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Get Back At It: 3 Ways to Reduce Muscle Soreness

Muscle soreness is often the biggest factor limiting your performance. It’s hard to get out of bed, every step hurts, and the stairs are your worst nightmare. Some people claim to like muscle soreness, ... Continue Reading

DOMS: Why You’re So Sore and How to Make It Better

You know that moment. You wake up a few days after a workout and think to yourself, "Ah, now I feel it." The technical term for this post-workout evidence of hard effort is delayed onset muscle soreness, ... Continue Reading

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DOMS: The Good, the Bad, and What It Really Means to Your Training

After the tentative walk down the stairs leaving the gym after a leg session, we’ve all experienced the love/hate cycle of performing basic tasks the day after, or even the day after the day after leg ... Continue Reading

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Anatabine Not as Effective as Hoped for DOMS

Delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS, is something every athlete has experienced. Most of us have a love-hate relationship with it. DOMS is a pain, literally, but you can’t tell me you don’t enjoy ... Continue Reading

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Does Aerobic Exercise Help Get Rid of DOMS?

We’ve all been there. Too much weight, too many reps, too many days off between workouts, and we feel it the next day. Or for the next several days. Aside from the discomfort, delayed-onset muscle ... Continue Reading

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Just How Sore Are You? Scientists Use Infra-Red To Measure DOMS

Most anyone who has exercised hard or played sports is familiar with DOMS – delayed onset muscle soreness. That painful stiff soreness that strikes hard a day or two after your activity. For ... Continue Reading

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