Courtenay Posted March 14, 2002 Posted March 14, 2002 Hey Bronc, good to hear you've resolved the soreness issue. Happy training. Quote
nolanr Posted March 19, 2002 Posted March 19, 2002 Courtenay, Seriously, what do you think about the soreness issue? I know you don't want debillitating muscular pain, but isn't some soreness good feedback that your training is fairly intense? I guess it all depends on what your goals are, the average client using a personal trainer at a gym probably has a vastly different approach to strength training than a power lifter or bodybuilder or something. Quote
Courtenay Posted March 19, 2002 Posted March 19, 2002 Hi Nolan, Regarding soreness, all it really means is that you did a little damage to the muscle tissue and it's got to repair itself so that it's stronger next time you do the same workout. With regularity, workouts really shouldn't make you sore all the time. Some people really "like" to feel a little soreness as it tends to remind them of the muscles they worked, but it's certainly okay NOT to be sore. And most new exercisers prefer NOT to be sore! It's a rare workout that can actually cause me to be sore any more (I've been lifting for half my life) though if there's a certain muscle group I neglect, I can generally tell which one it is when I get back to training it. Hope that helps. Quote
nolanr Posted March 21, 2002 Posted March 21, 2002 Good answer. I worked out for about 10 years, varying routines or level of intensity. It seems like most of the time I would have some soreness for a day or 2 after the workout. I think I have a bit of a warped perspective on strength training because I was pretty intense about it and hung out w/ some bodybuilder dudes who were crazy mofos, training was a matter of life or death just about. I bet you've seen plenty of the type yourself. I maintain that lifters are a subculture that is every bit as weird and misunderstood by the population in general as climbers. [ 03-20-2002: Message edited by: nolanr ] Quote
Courtenay Posted March 28, 2002 Posted March 28, 2002 Nolanr wrote: I bet you've seen plenty of the type yourself. I maintain that lifters are a subculture that is every bit as weird and misunderstood by the population in general as climbers. heh heh, yes, you are right about that. And even within the "lifting" world, the difference between bodybuilders, Olympic lifters, strongmen/strongwomen competitors, and powerlifters is quite significant. Alpine climbers (with miles and miles traveled, sometimes with quite heavy packs) and sport climbers (who crag in one area for hours with little more than pro or quickdraws strapped to their harnesses) are as much on opposite ends of the climbing spectrum as bb'ers and PLers. That's what makes both realms so fascinating... Quote
nolanr Posted March 30, 2002 Posted March 30, 2002 Case in point, one of my lifting buddies from college said "I'd eat dog shit if it would make me bigger." And he probably wasn't joking. How many climbers would go for that if they could lead a couple grades higher? Quote
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