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"I run and/or do resistance training almost everyday, and a few weeks ago, I realized I wasn&amp;#x27;t feeling any muscle soreness. Zilch. It was if I hadn&amp;#x27;t even worked out. For fitness experts, this signals fitness flat-lining. Because I want to improve my strength and muscle tone, here&amp;#x27;s what I did to get that sore feeling back... The muscle soreness you feel after a workout, or, usually the next day, is called delayed onset muscle soreness (or DOMS). Fitness expert Harley Pasternak, M.Sc., author of The 5-Factor World Diet, and trainer to celebrities like Lady Gaga, Megan Fox, and Halle Berry, says that most post-exercise pain is good--in fact, if you want your bod to start shaping up, you should embrace that pain! &amp;quot;The idea behind resistance training is that you&amp;#x27;re basically tearing something and creating a micro trauma in the muscle,&amp;quot; Pasternak said to FitSugar. &amp;quot;When the muscle recovers, it&amp;#x27;s going to recover stronger and denser than it was before.&amp;quot; So, if your hoping for stronger, leaner muscles and you&amp;#x27;re no longer feeling sore after workouts, it&amp;#x27;s a signal to step things up a bit. In my workouts, for instance, I&amp;#x27;m doing more reps and running about a half mile to a mile longer than I usually do. That&amp;#x27;s helping. This morning, my abs and legs felt sore for the first time in a long time! I missed that sore feeling! Have you stopped feeling sore? P.S. Health challenge: practice fitness Sundays. And, 4 surprising new health and fitness trends. Plus, Spanx for the gym? Would you wear them? More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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