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That matters, because a workout without soreness can feel like a workout that did nothing, and then you might train harder than you need to. The research on muscle growth shows something different.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/scan-recovery-test\/\">The BioProfile recovery scan<\/a> gives you an indication of where your recovery stands today. Recovery is one of the 11 areas the full scan assesses. It is not a diagnosis. It is insight that shows you where you stand today and helps you make better choices in your diet and lifestyle. The scan does not point to a cause and does not make a diagnosis. Only a doctor can do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-verify bp-blog-verify--top is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of Carlos Mendoza Montano\" class=\"wp-image-5959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano.webp 290w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-name wp-block-paragraph\">Verified by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carlos-mendoza-montano-37615639\/\">Carlos Mendoza Montano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-cred wp-block-paragraph\">Doctorate in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-date wp-block-paragraph\">Checked on 4 October 2026<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-takeaways is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In short<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>Two groups followed the same eight-week training programme. One group had muscle soreness and the other did not, and both groups made the same progress in muscle size and strength.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Muscle soreness fades as you keep training, because the muscle adapts after a first workout and a similar workout later causes less damage.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>In a ten-week study, muscle growth became visible as the damage after each workout went down. Muscle soreness is not what drives growth.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-toc is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-toclabel wp-block-paragraph\">Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><a href=\"#geen-spierpijn-na-sporten-wat-het-betekent\">No muscle soreness after exercise: what it means<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#waarom-je-geen-spierpijn-meer-krijgt-als-je-regelmatig-traint\">Why you stop getting sore muscles when you train regularly<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#heb-je-spierpijn-nodig-voor-spiergroei\">Do you need muscle soreness to build muscle?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#mag-je-sporten-met-spierpijn\">Can you exercise with sore muscles?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wanneer-naar-de-huisarts\">When to see your GP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-de-herstelscan-meet\">What the recovery scan measures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#samengevat\">In summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"geen-spierpijn-na-sporten-wat-het-betekent\">No muscle soreness after exercise: what it means<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One study put the idea of &#8220;no pain, no gain&#8221; directly to the test. Two groups followed the same eight-week programme of hard cycling in which the leg muscles produced force while they lengthened, 20 minutes a session, three times a week. One group built up so gradually that the muscles would not be damaged. The other group started with a hard first session. That group had more than five times as much creatine kinase in the blood, a marker of muscle damage, and reported muscle soreness. Yet over those eight weeks both groups made the same progress in muscle size and strength, with about a quarter more strength in each group.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you finish a session thinking &#8220;I have no muscle soreness after exercise&#8221;, that session may still have done its job. In this study, the soreness came with the hard start, and the muscles grew with and without soreness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"waarom-je-geen-spierpijn-meer-krijgt-als-je-regelmatig-traint\">Why you stop getting muscle soreness when you train regularly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most people find that a new exercise makes their muscles sore at first and that the soreness goes away after a few weeks. Researchers call this the repeated bout effect. After a session in which the muscle works while it lengthens, the muscle adapts, and a similar session later on causes less damage. The possible adaptations fall into three groups: changes in the nerves, in the mechanics of the muscle and in the muscle cells. One example: muscle fibres gain more of their small contracting units along their length, so each contraction puts less strain on the fibre. The author notes that no single theory fully explains the effect yet.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A review of 23 articles found the same pattern when a preparatory session came first. People who first did a preparatory session before a workout that causes muscle damage had less muscle damage and less muscle soreness afterwards than control groups. That group also kept more strength and range of motion in the four days after the muscle-damaging workout. The preparatory session worked best when it came 2 to 4 days beforehand.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Put simply: if a similar workout no longer gives you sore muscles, your muscles have probably adapted to the work. Less soreness can also come from a lighter or familiar workout, and people differ. It does not mean your training has stopped working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"heb-je-spierpijn-nodig-voor-spiergroei\">Do you need muscle soreness for muscle growth?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a ten-week study, ten young men followed a strength training programme, and a small piece of muscle was taken at the start, after three weeks and after ten weeks. The damage after a workout was highest at the start, lower after three weeks and lower again after ten weeks. Only in week ten had the muscle fibres grown larger. After three and after ten weeks, there was a strong link between protein building in the muscle after a workout and how much the muscle grew. At the start, there was no link yet.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first weeks, protein building after a workout went together with more muscle damage, with no link to growth. Growth became visible once the damage after each workout decreased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A review of studies on strength training points the same way. In the first sessions a muscle mainly swells and does not really grow yet. Real growth builds up over several weeks. The authors conclude that muscle damage is not the process behind muscle growth, and training programmes that caused little damage produced similar growth to programmes that caused a lot.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> For you, this means muscle soreness is not something to aim for. What the studies link to growth is training regularly over weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mag-je-sporten-met-spierpijn\">Can you exercise with muscle soreness?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For pain in your muscles and joints, Thuisarts says you can try to carry on with what you normally do every day. If moving makes the pain worse, do a bit less for a while.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> Staying active remains the starting point. The Gezondheidsraad advises adults in the Netherlands to do at least two and a half hours of moderate-intensity exercise a week, along with activities that strengthen muscles and bones at least twice a week.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practice, mild muscle soreness is usually no reason to stop moving. It can be a reason to take things a little easier for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wanneer-naar-de-huisarts\">When to see your GP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make an appointment with your GP if the pain is severe, lasts a long time, gets worse or keeps coming back. Do the same if the pain lasts longer than you expected, if you cannot get back to your usual activities, or if you also have a fever or feel more and more unwell. Call straight away if, along with the pain, you are breathing with difficulty or very fast, have chest pain, suddenly sweat a lot or become drowsy.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> See your GP or a physiotherapist if a single movement suddenly causes a lot of pain in a muscle or joint, if you can no longer walk properly or use your arm properly, or if pressing on a tendon hurts.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-de-herstelscan-meet\">What the recovery scan measures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recovery scan asks how your recovery feels to you and turns your answers into a score you can use as a starting point. A questionnaire does not look inside a muscle. It does not measure muscle damage, a blood value or muscle growth. If you repeat the scan later with the same questions, you have two scores to compare instead of a feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"samengevat\">In summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No muscle soreness after exercise does not mean your workout did nothing. Groups with and without muscle soreness gained the same amount of muscle and strength. Soreness fades as the muscle adapts to training, and growth became visible as the damage after each session went down. With mild soreness you can usually keep moving, and the Thuisarts signs above tell you when to see a doctor.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-cta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See where your recovery starts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer the questions in the recovery scan and your recovery score appears in your dashboard. What the recovery scan measures, and what the scan is based on, is explained on the scan page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/scan-recovery-test\/\">Start the recovery scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-ctamicro wp-block-paragraph\">Free, about 3 minutes. An analysis of your answers, never a diagnosis. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/free-health-check-tests\/\">All health scans<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--wash is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can muscles grow without muscle soreness?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. In an eight-week study, the group that built up gradually and had no muscle soreness gained as much muscle size and strength as the group that started with a workout that caused soreness.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> A review of studies on strength training came to the same picture: training that caused little damage led to similar growth as training that caused a lot of damage.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is muscle soreness after exercise a good sign?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can come on when the workout is unfamiliar or unusually hard for the muscle. It does not show that the workout worked better. The authors of a review article write that muscle damage is not the process behind muscle growth in strength training.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you need muscle soreness to build muscle?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don&#8217;t. In a ten-week study, the link between training and muscle growth only became clear once the damage after each session had gone down.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you exercise with muscle soreness?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For muscle soreness, Thuisarts says you can try to carry on with what you normally do every day. If moving makes the pain worse, do a bit less for a while.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> See a doctor if the pain is severe, lasts a long time, gets worse or keeps coming back.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--beige bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bronnen\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-srclead wp-block-paragraph\">Every source below was checked on the day this article was published. The numbering follows the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list bp-blog-refs\">\n\n<li>Flann KL, LaStayo PC, McClain DA, Hazel M, Lindstedt SL. Muscle damage and muscle remodeling: no pain, no gain? The Journal of Experimental Biology, 2011; 214: 674-679. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.050112\">doi.org\/10.1242\/jeb.050112<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>McHugh MP. Recent advances in the understanding of the repeated bout effect: the protective effect against muscle damage from a single bout of eccentric exercise. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 2003; 13: 88-97. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1034\/j.1600-0838.2003.02477.x\">doi.org\/10.1034\/j.1600-0838.2003.02477.x<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Damas F, Phillips SM, Libardi CA, Vechin FC, Lixandr\u00e3o ME, Jannig PR, Costa LA, Bacurau AV, Snijders T, Parise G, Tricoli V, Roschel H, Ugrinowitsch C. Resistance training-induced changes in integrated myofibrillar protein synthesis are related to hypertrophy only after attenuation of muscle damage. The Journal of Physiology, 2016; 594(18): 5209-5222. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1113\/JP272472\">doi.org\/10.1113\/JP272472<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Damas F, Libardi CA, Ugrinowitsch C. The development of skeletal muscle hypertrophy through resistance training: the role of muscle damage and muscle protein synthesis. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2018; 118: 485-500. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00421-017-3792-9\">doi.org\/10.1007\/s00421-017-3792-9<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Boyd L, Deakin GB, Devantier-Thomas B, Singh U, Doma K. The Effects of Pre-conditioning on Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 2023; 53(8): 1537-1557. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40279-023-01839-8\">doi.org\/10.1007\/s40279-023-01839-8<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Thuisarts.nl (NHG). Ik heb pijn. Accessed on 2026-10-01. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/pijn-en-pijnstillers\/ik-heb-pijn\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Gezondheidsraad. Beweegrichtlijnen 2017. Den Haag, 22 August 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gezondheidsraad.nl\/documenten\/2017\/08\/22\/beweegrichtlijnen-2017\">gezondheidsraad.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Thuisarts.nl (NHG). Ik heb een sportblessure. Accessed on 2026-10-01. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/sportblessure\/ik-heb-sportblessure\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also read<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-related is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/low-grade-inflammation-what-you-feel-what-your-blood-knows\/\">Low-grade inflammation: what your body feels of it, what only your blood knows and what a recovery scan measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written by<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-author is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse van der Velde\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorrole wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of BioProfile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorname wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorbody is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorbio wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde has been guiding people to a new body and optimal health since 2006, and has written or co-written fifteen books on nutrition and health. 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