/frequency is too high for you, relative to your nutrition, it could have an effect on recovery.

[ErinLeigh]

I figured that was probably the case. Thanks!

[LisaP]

Thanks Erik for answering!

I am 90% sure I'm not in a caloric deficit so that may have something to do with it. However the results are definitely there so I'm not going to worry about it until I stop seeing results! On a side note, of course today my chest is a little sore after yesterdays low inclide DB press... new PR, 40lb DBs for 8. Nothing else is sore though and I'm not going to complain :happy05: