Does Muscle Soreness Mean Muscle Growth? ('DOMS' Explained)

Muscle soreness (also known as delayed onset muscle soreness or “DOMS”) is a common phenomenon that you’ll experience after your workout. However, is workout soreness beneficial and is muscle soreness an indicator of muscle growth? In this video I’ll go through why post workout soreness is believed to be an indicator of muscle growth (based on its connection to muscle damage), and why this perception is flawed. You’ll learn what causes muscle soreness, if workout soreness is necessary, and what the “optimal” level of muscle soreness is.

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[bayamonpr]

Arnold schwarzenegger once said: "If it burns it grows".

[Jonathan-uoui]

I need a sore feeling after a workout otherwise I feel like the session wasn’t productive. But this maybe will help psychologically to stop that thoughts

[AllatonceIvan]

WHY CANT SCHOOL BE THIS INTERESTING?!?

[DM-ljmn]

Strangely I’m addicted to that feeling

[virtualethan_]

I hate not being sore It makes me feel like I didn’t do enough.

[bailey]

I've been working out for five months now. The only muscles that continue to be really sore are my legs. My biceps and shoulders are sore for a day my legs are sore for three day. But I'm really seeing great results. I'm 54 and getting into the best shape of my life.

[jeps]

Make sure if you're watching this video in public, you have your headphones on, specially the in the beginning of the video lol

[rubenfischer]

Y’all need to stop, I’ve been having muscle soreness all day and then this pops up, my FBI agent is really lookin out for me

[jamesgrundy]

As someone who is currently in college to become a Physical Therapist Assistant and who is also working to improve my own health and strength... I really appreciate the effort and quality you put into your videos. You provide accurate, knowledgeable information that not only helps people reach their goals but be smart and safe about how they get there. Keep up the good work!

[hywelevans]

Another super informative video man! Love how you out these together 💪

[MiamiPushtheLimit]

I haven’t worked out in years and I’m super morbidly obese. I’ve been doing 30 minutes per day on the elliptical for the past 4 days and my legs are very sore today so I’m taking a rest. But this video reminded me that I can still do an upper body workout even though my legs are sore. Thank you.

[surendra]

Very good video bro.
I used to feel that muscle soreness is must. Thanks for educating me!

[justinosborne]

Muscle soreness after squats definitely has a correlation with strength gains. It happens when the muscle is out of shape or when you change your program/routine.

[darnelljones]

I haven’t worked out in years and sat on a couch daily . I deadass get doms after doing 10 pushups

[chetanyarlagadda]

Lmao I just woke up with some serious hammy, butt, and ab soreness this video was meant for me

[mauricecooper]

I always wanted to know about this. Thanks, Jeremy.💪👍👍

[kurtrsenjazz]

Using DOMS as an indicator that you have hit the desired muscles with your workout. This is very usable advice, thank you very much. Subbed

[jamesp]

I'll never forget having this in basic training to an insane degree, I could bearly move

[clot]

Soreness is Generally associated with muscle damage, which leads to muscle growth with the right nutrition and supplementation.Yes some activities can cause a soreness that is not co related with muscle damage, but if you train a specific muscle and feel the soreness in the right spot the next day, it can only be good news. This is why i'm gonna disagree with the statement that you should reduce volume or intensity if the soreness is too extreme. Just keep your workouts the same and run a split that does not involve you training a sore muscle...Just my 2 cents.

[pouyanmeishany]

I did chest yesterday got sore in my legs😂😂