how many rest days do you need a week is one okay or is 2 better?
and is it okay to hit the gym 4 times in a row or is this wrong?
for example
monday chest and back
tues abs and cardio
wed shoulders and traps
thurs bicep and tricep
is this okay or should there be a rest day in between?
There is no right or wrong answer to this. It soley depends on your recovery ability. To find out, give it a shot with how you have it, if you become run down, sick, just not feeling yourself, add in a rest day and see if you feel better. If you are growing, getting stronger, feeling great leave it as is.
Too many people are afraid to experiment, you’ll never learn if you don’t fuck up or if someone spoon feeds you everything, and since you know your body better than anyone here, you need to make these decisions.
Where’s legs
[quote]trav123456 wrote:
Where’s legs[/quote]
Lol, I just read the question, didn’t look at the split…come on
bro legs are nesecary.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
[quote]trav123456 wrote:
Where’s legs[/quote]
Lol, I just read the question, didn’t look at the split…come on
bro legs are nesecary. [/quote]
I could be wrong but I think Op was simply giving an example of his “4 day in a row” idea, not his actualy complete training split.
[quote]austin_bicep wrote:
There is no right or wrong answer to this. It soley depends on your recovery ability. To find out, give it a shot with how you have it, if you become run down, sick, just not feeling yourself, add in a rest day and see if you feel better. If you are growing, getting stronger, feeling great leave it as is.
Too many people are afraid to experiment, you’ll never learn if you don’t fuck up or if someone spoon feeds you everything, and since you know your body better than anyone here, you need to make these decisions. [/quote]
Good response. You don´t learn weightlifitng by sitting in front of a computer screen.
[quote]Hitkiller wrote:
4 days of weight training in a row seems a bit excessive, however if you are just starting out you may get away with it, later on as you progress and lift heavier you MIGHT find that your immune system and central nervous system becomes more stressed because of the heavier weights you’ll lift, again, along with the above threads, you must discover your own recovery abilities through trial and error. Whatever works for you.[/quote]
How do you know its excessive for him? He has to try and find out. I made my best progress not worrying about days off. I’ve done 4 days a straight many times and I’m 34. I never schedule days off. If my body is tired or something feels off, I’ll take a rest day. Other times, I’ll have too much shit other shit going on and that might turn out to be a rest day. The main point is, he has to learn his body and find out for himself. Plenty of the bigger guys on here workout 4 days or more in a row without any issues.
1st- everyone’s recovery capacity is different, you need to experiment and see what works for YOU
2nd- Your diet, sleep, life requirements (outside of the gym) etc will have to be in balance with your gym efforts in order for the body to be able to make any progress
With that said,… I’ve had periods where I’ve trained 3x a week, 4x a week, 6 days a week, and even 7 days a week. Eventually you reach a point where you can decide as you go, whether you need a day off or not. Early on, it’s probably good to have at least 1, maybe 2 days off each week, provided of course that you’re actually training hard enough to necessitate the time off to recover and grow. Just make certain that you’re eating enough on your ‘off’ days for the body to recuperate, but not so much that you get excessively soft.
S
I completely aggree with Stu. If you are just starting out then by all means train four days in a row and see how it feels. Personally i train 7 days a week and take 5-7 days off every twelve weeks or so and I continue to make progress, and that can’t be credited to me “being a begginner” because I am not one. If you can handle it and enjoy it, go as often as you’d like. The biggest thing is, if you can handle it. Nobody can tell you, “no, you can’t workout four days in a row.” If they do, please don’t listen.