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Not sore after gym- creatine?

  • 18-06-2011 9:58am
    #1
    kaji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I've started going to the gym. I went last year for a while and found that my muscles used to be very sore the day(s) after a workout. I enjoyed this, as I knew that I was doing something right and that they were growing. I've started going to the gym again, but I take creatine now. I find that the soreness isn't there anymore, despite me lifting heavy. Frankly, I'm disappointed as I feel like I'm not lifting properly now or something. Does creatine have this effect?


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  • #2
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Not really...

    And it doesn't really matter if you're sore or not. It's a terrible indicator of progress and not something you even want to chase.


  • #3
    NotExactly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭NotExactly


    You're probably not as sore because your body has become accustomed to lifting heavy to a certain extent and also as stated above soreness is not a good indicator of a good workout,you could get this from using bad form.


  • #4
    Kadongy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Kadongy


    I find DOMS to be directly related to volume (the more volume the more DOMS).


  • #5
    Duffman'05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Duffman'05


    Hanley wrote: »
    Not really...

    And it doesn't really matter if you're sore or not. It's a terrible indicator of progress and not something you even want to chase.


    Hanley the only way for me to phrase this is to continue on what I had assumed all along before I saw this post - that soreness was the best indicator :o so please bear with me: Would you wait until you thought a muscle was fully healed (ie ''stitched back together'') a good few days after a workout before working it again? Or does concentrating on it again before that point is reached (eg in the next two days) lead to deeper tears and thus more effective gains?

    What do you use for indication?


  • #6
    Kadongy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Kadongy


    I found creatine reduced DOMS too I think. It would fit in with it being related to volume. Your muscles fatigue a little slower with some exercises when using creatine. The more volume you do the more fatigued a muscle will be. So my experience would be that DOMS correlates with muscle fatigue.

    I use the ability to lift heavier weights for indication.


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  • #7
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    You normally won't get DOMS after the first few weeks of working out if you lift consistently. Also, being sore is not in any way an indicator of whether or not your workout was beneficial to you. Creatine is irrelevant, all it does is retain water in your muscles and give you a little bit more of a pump which helps push out that last 2 or 3 reps in a set.


  • #8
    Kadongy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Kadongy


    TimeToShine wrote: »
    You normally won't get DOMS after the first few weeks of working out if you lift consistently. Also, being sore is not in any way an indicator of whether or not your workout was beneficial to you. Creatine is irrelevant, all it does is retain water in your muscles and give you a little bit more of a pump which helps push out that last 2 or 3 reps in a set.
    Creatine increases glycogen storage in muscles too I think. That is why you can do a bit more if you use it in that way. If you only wanted a volumising agent you would probably be better off with taurine really.


  • #9
    cc87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭cc87


    Thats not how creatine works.
    This thread gives a very brief outline of how it works
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054989471


  • #10
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Kadongy wrote: »
    Creatine increases glycogen storage in muscles too I think. That is why you can do a bit more if you use it in that way. If you only wanted a volumising agent you would probably be better off with taurine really.

    Creatine aids glycogen replenishment alright, but it's not the reason it works.


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