Why Am I Sore for Days? (And What It Means About Your Workout)

Food, We Need To Talk

Juna Gjata

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Health

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we are continuing last week’s Q&A!! Have you ever wondered how long you’re supposed to be sore after a workout—or better yet, how to be less sore? We’re tackling DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness): how long it should last, what’s actually happening in your muscles, and when it might be a sign of something more serious. Then we dive into insulin resistance—what it is, how it develops, and how to catch it early before it turns into something bigger. You’ll learn how to tell if your workouts are helping or hurting, and which simple habits can make a real difference in blood sugar regulation. If you’ve ever been sore for days or confused about prediabetes, this one’s for you.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of the talk.
0:03.5	Today, we are continuing our Q&A from our main episode,
0:06.5	and we're going to start with a question from Allison.
0:09.6	Do you want to read the question?
0:10.6	Yes.
0:11.2	How long is DOMS that would be delayed onset muscle soreness?
0:16.9	I feel like my DOMS goes on too long, almost a week.
0:21.2	Whoa.
0:22.0	So, you know, you've lifted a couple of weights in your life.
0:24.6	Yeah, yep.
0:24.9	What was your experience with?
0:26.9	Definitely not a week.
0:28.0	When I first started, it was a week.
0:29.2	It was really long when I first started working out.
0:30.9	But, like, my soroness last, if it's really bad, it's two or three days.
0:34.5	Usually it's like one day.
0:36.1	Max, usually it's like none. And when would it start? It starts the day after, to two days after. That's kind of, it's a
0:44.2	little bit stranger for me if it starts two days after. Usually for me it starts like the day after
0:47.0	and it lasts to the day after that. So for the listeners, what Yunna is describing is the D part.
0:53.0	Delayed. It doesn't happen right away.
0:55.8	And also, the fact...
0:57.3	If you feel it right away, you're in for a world of pain.
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