How come muscle soreness post workout shows up or gets worse after sleeping and not while awake?

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So normally when I workput its in the morning and when I workout too hard and go to bed at the end of the day I wake up sore, now I know its because of damage to the muscles but the other day I worked out in the morning, stayed up all day and night (a full 24 hours) because of work and didnt feel anything but some mild fatigue, that is until I fell asleep the next morning. How come the soreness waited till I fell asleep and didnt appear while awake?

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The soreness you feel after a workout is known as delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS).

Muscle soreness often becomes more noticeable after sleeping because your body is actively repairing and responding to the muscle damage during rest. This is why you might wake up feeling more sore the morning after a strenuous workout, even if you didn’t feel much discomfort immediately after exercising.

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