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Short, plain answers to the questions lifters ask most.
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Soreness
22 September 2026
Does soreness mean the session worked?
No. Soreness tells you a muscle met something unfamiliar, and the weeks you are sorest are not the weeks that are building you.
Reckoner · 3 min read
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