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True or False? No Pain, No Gain

5/9/2018

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No pain, only gains.
​Why you need to exercise smarter, not harder

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We have all heard the term, "no pain, no gain" when referring to exercise. If you aren't sweaty, exhausted, and have Jell-O legs at the end of a workout, then you didn't work hard enough, right? 
Wrong. 

That sore, tired, torn feeling we get in our muscles the day or days after a challenging work out is called DOMS, or delayed-onset muscle soreness. This is often where people believe they are making the most progress, physically. 


True or false? 
  • Soreness is due to lactic acid buildup in the muscles
  • Soreness is caused by microscopic tears in the muscles
  • Being sore after exercise means we are building muscles
  • if you work through the sore days , you will get better results.

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    Julie is the co-founder of Ageless Fitness and director of operations. 

    Kyle is an exercise specialist and clinician at Ageless Fitness in Santa Barbara.

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