Why do i not "ache" the day after lifting?

[Earl-Hickey]

when i first started, i used to ache all over the following day, but now, I lift as much and as many times as possible, until physically i just cant lift no-more. and the following day i don't ache, at all.

Am i doing something wrong, i think that aching is good, as it shows you did something, not aching doesn't feel right, like i didn't go hard enough, even though as i say i go untill i just can't do anymore.

[mathed]

when i first started, i used to ache all over the following day, but now, I lift as much and as many times as possible, until physically i just cant lift no-more. and the following day i don't ache, at all.

Am i doing something wrong, i think that aching is good, as it shows you did something, not aching doesn't feel right, like i didn't go hard enough, even though as i say i go untill i just can't do anymore.

switch up your routine weekly. If your body adapts, you will not make any gains at all. Go to a pyramid routine instead of just straight sets or try a HIIT plan. Try maxing out instead of your normal routine to break out of a plateau.

[Spartacus Sully]

when i first started, i used to ache all over the following day, but now, I lift as much and as many times as possible, until physically i just cant lift no-more. and the following day i don't ache, at all.

Am i doing something wrong, i think that aching is good, as it shows you did something, not aching doesn't feel right, like i didn't go hard enough, even though as i say i go untill i just can't do anymore.

what if you lift as hard as you can 2 days in a row? do you feel sore on the third?

your just stronger probably, though if you want to really feel the soreness concentrate on the negatives. like do a pull up with both hands then do the negative with one hand. 20 pull ups equaling 10 negatives with each arm means you wont be moving your arms shoulders or back the next day.

[luv4boxing84]

Def switch up the routine. Body adapts and stops reacting to the same program after a few months. Just pick a new workout for each body part and stick with it for a few months. Then switch back.

[alza1988]

Could be a bit of lacid acid because of lack of protein or you just need to adapt .I used to train differently from today .Used to do alot of squats and that for running then stretch off for 30 seconds and be cool the next day .Now because I do alot of indoor conditioning and less running when I do the squats I used to do I can't walk for f-----g days .I just googled it and found this .Says here there's no proven remedy but ice baths , gentle stretching , ibproufen and warm up before next session could help .
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/injuries/a/doms.htm
I have also found a good warm up the next day if it's sore then right into a run .High knee sprints , rapid heel kicks to the glutes and just like 10 20 metre sprints .Doing this for about half a mile then stretching off and I was good to run so a good warm up could help or if it's lacid acid a protein shake after your workout .

[Holtol]

You may have to much red cell muscle. I am the same way my muscle don't tear very easy at all.

[Righthandbanger]

OP, nobody here has a ****ing clue about weights.

If you are training for strength you shouldn't really ache much the next day. The aim isn't to tear your muscles but to improve your neuromuscular recruitment with less emphasis on muscle size ie. strength.

http://www.stronglifts.com .. I keep posting this link but still nobody has much of a clue what they are ****ing talking about.

..Btw if you want the sources of my information on strength training check out 'science and practice of strength training' by Vladimir Zatiorsky and 'Practical Programming for strength training' by Mark Rippetoe .. they know more than all of us.

[josh-hill]

acturaly i know a little about weights yeah aching has no relation to how hard you worked out (well you definitely dont ache if you dont try). its usural to ache to begin with but that dose naturaly go away. if you want to feel it again try switching routine.

[luv4boxing84]

OP, nobody here has a ****ing clue about weights.

If you are training for strength you shouldn't really ache much the next day. The aim isn't to tear your muscles but to improve your neuromuscular recruitment with less emphasis on muscle size ie. strength.

http://www.stronglifts.com .. I keep posting this link but still nobody has much of a clue what they are ****ing talking about.

..Btw if you want the sources of my information on strength training check out 'science and practice of strength training' by Vladimir Zatiorsky and 'Practical Programming for strength training' by Mark Rippetoe .. they know more than all of us.

What a ****! What if his goal was to get big. Maybe his two sports are boxing and body building. It would be a bit strange but it could be. Body builders try very hard to get sore. I like olympic lifting and small amounts of powerlifting and plyometrics, so I'm not usually to sore. It would mess with my boxing. But if I wanted to jump up a division I would have to cut down on boxing for a while and do bodybuilding for the mass and keep up my plyos and olys for the power. I would certainly be sore every day. But I gain mass no other way. No matter what I eat, I can't gain any size without a ridiculous bodybuilding schedule. And.. well thats about it ****.

[Righthandbanger]

What a ****! What if his goal was to get big. Maybe his two sports are boxing and body building. It would be a bit strange but it could be. Body builders try very hard to get sore. I like olympic lifting and small amounts of powerlifting and plyometrics, so I'm not usually to sore. It would mess with my boxing. But if I wanted to jump up a division I would have to cut down on boxing for a while and do bodybuilding for the mass and keep up my plyos and olys for the power. I would certainly be sore every day. But I gain mass no other way. No matter what I eat, I can't gain any size without a ridiculous bodybuilding schedule. And.. well thats about it ****.

LOL mass training has no place in sport, unless you are a sumo or your idea of sport is covering yourself in fake tan and strutting in front of judges wearing a thong.

strength training DOES increase size, it just happens slower and the size you gain is all compacted with dense muscle fibres, not bigfornuthin due to an incease in size of the sarcoplasm of your muscle fibres without an accompanying density increase.

..try getting good in the division you are in before you jump up above your natural weight. If you were ****ing world champ I'd understand but otherwise your argument is worthless