Why is it that I never feel like I pushed myself hard enough?

[Eph]

I know it doesn't mean much, but I never feel sore after a workout. The only time I can feel even slight soreness in my upper-body is the day after. Core workouts is a different story, I can feel pretty sore after one. But again, I know it shouldn't matter but I don't feel like I've accomplished anything unless I'm sore after. I just finished doing about 3 sets of pyramids (1-5 reps; pushups and pullups) - 2 with a 30lb weighted backpack - and I still don't feel like I did much of anything. Everything is either too easy or too hard for me, and believe me I struggled doing pullups and pushups with that weighted backpack.

I try to make sure my form is good, I try to make my workouts intense, but still nothing. Does my body just not have enough room for further muscular increases in size (and possibly strength)?

 

[Purefilth]

I occasionally have days where I feel like this, but the next training session I hit fvcking hard - cos I want that pain. I don't ever hurt directly after a session though, its always 1 -2 days after.

except for today, doms have kicked in now (roughly 12 hours after my chest session.)

I rarely get doms on my upper back nowadays either. legs I hit till my knees wobble and usally get some soreness there - but if I don't? I hit them hard as fvkkk the next time.


try changing up the excercises you do and hit some mad volume

 

[Krueg]

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[foreverAFC]

try more reps with lower weight, go for several sets of 10-15 reps

also maybe you need more intensity ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okdl-HK0Utw

 

[Ashx88]

get your weight lower and make yourself pushed towards them to really get a good attention on you. make it simple

 

[dbot]

Soreness is not a good indicator of how well you trained, and you should avoid the habit of depending on that feeling. Focus on progress and not how you feel after each workout. Did you get one more rep in your top set than you did last week? Did you do the same number of reps but add a little weight to the bar? As long as you're progressing, don't worry about the other crap.