Question about being Sore

[darksol]

I have noticed something interesting.  When I workout and don't eat large amounts of protien after working out, I don't get sore, but I also don't get stronger.  But yesterday after hitting the gym. I ate two bowls of Nutlettes ceral ( 100 grams of protien ).  The next day when I woke up I was sore.  So here is my question Is being sore a sign of your body repairing itself, or a sign of microtears to the mucles?

[smaul]

don't think you can consider this a fact until you've noticed it a few times.  If this is the case then I am intrigued too.

[WOOO]

i think this is a "one off"...

[pobrecito]

too much lactic acid buildup

[Arnold Palmer]

not always...ive been sore from high rep, low weight workouts.  i doubt theres any lactic acid from doing that right?

[Princess L]

too much lactic acid buildup

Lactic acid doesn't cause muscle soreness.
Delayed onset muscle soreness,DOMS, is caused by muscle damage and post-exercise tissue inflammation.

[pobrecito]

Lactic acid doesn't cause muscle soreness.
Delayed onset muscle soreness,DOMS, is caused by muscle damage and post-exercise tissue inflammation.

Why is it then that many times people only experience DOMS the first time they workout, and then in following workout do not?

[Princess L]

Why is it then that many times people only experience DOMS the first time they workout, and then in following workout do not?

In short:

Adaptation

[pobrecito]

In short:

Adaptation

Exactly what I was thinking.....for my answer. You're body becomes more efficient at removing the lactic acid. That seems more practical to me than thinking you get sore from the breakdown of muscle. Is the soreness caused by removal of cellular waste products due to the decomposition of the muscle? If so, would this not occur every time you worked out? (considering that you shocked your body with a higher poundage?) In my experience I don't get sore in this situation. 

[Princess L]

Exactly what I was thinking.....for my answer. You're body becomes more efficient at removing the lactic acid. That seems more practical to me than thinking you get sore from the breakdown of muscle. Is the soreness caused by removal of cellular waste products due to the decomposition of the muscle? If so, would this not occur every time you worked out? (considering that you shocked your body with a higher poundage?) In my experience I don't get sore in this situation. 

Lactic acid is removed from the body quickly (within an hour).
The only relationship between the two is the fact that they both often happen due to exercise.

Read this:
http://www.naturalphysiques.com/cms/index.php?itemid=142
I'm going to bed.

[pobrecito]

Lactic acid is removed from the body quickly (within an hour).
The only relationship between the two is the fact that they both often happen due to exercise.

Read this:
http://www.naturalphysiques.com/cms/index.php?itemid=142
I'm going to bed.

Interest read. But, I also know it is just a theory, and we really don't know for sure what causes DOMS
Say I give you this hypothesis: After exercise, lactic acid levels normally fall back to normal within an hour of exercise. However, it is possible that this buildup of lactic acid influences the release of other factors through unknown mechanisms which can result in DOMS.