I find that when I train a muscle group when it is still quite sore, it is not sore the next day. Why is this?
The other day I had extremely sore biceps and had another back and Bis training coming up so against all good advice I trained them anyway. I trained them very hard so I thought that theyd be twice as sore the next day but to my surprise there was no DOMS. Did I help my muscles recover by doing this OR did I just get my body to ignore the pain.
I am thinking of using this phenomenon to facilitate better recovery. A couple of light sets to remove DOMS on days when I am not training that muscle group. Maybe even Just doing my usual warmup for those muscle groups. So the training could be like this
Day1 Chest Shoulders Triceps heavy and Back Bis legs a couple of light sets to facilitate recovery
Day 2 off
Day 3 Back Biceps Legs Heavy Chest shoulder trcipes a couple of light sets to facilitate recovery
Repeat
Heavy might be the wrong term Hard might be a better term as I don’t always go “heavy”
Will this damage my muscles or is it a way of enhancing recovery?
What is the physiological mechanism behind this?