What if i dont get doms

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Cathlete
Hi cathe

What if I do a strength workout and I don't get doms the next day. Should I be lifting heavier or is it of not to feel it the next day.
 
I rarely get them either. Never have. I'll get a little stiff, but I drink a lot of water and always stretch after working out, so little to no DOMS.
 
The thing is sometimes I do...like with Butts and Gutts I can feel it coming on. I've been doing the new X-Train upper body ones and I'm lifting heavy and yet no DOMS. Wondering if it's how the exercises are positioned maybe? I have to say I LOVE doms! Love to feel the work!

So I'm just curious what Cathe thinks!
Thanks
 
I only get them when I have taken some time off (even if it is only a week), start a new program, or if I seriously increase my weights. I wish I never got them, I hate to be sore!!
 
Cathe addressed this very question in one of her afternoon Q&A sessions on this board. Unfortunately, I can't remember when it was. It wasn't long ago. I will try to find it.

ETA: Here is Cathe's response from December 2012. I don't know how to link to that particular message so I just cut and paste. I've also included the original question.

Hi Elizabeth!

Great question and the answer is if you get DOMS you KNOW you had a good workout. The evidence is obvious.

But if you don't get DOMS this does not mean you didn't get a good workout? Well, it could mean that if you didn't challenge yourself to a level that you are capable of (and you know when that's the case. We have all had those kinds of workout days). But if you did a TOTALLY PUSH YOURSELF WORKOUT and you didn't get DOMS, sometimes its just that your body has acclimated to a specific workout or exercise order or weight selection. You still felt the intensity as you exercised, got a great sweat, felt very challenged, and a good burn in the muscle while doing the workout, but the DOMS just didn't follow. Its totally ok, especially if its a cardio based or enduranced based workout (since the body acclimates to those workouts faster). But this could be a sign that you are ready to change things up so that your fitness gains stay on their game. So if you have no DOMS on a regular basis, try changing things totally around and experience the DOMS difference






so the DOMS isn't knocking on the door anymore
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Originally Posted by emigliori
Cathe,

You may regret your offer to answer more questions!! But, if you have time, I have a question that is 'sort of' an offshoot of my prior one regarding aging and exercise.

I do tons and tons of reading online and in magazines regarding fitness, and amongst the more "hardcore" lifting crowd - fitness models and the like, there is this idea that if you do not get DOMS you are not getting a good workout.

I get that DOMS means you got a good workout, but if you don't get it, are you not making gains on your fitness and muscle-building?

Thanks,

Elizabeth
 
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