ectomorph?

[Buster Brown]

Don't use soreness as an indicator of a good workout.

This is true in the sense that you need to give a routine 8-12 weeks before changing it up. Part of your soreness could just be lactic acid build up. Soreness does feel great, I will agree! By the end of a training cycle I may not get the soreness that I did in the beginning but because I track my sets, reps and weights used I have gotten stronger which is progress.

[Docd187123]

This is true in the sense that you need to give a routine 8-12 weeks before changing it up. Part of your soreness could just be lactic acid build up. Soreness does feel great, I will agree! By the end of a training cycle I may not get the soreness that I did in the beginning but because I track my sets, reps and weights used I have gotten stronger which is progress.

What I was trying to say, like you point out in the last sentence, you can get stronger and bigger and never experience soreness. It's not a pre-requisite for good training. It can hinder training if the soreness is bad enough to hamper your mobility and workouts. If I take a layoff from the gym I'm sore that first week or two back. After that I rarely if ever get sores but just like you I track my workouts so I know progress is being made.