Okay. I have been working out with the biggest loser workout videos for 3days. The first 2days I had felt pain n my sides belly and back right after the workout was done..this is the third day and I didn't feel any pain? Does that mean I didn't workout hard enough this time? Or I'm getting used to it? Can I stilll lose weight even though I don't feel the pain?
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no pain, no game?
- Thread starter loralou
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DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) is what occurs when your muscles are put through an intense workload that they're unused to. The pain is a resultant of swelling of the muscle tissues in response to damage (it's not as graphic as it sounds, don't worry), but the reaction stops occurring as you get more used to workout. The routine is still effective, though.
The DOMS kind of pain is indicative of having exposed your body to something it isn't used to. It's a sign of hard work, but an even more reliable sign is that you did hard work. You know if you've pushed yourself hard or not. You can do very hard work and not get DOMS. You can do light work and get DOMS just because you're doing something different. In short, DOMS is a sign that something's happened, but it's an insignificant sign. Physical pain is not required for any fitness goal.
There are plenty of other kinds of pain than DOMS. You really don't want these other kinds of pain. The only one that's sort of okay to get is lactic acid accumulation pain, which is the "feel the burn" kind of pain, but it, too, is insignicant unless you're specifcally training to adapt your lactic threshold, and your technique on each exercise is likely to give out before lactic acid pain can kick in (at least as a beginner), so it's not something to strive for at this stage. All other pains I can think of are signs of something wrong - a nerve impingement, muscles not firing properly and the body being loaded wrong, muscles being overloaded to the point of tearing, etc.
So, pain is either unimportant, or it's a bad sign.
Either way, whether you feel pain or not is especially irrelevant with regards to weight loss. Weight is lost by your body being in a calorie deficit, not by how much you suffer. Hostages in POW camps lose lots of weight, and it sure as hell ain't cus they get epic DOMS. Not to imply that you should lead a POW lifestyle, btw.
There are plenty of other kinds of pain than DOMS. You really don't want these other kinds of pain. The only one that's sort of okay to get is lactic acid accumulation pain, which is the "feel the burn" kind of pain, but it, too, is insignicant unless you're specifcally training to adapt your lactic threshold, and your technique on each exercise is likely to give out before lactic acid pain can kick in (at least as a beginner), so it's not something to strive for at this stage. All other pains I can think of are signs of something wrong - a nerve impingement, muscles not firing properly and the body being loaded wrong, muscles being overloaded to the point of tearing, etc.
So, pain is either unimportant, or it's a bad sign.
Either way, whether you feel pain or not is especially irrelevant with regards to weight loss. Weight is lost by your body being in a calorie deficit, not by how much you suffer. Hostages in POW camps lose lots of weight, and it sure as hell ain't cus they get epic DOMS. Not to imply that you should lead a POW lifestyle, btw.
The biggest misconception with exercise and working out is the focus on the "no pain, no gain" motto. Just like the other posters before my have said, DOMS comes from working hard and working muscles that you don't usually or haven't lately used. You don't ever want to be in pain from working out. Being sore and working muscles is okay and it means you've done a good exercise, but pain isn't something you should be feeling. Pushing yourself to the level of pain greatly increases your risk of doing serious injury to your body and that is something that you never want.
Just like Goldfish said, weight loss comes from a calorie deficit and eating a proper diet can help with that a lot. Keeping track of the calories you take in, as well as exactly what your eating will make a big difference in the amount of weight you loose. Be sure to include nutritious and filling foods into your diet. Try checking out this site: . It pulls all sorts of information on nutrition from a bunch of websites and puts it into one easy-to-read site. It can offer you a lot of advice and ideas on ways to improve your diet to help loose weight.
Good luck with your biggest loser plan! I know you will do great!
Just like Goldfish said, weight loss comes from a calorie deficit and eating a proper diet can help with that a lot. Keeping track of the calories you take in, as well as exactly what your eating will make a big difference in the amount of weight you loose. Be sure to include nutritious and filling foods into your diet. Try checking out this site: . It pulls all sorts of information on nutrition from a bunch of websites and puts it into one easy-to-read site. It can offer you a lot of advice and ideas on ways to improve your diet to help loose weight.
Good luck with your biggest loser plan! I know you will do great!