Comments on: Stop Chasing DOMS

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:15:27 +0000

In reply to Mat. Military training is not what I was talking about. Trying to weed out the weak for a specific military branch isn't training someone in the gym to get better.

By: Mat

Mat — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 04:06:40 +0000

That last part about making someone limp our exhausted only rarely making some better is interesting. Because I can tell you, those guys in BUD/S out in Coronado CA are revieving that in full force on a daily basis. Asside from it being a mental game to get them to quit it’s still physical training via beat downs.

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:27:54 +0000

In reply to Mitch V. Many have reported that yes.

By: Mitch V

Mitch V — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:26:03 +0000

Lyle,

Have you encountered any evidence, either research-based or anecdotal, of DOMS being more severe while on a diet that includes a caloric deficit vs a diet that implements a caloric surplus?

By: googcommenter

googcommenter — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:51:00 +0000

I think it was something about anaerobic endurance, lactic acid and muscle soreness. It is anyway all pretty much overlapping..

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 14:06:35 +0000

Nope. But feel free to search and find them if you think so. Or maybe you’re a time traveller.

By: googcommenter

googcommenter — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:56:11 +0000

I have an impression I read all these articles before.. years ago..maybe even on this site?

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 15:26:38 +0000

In reply to Martin. I'm the same way. during my skating years, I was sore for 5.5 years and my coach had never seen anything like it. Never affected my training, went away with warmup, getting old sucks.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 15:24:51 +0000

I am still sore after every training session, even though I have been training frequently and full body for four years now. I got used to it and it does not really bother me, because the soreness goes away after I warm up (doing mobility work in the evenings and/or mornings helps too) and it does not affect my performance. But it leaves me curious, because I hardly ever experienced DOMS’s when I exercised in my twenties, but they became my constant companion now that I am in my fourties. Would you have some explanation for the change?

By: lylemcd

lylemcd — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:12:50 +0000

A lot of studies have looked at a variety of approaches to limit or reduce DOMS. Massage (which may just reset the pain receptors), BCAA has probably been studied, etc. You make a good point about the warm-up effect and I don’t see soreness per se as a reason to avoid training. By the time most are warmed up, it’s mostly gone and unless it’s stunning severe, rarely inhibits performance to any great degree. If you wanna dig into this, this is what Pubmed brings up. From memory, while many of these manipulations reduce the sensation of DOMS, it doesn’t change actual performance.

https://goo.gl/iMT2PO