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Is the level of soreness the day after a work out an accurate gauge for determining how productive of a workout I had the day before?
Sometimes, the day after I work my legs, they are so sore that I can barely walk. Other times they are SORE - but not painful at all. I have noticed this variation after doing similar lifting programs on different days.
Thanks!
Answer Soreness indicators will vary from workout to workout, and they are by no means a 'sure-fire gauge' of how well a workout is going or how productive it is. For instance, I have seen my greatest gains in strength by doing a program that had little to no soreness from day to day. So, that experience can blow the 'no pain, no gain' theory out the window from my standpoint. Your body's adaptations to a workout routine depends greatly on the intensity of the exercise, durations of rest between workouts and even between sets of an exercise, as well as refueling of the body and amount of sleep you get. You factor in all of these things and its tough to nail progress down to just one indicator of a workout's success or failure ( meaning soreness being used as that indicator here).
