

Does Soreness Mean a Good Workout? | Tough Training or Poor Recovery
The Home Team is back—breaking down whether soreness is actually the sign of a good workout, or just poor recovery. From DOMS and training consistency to extreme exhaustion in BJJ, triathlons, and combat sports, this episode covers it all. Plus: Jason’s eye injury, Hyrox tattoos, and why wrestlers walk bow-legged.
Timestamps:
0:00 MDV or Gordon Ryan?
1:02 Is soreness the sign of a good workout?
2:25 DOMS explained
3:48 Why you shouldn’t be too sore to train again
8:50 The importance of feeling like you did something
11:00 Poor recovery vs. good training
14:00 The THMC
15:11 Kaden punched Jason in the eye
15:45 Extreme exhaustion: BJJ & underwater sports
21:00 Craig Jones Invitational
24:40 Why individual comps hit different than team comps
27:00 October in Texas = HOT
29:45 Triathlon chip times
31:00 80° water = hot tub? Ironman temps matter
36:55 Thousands at Ironman 70.3
38:11 Everyone asking MDV about Hyrox
40:00 Jason’s Hyrox tattoo plans
41:35 Why wrestlers walk bow-legged
42:24 HOT TAKE: Was that a slam??
45:50 Risk vs. reward in combat sports
53:00 ACL tears & menstrual cycles
54:55 Pete & Bobby Challenge standards
57:23 Sub-30 Murph
58:55 Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month → negu.org
1:00:06 Gabe on nicotine (research purposes only)
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