OK, so I started second round of STS, this time 6 month rotation. I did disk 1 yesterday and to my surprise I have no DOMS today I have incresed my RM on many excersizes and was really working to failure yesterday. I even completed all the pushups (60% on my knees-but that's an improvement as during the last rotation I could not complete all the pushups even on my knees). So here I am today disapointed that there are no DOMS. I remember very well when I did disk 1 last time I was sore for 5 days (mostly in my lats). I was not however very sore during the rest of the rotation and in meso 3 I had absolutely no DOMS (which I read many others did not have either)
I wonder if I should increase the weight even more next week when I repeat the workout (though I was going to failure already on the last reps)
I know its silly to judge the workout by the DOMS but I am reading on line about 2 opposing views on DOMS, some say DOMS are crtitcal for muscle building, some say they are not important. I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I have DOMS. What do you think?
p.s Now that I read what I wrote, I did experience some muscle definition and strenght gain during my first roation, so perhaps I should not be concerned with the DOMS.
I wonder if I should increase the weight even more next week when I repeat the workout (though I was going to failure already on the last reps)
I know its silly to judge the workout by the DOMS but I am reading on line about 2 opposing views on DOMS, some say DOMS are crtitcal for muscle building, some say they are not important. I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I have DOMS. What do you think?
p.s Now that I read what I wrote, I did experience some muscle definition and strenght gain during my first roation, so perhaps I should not be concerned with the DOMS.
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