DO NOT STAGNATE IN YOUR LIFTING

Anything too familiar to you in your training is likely to be holding you back. Try to take a fresh look at your training every 3-4 weeks ideally. You can do a routine longer than this and still achieve results, as long as you are constantly pushing the weight up slightly or increasing reps or sets. 

Don't underestimate a small change in the exertion and timing in the same exercises to reignite muscle growth.

 By that I mean concentrating on power in the positive phase of an exercise or slow steady reps over a 3 or 5 count. Try to apply at least one change like this to the dynamics of your workouts and you will notice a difference in muscle soreness in the days following. Do it for a few weeks and you will notice your body becoming less and less tender. The comfortable feeling in the following days after a workout IS good because it means your body is changing to adapt to the load but it should also raise alarm bells to bring about a change. No one likes to stop doing an exercise they have became adept at but unfortunately it may be necessary to put that specific exercise on hold for a few weeks for best advancement.

When we are not sore we are content as humans....... but as lifters we need to turn that on its head post workout muscle tenderness should be a permanent  thing if we are training correctly.