![]() ![]() Often a symptom of training beyond a sustainable volume, severe or chronic soreness is a sign that the intensity of your workouts is too high and/or your recovery from training is insufficient. While occasional mild soreness is par for the course when it comes to training and athletics, severe soreness is an indicator of imbalance in the body. Being so sore that you can’t even move? That’s not exactly well-prepared for performance. The goal of sport performance training is to prepare athletes for the demands of their sport, so that they are physically ready for optimal performance. But DOMS should never be the goal-or even a desired latent outcome-of any workout, if you’re an athlete. But for athletes, this type of intense soreness is not only NOT beneficial, but can be a hindrance to your athletic performance.ĭOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) is common after hard training sessions, especially when you’re working with heavier weights or within new movement patterns. Soreness so intense that it prevents you from walking normally, descending stairs, or lowering yourself into a chair-let alone getting up from the toilet-seems to be a badge of honor in gym culture these days, a sort of shared misery that strengthens the bond between serious gymgoers. In the general fitness community, it has become vogue to be so sore from your previous workout that you can barely walk. One of the side effects-and, for some, the main selling point-of Leg Day is the soul-crushing soreness that results from high-intensity, high-volume, concentrated strength training. Athletes Shouldn't Strive to Be Super Sore If you’re an athlete, your training should focus on improving the performance qualities of movement patterns-so that you can move better, faster, and more efficiently in competition-rather than isolating a muscle based on an aesthetic goal.Ģ. Human movement is created not through isolated contractions of singular muscles, but rather through a coordinated synergy of kinetic chains of muscle: in other words, everything is connected. Running, rowing, kicking a ball, swinging a bat, even shooting a basketball-all require the athlete to use their whole body to perform. Watch any athlete play any sport and it’s clear that they are constantly using their entire body. But if you’re a traditional sport athlete, this type of aesthetic-based training is NOT ideal for you. (For further information on this topic, allow me to HIGHLY recommend the 1970’s classic Pumping Iron, a fantastic documentary about bodybuilding champ Arnold Schwarzenegger.)Īnd let me be clear: there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with bodybuilding! It is a competitive activity that requires discipline and specific training to excel at, just like other sports. Because the training goal is an aesthetic one, it makes perfect sense that many training protocols isolate single muscles and muscle groups-if you want your shoulders to look a certain way, you may need to hypertrophy your anterior deltoids. The goal of bodybuilding is to achieve a specific type of physique through strength training, mainly through targeted muscle hypertrophy (size increase) and body recomposition (fat loss). Leg Day has its origins in bodybuilding training. ![]()
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