I’ve been trying the perfect rep technique lately and I am wondering if being sore after a workout is an indicator that I am doing something wrong, maybe grinding out a rep or two and not even realizing it. Does being sore mean I am not doing my reps “perfectly” or is that normal? Thanks.
I think its normal i get really sore training like this as well because the high tension on the muscle lead to more trauma!
I got really sore after every workout last week (the first week i started it) even on shoulders and that never usualy seems to happen.
im asking because i feel like i was grinding reps on the bench and my chest got sore but for back i did my rows and felt i didnt grind any reps and got no soreness so i wasnt sure if thats an indication of doing my chest workout wrong… either way im just gonna try to pay more attention to mfp next time i train chest
I don’t think being sore means you did anything wrong at all. I did some squats with much less a weight than I used to (while trying to use the technique) and I was actually sore. Even with the heavier weights and grinding I didn’t get sore before.
I’d be curious if being sore after every workout would indicate a need for more recovery personally.
As far as I understand the concept soreness is an indicator that something did not go right. I’ve been using the perfect rep for 3 weeks now and I haven’t been sore at all. I would imagine that soreness implicates that you cannot work out every day.
Just my 2 cents… I’m not CT
I thought it was natural if the technique change was employed.
Im not CT either though.
[quote]pradaboy wrote:
As far as I understand the concept soreness is an indicator that something did not go right. I’ve been using the perfect rep for 3 weeks now and I haven’t been sore at all. I would imagine that soreness implicates that you cannot work out every day.
Just my 2 cents… I’m not CT[/quote]
ive only been sore once and that actually occurred during my workout…ct’s explanation was that i used so much force and wasnt doing anything wrong. he said he had a similar experience where he ws sore for days… i think if u r constantly sore though u may be doing something wrong or ur recovery is ineffective
i just did posterior yesterday and my hams low back and ass are fried but i felt i had a good workout, no grinding at all, so now i know its not because im doing it wrong; probably just detrained from not being consistent in a long time… i like lifting in this way though its alot of fun and i feel like im going to get a lot out of it
Personal experience - soreness only ever occurs when I try something “new”, i.e. something I haven’t done a lot of recently. Like when you started weight training for the first time, when you started training after time off, when you tried a new exercise and so on. I’m sure it’s the same way for most people.
On that principle, it makes sense that when you try a new technique, you’re gonna be sore the first few times. I’d just ignore it personally and not micro-analyse details like that.
Of course I’m not the Thibster, so pinch of salt…
I get sore but I feel stronger also, Its hard to explain
Usually when im sore I dont wanna use that muscle at all, but with the perfect rep, I feel like I could lift more than what I did the day before, even with all the soreness
Its like my body is excited and wanna do it again
One thing I’ve noticed is when I let the bar descend faster in the bench press, I seem to ‘feel’ the exercise more in my bench pressing muscles. Before I never really felt much in my chest in the BP but now using a faster eccentric it feels great and more pumped up. Really weird.
[quote]PB Andy wrote:
One thing I’ve noticed is when I let the bar descend faster in the bench press, I seem to ‘feel’ the exercise more in my bench pressing muscles. Before I never really felt much in my chest in the BP but now using a faster eccentric it feels great and more pumped up. Really weird.[/quote]
Yeah I feel the same way about SLDL even though I definitely “felt” it in my hams before doing reps like this, its like theres an extra stretch at the bottom. Also the deadlift, I felt that alot in my ass because of the explosive movement past the knees.
I usually get sore after changing things up, but I’m found that the onset of the soreness with this protocol is different: With legs I usually have a day or two until I really feel it, but after working my hams/glutes on Tuesday I was sore the day after, but I didn’t start to feel my chest workout from Monday until today.