Definitely not consulting with a sports performance coach on this issue. Only to have them tell me the same thing that I just posted. I had 3 years of sports medicine 6 year training as a competitive athlete and being coached by performance coaches during that time and they all say the same thing that I posted.
From the University of Deleaware:
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: What We Know and What We Don't (Emphasis on Don't) | BMEG442: Engineering Exercise and Sports
"Muscle soreness, more specifically delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is common in athletes of all levels of expertise. It occurs after performing a training activity that is unfamiliar. This could be activities than an athlete has not performed in a few months, activities they’ve never performed before, or even simply an intensity level or duration of exercise that they don’t normally reach, despite performing that exercise regularly. These unfamiliar activities, also known as eccentric training, are known to induce severe muscle soreness characterized by increasing intensity of symptoms beginning as late as 24-48 hours after exercise and lasting for days."
From the American College of Sports Medicine: Source:
https://www.acsm.org/docs/default-s...-muscle-soreness-(doms).pdf?sfvrsn=8f430e18_2
"Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)Any type of activity that places unaccustomed loads on muscle may lead to delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). This type of soreness is different from acute soreness, which is pain that develops during the actual activity. Delayed soreness typically begins to develop 12-24hours after the exercise has been performed and may produce the greatest pain between 24-72 hours after the exercise has been performed. While origins of the soreness and accompanying symptoms are complex, it is well-established that many types of physical activity can cause delayed soreness. Most believe soreness develops as a result of microscopic damage tomuscle fibers involved the exercise. This type of damage likely results from novel stresses that were experienced during the exercise. One common misconception about DOMS is that it is due to lactic acid accumulation, but lactic acid is not a component of this process. DOMS appears to be a side effect of the repair process that develops in response to microscopic muscle damage.