Soreness is just a receipt. It proves you paid, not that you’re done paying.

Aching the day after tells you the session happened and nothing else. It is evidence of one payment, not a balance cleared. People sometimes treat the ache as the achievement and then rest on it for a week. What actually builds anything is the boring return, not the proof of the last visit.

Notice whether you are using soreness as a reason to stop or a sign to keep the schedule. Go back when the plan says to, at whatever intensity today allows. The receipt is nice, but the next payment is the part that counts.