Do you get sore?

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leckbass

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I know, another DOMS question. I know you dont have to be sore to grow. That is a definite, but why are some body parts sore the next day and others arent. After a chest workout i am never sore, after back, never sore, arms, never sore. When i workout legs, no matter what, they are sore!

Is this common with anyone else?
 
What's your program like? How often are you training your legs? That could have big implications in DOMS. Usually, the more often you train a muscle, the less DOMS it presents with, as high frequency training results in an adaptation relative to soreness, thus reducing soreness.
 
When I change my program I get sore for the first couple days, otherwise I rarely get sore anymore. It's possible that you work some body parts harder than others without realizing it I suppose.
 
I do legs once a week, usually leg press and glute ham raises, sometimes i'll switch it up and do extensions and curls
 
Now that i think of it, my legs do tend to get sore more often than the rest. Might have something to do with with the larger muscles working harder.
 
Legs being more sore than the rest may also have something to do with the fact that a lot of leg exercises are closed-chain (distal end --> foot does not move) and closed-chain movements typically have greater emphasis on the eccentric part of the lift, which is the part of the lift that is believed to cause more damage to the muscle tissue spurring on greater adaptation.
 
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