Recovery & Volume Question

Bigger Stronger Leaner Competitive Bodybuilding
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I’m wondering if I generally need to up my volume when not cutting. Usually, when I work out I don’t notice any real soreness anymore.

However, as I’ve decide to go low carb and do some cutting this month, I’ve noticed all of a sudden I get soreness after most workouts (yes, I’ve been advised by folks here to do something like 5x5 while doing the cutting just to maintain LBM). It feels great, I like the feeling of post-workout soreness. It feels like progress!

So, the real question is, because I almost never feel soreness during my regular workous, do I need to up their volume so that I do? As I’m in my 30’s I sort of feel like I should not expect as much ability to recover anymore, but maybe I am not pushing as hard as I should?

After all, it seems easiest to make real gains when the muscles are being fed well and reach soreness. Like when you try something new and it feels like hell the first time or two but then you can handle it.

Maybe my recovery abilities are pretty good now that I’ve been workout out for about a year consistently? Any thoughts or advice on this from folks with more experience?

P.S. I don’t have access to anabolic supplements so any recovery is purely natural. I do get good PWO nutrition of course.

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I usually don’t get sore anymore after a workout, and I train very hard most of the time.

I think you have trained for so many years that your body has adapted and you won’t get as sore as you used to. You grow anyway, sore or not, according to all of the studies.

But, I agree, it does feel like you did something the next day when you can’t move your arm or leg without wincing…Haha

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don’t necessarily up the volume…up the WEIGHT and see what happens…

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So, the real question is, because I almost never feel soreness during my regular workous, do I need to up their volume so that I do ?
Vroom, not necessarily. I had your same experience before I began ABBH. With ABBH I experienced a reasonable soreness after the workouts and during the off days. In ABBH the workouts are relatively short (30-40 minutes) but intense. In my opinion the reason for my soreness was the combination of loads,sets and reps (10X3,4,5 and 5X10)and not the volume.