It feels like there's three stages of fitness. 1) The initial push where everything is hard and you're seeing absolutely zero progress and everything hurts. 2) Where DOMS actually starts to feel good and workouts become really enjoyable. 3) Where the endorphins and DOMS start to wear off and exercise gets boring, but luckily you've seen your progress and built up a routine by now and that's what pushes you to keep going. Obeasts get biggered when they even glance at Step 1 so there's no hope for them.