I tell you one thing I hate: acronyms. People use them without knowing what they stand for and pretty soon no-one remembers and then people use the acronym incorrectly and all meaning is lost. You should always know what the letters stand for.

DOMS stands for ‘delayed onset of muscle soreness’. This is the phenomenon whereby you experience stiff muscles some time after a bout of exercise. Squash Arse is one ailment that always seem to go hand in hand with DOMS.

It’s thought to be the result of many tiny tears to your muscle fibres and is felt most acutely after doing unfamiliar movements during exercise.

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