Hi, I train 3 days per week, alternating upper and lower body. I never tain for longer than 1 hour. I train to maximum intensity until I reach both positive and negative failure on the last set. I usually perform 4/5 exercises per session and 4 sets per exercise. My question is that I do not get that muscle soreness anymore that I used too. No matter how hard I push, I wake up the next morning as if I had been watching TV all day. I always used to feel a good stiffness and soreness which felt kinda good. I have tried mixing up my training program and using new exercises, but I still train with no pain.. Is it possible that I do recover extremely fast and that I should in fact increase the intensity of my program in terms of training days and exercises. Can you still grow and not feel any soreness?? Confused. James. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

exercises. Can you still grow and not feel any soreness?? Confused. James. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

Muscle soreness is not necessary for growth.  If you have been training for any length of time you should not get sore.  Most soreness occurs when training is first started or associated with injury.  Don't sweat the lack of soreness.

Hi, I train 3 days per week, alternating upper and lower body. I never tain for longer than 1 hour. I train to maximum intensity until I reach both positive and negative failure on the last set. I usually perform 4/5 exercises per session and 4 sets per exercise. My question is that I do not get that muscle soreness anymore that I used too. No matter how hard I push, I wake up the next morning as if I had been watching TV all day. I always used to feel a good stiffness and soreness which felt kinda good. I have tried mixing up my training program and using new exercises, but I still train with no pain.. Is it possible that I do recover extremely fast and that I should in fact increase the intensity of my program in terms of training days and exercises. Can you still grow and not feel any soreness?? You can grow without soreness but the question is ARE you growing without soreness?  You are keeping track of your measurements, right? You might not be getting sore because you've been following the same routine too long.  The bottom line is to keep changing things up every 6-8 weeks so that your body doesn't become acclimated to your routine. Try changing up the number of sets/reps, the amount of rest time between exercises, the actual exercises that you do, go to a 3 or 4 day split, etc. etc. Watson (the pencil neck) Davis