I now take beta-alanine daily and that reduces the majority of my DOMS
Yes it takes away the lactic acid factor in DOMS. I read that DOMS from muscle tears happen about 24 hours after exercise and lactic acid soreness will occur in the 8-12 hour mark. Don't know about any studies regarding this though
Wow that is some bad info.
Lactic acid does not cause any DOMS any way shape or form. Muscle tears happens as a result of the eccentric exercise being performed and therefore happen immediately but the inflammation effects etc are not felt until around the 24 hour mark.
Did I just word it wrong? I'm pretty sure that lactic acid (or some other toxin) contributes to the soreness post-workout as well as the inflammation from micro-tears..
Reading up on it now shows that it's not caused by lactic acid but thinking logically, getting a 'pump' in the muscle to get blood flowing in the area 24 hours after training definitely reduces soreness and I was thinking that the blood flow would have cleared some sort of toxin out of the muscles to achieve this (broscience at it's finest right here). So why does this phenomenon occur?
Think of this logically. I could make you squat 50 sets of 1 rep with 180 to 300 seconds rest. It will require a minimal anaerobic glycolysis response but a large CP and straight ATP usage. If you had not squatted before you will wake up the next morning and want to punch me in the face due to DOMS yet there was hardly any lactic acid being produced.
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