Not getting sore?

[DualShock]

I've been working out for about 3 weeks now.  I've been sore with every body part I've worked out, accept for this week.  I have changed my routine and added more weights, I never did really like the soreness until I started and now I like it.  Any suggestions?  BTW I've been using a resistance machine (Gold Gym's Power Flex) 

[Alex23]

I've been working out for about 3 weeks now.  I've been sore with every body part I've worked out, accept for this week.  I have changed my routine and added more weights, I never did really like the soreness until I started and now I like it.  Any suggestions?  BTW I've been using a resistance machine (Gold Gym's Power Flex) 

Have you ever worked out before that 3 week streak?

[DualShock]

No, before then I ate and did everything unhealthly.  Now I watch what I eat and workout.

[Alex23]

Then you need to vary your angles as well; add excercises.

I'm assuming you must be doing "full body" type of work out.

You might want to split the bodypart and increase the load. Not only the weights but the sets as well.

Hard to tell without give us an idea of your routine.

[DualShock]

I usually work on 1 -2 body parts with 3-4 exercises per body part per day, 3 or 4 days a week.

[Alex23]

I notice the same thing actually. Then I go off the beaten path and switch to a completely different exercise. The sorenees comes back for a training or two.

Not being sore doesn't mean no growth however.

[mass 04]

I agree, soreness really isn't an indicator of growth. Psychologically i like to be sore but that's not always the case. Results are the most important thing, but at three weeks it will be hard to tell. I would say that if you are progressing in weight and lifting poundage not to worry about it.

Also  for me no matter what i do some bodyparts like delts and biceps never get sore for me.

[lubawyb612]

a whole 3 weeks....oh wow....its for sure time to start over thinking everything

[Geo]

  BTW I've been using a resistance machine (Gold Gym's Power Flex) 

I would have guessed that you could'nt get sore from using those things in the first place

[GoneAway]

Not being sore doesn't mean no growth however.

Truth.

People just like being sore because it feels as though they're making a difference. Just concentrate on your strength - if you're able to do more reps at the same weight than you were previously, or on your body - if you notice your muscles are getting bigger. Or both, if you're going for strength and size.

Soreness can often be a bad thing too, as a sign that you haven't warmed up or warmed down properly.

[PANDAEMONIUM]

I agree, soreness really isn't an indicator of growth. Psychologically i like to be sore but that's not always the case. Results are the most important thing, but at three weeks it will be hard to tell. I would say that if you are progressing in weight and lifting poundage not to worry about it.

Also  for me no matter what i do some bodyparts like delts and biceps never get sore for me.

I'm with ya on that.

If you guys wanna see how much "soreness" really means, try a brutal (more brutal than usual) squat workout.  Spend a LOT of time stretching your quads after each set and then for 10 minutes after the whole workout.  Then get back to me about whether you feel any substantial soreness.  That should tell you something about how "soreness" factors into the whole equation of gaining muscle...

[candidizzle]

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buy some

youll get sore

[webcake]

imo, stretching has a lot to do with DOMS. I've been stretching a lot the past few months and DOMS has decreased a lot, yet i know that im seeing results from my training. Take calves for example, i thrash them every time i train them to the point where after a set they are absolutely killing me, yet i stretch my calves HEAPS, in between sets and after, and the next day they are only a little sore, where as before they would be sore for days on end.

[slaveboy1980]

I've been working out for about 3 weeks now.  I've been sore with every body part I've worked out, accept for this week.  I have changed my routine and added more weights, I never did really like the soreness until I started and now I like it.  Any suggestions?  BTW I've been using a resistance machine (Gold Gym's Power Flex) 

you dont need to be sore to grow.

focus on getting stronger.

if you work a muscle several times a week it wont be as sore as if you just work it once a week. if you change exercises all the time (which you shouldnt, because it makes progress hard to track) it will make you more sore. but as i said, you dont need to be sore to grow.

[wes]

Join a gym..............NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

[mass 04]

Is the "resistance machine" the only thing you use in your workouts?

[PANDAEMONIUM]

imo, stretching has a lot to do with DOMS. I've been stretching a lot the past few months and DOMS has decreased a lot, yet i know that im seeing results from my training. Take calves for example, i thrash them every time i train them to the point where after a set they are absolutely killing me, yet i stretch my calves HEAPS, in between sets and after, and the next day they are only a little sore, where as before they would be sore for days on end.

Yep.  That's exactly what I was getting at with my post above.

Conventional wisdom says that DOMS results from microscopic tears in the muscle tissue.  That's obviously not entirely true (if true at all) if the soreness/stretching factor is any guide.

[DualShock]

Yes the resistance machine is what I use, it's all I have.  And yes I have only been training for 3 weeks, everyone has to start somewhere. 

I'm going to pick me up some dumbbells in a week or 2 and add them in on my training.

I can get sore on this machine, when you go from not lifting anything but a Mountain Dew can to a machine that has up to 220lbs of resistance, then it's common to get sore.

I changed my routine, heavier weights low reps.  And I'm back sore again.   

Thanks for the support (candidizzle thanks for the help with the diet, I've got it down pat now).  And I have lost at least 1 pant size and have gain strength.

[amott]

I like being sore, I have to be sore.  Again, this might be psychological like someone mentioned, but if I don't get sore, I don't feel I had a good workout.