Question about DOMS

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ivorygorgon

Cathlete
No matter how much I lift or what kind of rotation I do, I never seem to get DOMS too much. Does this mean I am not lifting heavy enough. I lift pretty heavily, (105 chest press for example and 255 leg press), but I don't really get DOMS.

Just wondering.
 
Well I guess you are just so darn fit that you'll just have to get over it!!! LOL! 105 for chest press...WOWZA!!!! Leg press at 255...AMAZING!!!

The only thing that brings DOMS to my legs anymore are walking lunges and I only get DOMS when I lift alittle heavier then usual, but that is just me.

You should just change your name to 2fit4doms!!! LOL!

Charlotte~~
 
If you feel like you're challenged on the last two reps of your sets, and you are seeing progress (both in terms of increasing weight and in body composition) you are doing fine.

Maybe you just get a good supply of antioxidants or something else that helps reduce or prevent DOMS.
 
I only get DOMS in my abs (rarely). It doesn't matter how hard I work out or how heavy I lift. I see results, so I'm not going to worry about it.

Funny, I did get DOMS in my forearm once after I went bowling for the first time in years.
 
You can try lowering your weights, but doing more challenging variations of exercises with absolute strict form AND constant tension. Change the grip, the stance, the angle, etc. Change something in each workout. Upping the weight is only ONE way to make the exercises more challenging and stimulate the muscles. Other ways are adding reps, doing variations of the same exercise, doing more work in less amount of time (high density training), using a stability ball, if you train both limbs at the same time, playing with different patterns of doing one side at a time, etc.
 
>Funny, I did get DOMS in my forearm once after I went bowling
>for the first time in years.

yep, that's why. because you did it for the first time in years. DOMS is usually felt when you shock your muscles; when you do a move or workout your body isn't used to.
 
Toasty: Wow, coming from you that is a great compliment. I don't think I am that fit, I just have a lot of muscle. I still have wayyyy too much fat, but thank you. I will take the compliment. I have always just been kinda a "monster." And I don't mean that in a bad way.

Thanks for the info all! I appreciate it. I try to mix things up. I do a variety of different exercises and I do a different mix every week. I eat a lot of antioxidants, so that may be it. I did get a few doms in my butt the other day from doing hack squats, but it was only just a little. I do go to fatigue and sometimes failure, but I try to be very careful of form as I am still recovering from a pull of the fascia in my stomache from using poor form on cable bicep curls.
 
"You can try lowering your weights, but doing more challenging variations of exercises with absolute strict form AND constant tension."

I agree with what Mariela said. I rarely get DOMS when I up the weight. However, I always get DOMS when I do verrrrrrrryyyyy slow and controlled reps (using a mid-range weight) until I cannot do another with perfect form.
 
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