Training Myth part 6 - No pain no gain

No Pain No Gain

Here is an old one but a goodie this one i actually believe to be true although with a few conditions. Those conditions are just common sense. Like if your sore dont go a run a marathon. I believe pain is the bodies way of saying something is wrong so it should be listened to. So if you are sore after a session then your body is saying to have a rest which is what you should do this is common sense. But if your doing a set bench presses and during the last set your muscles are burning then you should defiantly go on and finish that set.  You wont achieve anything if you stop at the first sign of pain or discomfort. When a person wants to achieve hypertrophy which means increase muscle size or definition then you must train til it burns and feel DOMS the next day or two. DOMS - Delayed onset Muscle Soreness. So its true in Hypertrophy case no pain no gain. Also the same could be said about HTT high intensity training  or just any type of intense training you must feel the burn of muscles if you want to improve times and performance and sometimes get DOMS. These are acceptable discomforts or mild pains that you should be able to work with and work through to achieve improvements.

So in summary no pain no gain is correct whilst your training and during training sessions so train hard even if your muscles are burning if it is joint pain then stop but muscle burn is fine. But after the session is over like the next day and you are still sore from your previous training session then you should rest you body til the pain subsides. So train hard but in all things in life use common sense. See you next week.