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Originally Posted by MatracaBergFan well, i always get doms for the next few days after i do squats, and sometimes get doms on chest and triceps so i'm wondering if all this pain is doing any good from a bodybuilding point of view. I have always thought that if you dont get doms then you havent worked your muscles hard enough, but now i'm a bit confused :confused: |
No mate, not IMO.
To me, DOMS is a sign that you're either not used to the activity you're doing, and/or you haven't warmed up properly.
Suppose your max for 8 reps on bench was 100kg to failure. If you just turned up to the gym and lifted the 100kg for 3 sets of 8, with no warm-ups, no stretching, nothing... aside from risking injury, you would probably feel VERY sore the next day. If, however, you did something like this:
bar x 20
60kg x 10
80kg x 8
90kg x 6
100kg x 8 x however many sets you want (work sets)
with some stretches between the warm-up sets and after the work set.. chances are you wouldn't feel as sore the next day.
Does that mean we should all work out without warm-ups and stretching so that we feel sore the next day? Of course not!