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Anonymous
I've always been sort of a newb to working out. I've recently started again and I'm confused. I'm supposed to feel sore the day after I lift weights, but I feel fine. 2 days after, the soreness hits and it throws off my every-other-day weight lifting.

Is it just because I'm new that my soreness is slow? I shouldn't work out sore muscles, right?
>> Anonymous
doms

http://www.naturalphysiques.com/cms/index.php?itemid=142
>> Kanader
>>128817
Don't work out sore muscles: True

Your soreness is because you aren't stretching or warming up the muscles, but even more likely that you aren't cooling down and doing final stretches. Acid buildup isn't something to desire.
>> Anonymous
>>128817
yos you're muscles are supposed to hurt, it's what should strive for. Mine either happens the next day OR the day after that depending on if i get enough sleep.

SO, i suggest you make sure you get enough sleep and enough food but dont fret too much just stick with your routine. the pain will drop and will last for shorter periods once your body is used to it.
>> Kanader
>>128851
"No pain, no gain" is the most common, and the most ignorant of all the fitness myths. Go drink a protein shake.
>> Anonymous
>>128865

Uh, excuse us, fuck-nut, but weight-training is the process of breaking down your muscle fibers.

I would like you to introduce me to one human being on the planet that weight-trains and doesn't experience some sort of muscle fatigue/pain.
>> Anonymous
>>128865
Oh, I have huge jug of whey protein powder. Vanilla flavored. I'm supposed to replace a meal with that shake, right?
>> Anonymous
>>128875

Use it for Post-Workout Shakes with Dextrose and Maltodextrin.

Also for breakfast to get protein quickly to your starved muscle.
>> Kanader
>>128873
>you're muscles are supposed to hurt, it's what should strive for
This, dear sir, is fucktarded advice and you know it.
>> Anonymous
>>128887

Obviously that guy shouldn't have said something like that, but turning around and denouncing muscle pain as something only faggity brain-dead bodybuilders attempt to achieve isn't a way to balance out the argument.

Muscle pain is to be experienced, and achieved, but you shouldn't be working out until you can't even move.
>> Anonymous
>>128886
Dextrose and Maltodextrin?

Sorry, not familiar with those words. They're not in pill form, are they? I can't take pills, but I don't mind bad tastes.

Also, any sugguestions for snacks and lunch? Something cheap and easy to find is preferred.
>> Kanader
>>128890
Sensible people on my 4chan? More likely than I thought.

Soreness happens because of lactic acid buildup and tearing of the muscle fibers. A person working out should strive to push their limits if they want to improve, but it should be in a controlled manner. This will, of course, lead to soreness, but if it's lasting for more than a day then something is wrong. A lot of people believe that not just soreness, but pain, is an indicator of achievement, but it's an ignorant and destructive myth that cannot be dispelled early enough in people who are beginning to exercise seriously.

There's a world of difference between soreness and pain, the latter of which should absolutely be avoided, and the former of which can be mitigated easily with proper measures.
>> Anonymous
>>128904

Whenever I even think of Lactic Acid, my legs hurt. It's like the psychological ice-spine that people get when they're scared. Meh.

>>128902

Dex and Malto are sugars, carbs if you will. Your body needs quick-digesting protein (whey) and carbs (dex+malto) to quickly replenish your muscle.

Read over this article, it'll give you all the beginning information you need. I also like how it stresses Compound exercises over Isolation, even though it states itself as a "Beginner Bodybuilder blah blah blah"

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/beginning_training_guide.htm
>> Anonymous
>>128887
learn2hypertrophy
>> Kanader
>>128942
If you want to be strong and fit, I can help you. If you want to have a useless, grotesque, body, then go shoot steroids between your toes.
>> Anonymous
>>128963

I'll take the muscle mass, thanks.

Unless you are an attractive female, couldn't care less what type of male body you find attractive.
>> Anonymous
>>128904
>Soreness happens because of lactic acid buildup and tearing of the muscle fibers.
lactic acid dissipates in a manner of seconds, and only can be attributed to the "burn" you feel during an exercise. The "tearing" you're referring to should be specified as micro-tears, because there's a big difference between the two, and could cause some confusion. Anyway, it's a contributor to DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), but as of right now I don't think it's completely understood, there's some stuff about Concentric and Eccentric muscle contractions, but I don't recall the details.

However, it's becoming apparent that DOMS is inaccurate, and that only the first 2-3 days should be heeded, and if you're sore for 6 days or so, half that time you're already completely recovered.
>> Anonymous
>>128963
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_hypertrophy#Types_of_hypertrophy
Why don't you do a quick google search before you run your mouth
>> Kanader
>>128979
Hypertrophy is a secondary effect of strength, endurance, and power training and should not be used as an indicator of your progress. It's the weight-training equivalent of watching your weight and not your fat. Although hypertrophy is clinically correct when referring to any muscle growth, in the context of fitness it has the exclusive meaning excess muscle growth, independent of an increase in capacity for work.