That’s right. As the title says, just because you’re sore the next day doesn’t mean you had a good workout. The proper term for that all-too familiar day-after-a-workout muscle soreness is DOMS - delayed onset muscle soreness. You may get DOMS regardless if you had a good workout or not because it seems to manifest itself the most through eccentric, unaccustomed exercise. Eccentric exercise - when the muscle fibres lengthen (ie. the lowering part of
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Hey guys, I’ll be writing a new line of blog posts called: “Misconceptions in Exercise & Nutrition”. They will be shorter in nature and are aimed at debunking the misconceptions about fitness and nutrition that are widespread in the media and society. The first one in this series is the common belief that you have to sweat a lot to get a superior workout. Now if you are
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For this post on my new ‘Misconceptions’ blogging thread, is the misconception that if someone is not fat, then they are completely fine and healthy and can eat whatever they want. This is a particularly dangerous misconception because it is counter-intuitive and misleads a lot of people into living a dangerous lifestyle because their body doesn’t give them any negative feedback. When many people eat poorly and don’t
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