DOMS

[debfer]

Hello there- hoping someone knows a liitle bit about this- me- I just learned what the abbr. meant a few weeks ago on this forum- my question is- if you work out total body 3x week (weights) and lets say you feel DOMS 2 days after you've worked out, so on a day where you're supposed to work out again-do you do your body a service by working out through that muscle soreness or are you supposed to maybe delay your workout by a day?? I have heard that the muscle breaks down and then builds back stronger- right? So are you interrupting that cycle if you work out while feeling that soreness (good sore, not bad) Does any of this make sense?? deb

 

[teddy16410]

Debfer-
Cathe actually addressed this a week or two ago. If you do a search on DOMS I'm sure it will come up. If you cant find it let me know and I'll take a peek.
I believe she said it was fine to keep to your plan as long as its a "good" sore VS strain/pain sore. Just want you to read it for yourself because sometimes I "dream" this stuff and cant keep track of it all.
Good Luck!

 

[teddy16410]

Found it for you!


RE: Strength training when you're still sore - OK or no..."
Author Cathe Friedrich
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4982 posts
Date Sun Apr-02-06 11:12 AM
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Hi Gym Mom! Initially when you first do something totally new, you will find thay you are sore in a way that you probably will never be again (unless you let a huge lapse of time go by). Its actually not unusual for that kind of sore to last 4 to 6 days either.

But I agree with your hubby, after 48 to 72 hours you're good to hit that muscle group again. When you have that initial soreness (the 5 to 6 day kind) you may want to return to exercise at the 72 hour mark with light exercises and lots of stretching to help promote healing of the muscle fibers. But once you have that initial breakthrough of soreness, you'll find that 48 to 72 hours is pretty much the perfect time to hit the muscles again and be able to give it your all.

Good luck!



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[debfer]

Thank you for finding that for me- and I thought I had read everything on the forums so far- I can't get away from these boards- there's so much information- thanks for your help -deb