When you workout, must the muscles be sore the next day to mean that it's good?

[MacMan156]

Usually when I workout, I feel the muscle sore the next day and I feel good. But some times I don't feel sore at all and it makes me feel like it didn't work hard enough for my workout. How should it be?

[Ghostykill3r]

It depends on what you're going for. If you're just looking to stay a healthy weight or lose weight, you can do an easy workout as long as you're using the same or more calories than what you're eating. If you're looking to build muscle being sore is more important, because you need to create microtears in your muscles so when they heal they also grow.

[MacMan156]

got it, i guess you answered my question. I am looking to build muscles, so muscle sore is important. but how many days should the sore be?

[RagnarRedbeard]

This is false. New muscle is built by healing microtears, but that’s not what causes the soreness. Soreness is a side effect of a build up of lactic acid. All that is important is progressive overload - always slightly increasing the weight on the bar each week so that the body has to adapt to a heavier load. As long as you do that you’ll grow.

[MacMan156]

@RagnarRedbeard Ah i see, i thought microtear causes soreness. got it, thankyou verymuch!

[jennifer_bloom]

I used to bike with my dad for a few hours each weekend and I did not feel any exhaustion but my figure and body shape changed from the exercise so low intensity exercise can build and tone your body and burn fat, even if you do not feel anything from it. My bike was stolen one day and we changed cities so I never biked again.

[MacMan156]

ah sorry about your bike. but i got it, the thing is as i know of, for muscle growth we need to do heavy weights, so im just curious if i need to at least feel some muscle sore the next day haha

[alcorriher]

tes.