Not getting sore

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Allahkaba

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Ok, when I first started lifting weights about a 18 months ago, I'd get very very sore in my biseps, tri's, shoulders, and the sides of my chest.
Now, I'm not even phased after a day of Benching, Curls, Military Press, and Dead Lifts.
It makes me want to work out again, the very next day. But I'm worried I'll injur or overtrain myself. Any insight to whats causing this, and if theres anything I should consider?

And please, for me...NNA(No-n00b-answers):D
 
well, soreness is NOT an indicator of a good/effective training session. it's normal to feel tight/stiff the next day, but sore/painful muscles means you did more damage than necessary.

Training everyday is bad. You probalby need a new routine, maybe a new split, and/or to increase the volume of your workouts...i.e. more sets per muscle group worked.
 
+1 on Malkore's reply. The soreness you feel when you first workout is there because you are hitting muscle fibers that aren't used much in day to day life. All of a sudden, they are getting pounded and torn. That's why you are sore. After the muscle becomes adjusted to the movement, the damage to the muscle becomes minimal. If you want to feel the tightness again, switch up your routine. Incorporate different movemenst than just your norm. Change grip width, grip style, movements and it will target different muscle. I try to switch out 1 exercise each workout to keep my body guessing. Hope that helps.
 
Part of the problem is being able to actually force yourself to work hard enough to cause soreness, that is to get all the muscle fibers going at once, which requires a lot of CNS development, which only comes from many years of working out hard. As you develop the CNS (mind-body connection?) you can do most exercises with enough force to cause soreness almost every workout if you want to. There is some debate about whether that causes better long term muscle growth or not. I find some exercises and rep schemes are easier to exert enough force to cause soreness than others. For example lying triceps extensions with a curling bar (nose breakers?) done at 12 reps, almost always makes my triceps sore the next day, so I tend not to do them every triceps workout.
 
Just bought a bench press, got a pretty good setup to achieve what I want.

I have been going at it for 4 weeks now and I have just got to the point where i'm not aching a day or two after the exercise but I just feel tightness.

I too am a little concerned that i’m not giving my best because of this, although I am lifting more then when I first started with a better technique.

An example of this in another aspect:
When I first start the Cricket season and I start bowling after a 6 month break, my arms and shoulders are so sore I can hardly move them but after a few weeks it's normal and don't feel it (similar to Baseball & Pitching).
 
I dont know if someone said it above I couldnt be stuffed reading it.

There is a training principle called progressive overload. This is increasing things such as frequency intensity load etc. By implementing progressive overload you can maintain adaption. Hypertrophy what ever your training for basically.

With this progression comes doms (delayed onset muscle soreness) You may have hit a plateau or your not increasing weights etc.

Try mixing it up a bit. Different exercises different order but remember compund before Isolation. Concentric before eccentric.

Good luck.
 
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