By Mike Kubas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One common misconception I always\nhave to combat is the prevailing thought that being sore after a workout is the\nsign of a good workout. Soreness following a workout is not an indicator of a\ngood workout, nor is the absence of soreness an indicator of a poor workout. Feeling\nsore is an indicator of tiny microscopic tears in the muscle resulting in\ninflammation, often referred to as DOMS (delayed-onset muscle soreness). The\nsoreness you are feeling is the inflammation. It typically begins 24-48 hours\npost exercise and lasts 24-72 hours depending on the individual. Often this is brought on simply by performing\na new movement that the body is not used to or performing heavy controlled\neccentric movements (lengthening). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some soreness post workout is not a\nbad thing as long as it is not impacting your activity levels in the following\ndays. If you become so sore that you cannot exercise, or even really move so\nmuch the following day, that\u2019s a sign of too much stress on your body and is\nactually detrimental to your goals. If you\u2019re too sore you may be inclined to\nskip your next workout, or you won\u2019t get the most out of your workout. I stress\nto clients the goal of resistance training is to elicit the most body adaptation\nwith the least amount of work. Now I\u2019m not saying not to work hard in the gym,\nit\u2019s going to take a lot of hard work to get to your goals. I\u2019m saying to be\nefficient with the work you put in. Don\u2019t over do it striving to feel sore the\nnext day, you\u2019re better off leaving a little in the tank to ensure you can\nmaximize your next workout as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you do experience DOMS, some\ntype of active recovery is the best way to address the muscle soreness. An\nexample is foam rolling, dynamic stretches, followed by body weight exercises\nsuch as squats, lunges, and pushups to increase the blood flow and help aid in\nrecovery. Nothing too stressful or demanding on your body. Beginner yoga\nclasses and stretching classes are also great options to mix it up and aid in\nrecovery. Even if it\u2019s far less intense than your cardio classes or fat burning\nworkouts usually are, it will be just enough to combat the DOMS and help reduce\nthe inflammation faster. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Mike Kubas 1. Thinking Cardio is King! One common misconception I always have to combat is the prevailing thought that being sore after a workout is the sign of a good workout. Soreness following a workout is not an indicator of a good workout, nor is the absence of soreness an indicator of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 04:03:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastpointehealthandfitness.com\/gym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}