I’ve read a bit hear about how after a work out you should wait a period of time before working out the same muscles groups again. This recovery time can be anything from 48-72 hours.
There’s also a bit written on shortening recovery time, from showers to massages to steroids.
So if you’re doing this 100 percent legally, how can you tell when you’re optimumly recovered and another workout will be prouctive? Is it once all soreness from the previous workout is gone? Is it once your musclesstart to feel soft? Can it be felt by the individual?
soreness dosent really have to do with recovery. muscle starts to feel soft?? i hope your muscles dont start to feel soft. its hard to tell. but with trial and error you can find about long it takes you to recover from certain workouts. sometimes you can feel you are recovered and ready to go
[quote]dancar wrote:
I’ve read a bit hear about how after a work out you should wait a period of time before working out the same muscles groups again. This recovery time can be anything from 48-72 hours.
There’s also a bit written on shortening recovery time, from showers to massages to steroids.
So if you’re doing this 100 percent legally, how can you tell when you’re optimumly recovered and another workout will be prouctive? Is it once all soreness from the previous workout is gone? Is it once your musclesstart to feel soft? Can it be felt by the individual?[/quote]
I think the body is far more adaptive then many of us give it credit for even in a natural state. I was stuck in the one body part per week style of training for quite a few years and my gains pretty much stagnated on progress.
In the past nine months myself and some training partners have adopted a a three time a week Waterbury inspired full body training program. I have had the best gains in terms of strength and lean mass gains in addition to endurance that I have ever had.
This by hitting chest, back, and shoulders, for instance three times per week one day a apart. This has blown my old way of hit chest only on Monday and then let it rest for four or more days before hitting it again right out the window.
If all other bases are covered nutrition, rest and recovery, supplementation, this is definitely something to be incorporated into ones training.
[quote]redsox348984 wrote:
soreness dosent really have to do with recovery. muscle starts to feel soft?? i hope your muscles dont start to feel soft. its hard to tell. but with trial and error you can find about long it takes you to recover from certain workouts. sometimes you can feel you are recovered and ready to go[/quote]
Instead of “soft” let’s say “less firm.” I find that after two consecutive days off (before my workout on the third day), my muscles feel less firm than the previous two days and I start to feel like I’m losing gains. I’ve seen some articles that say to allow 5 days before repeating the same exercise. That may be fine if you like how you are and don’t want to get bigger, but that just seems too long to me if you are trying to make progress.
I kind of have a rolling schedule. I may hit a group once a week, or twice, depending on how ready I feel. My chest is hurtin’ right now, so I have waited a bit longer than normal to hit it again. But I take most of my work to failiure, which I think makes up a bit for less frequency. I will likely be switching it up in a couple weeks or so, to a higher frequency/less intensity for a bit.
[quote]dancar wrote:
Instead of “soft” let’s say “less firm.” I find that after two consecutive days off (before by workout), my muscles feel less firm than the previous two days and I start to feel like I’m losing gains. I’ve seen some articles that say to allow 5 days before repeating the same exercise. That may be fine if you like how you are and don’t want to get bigger, but that just seems too long to me if you are trying to make progress.
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that’s psychological unless your diet is inadequte in between workouts.
Ideally you should judge recovery time by the least amount of time needed to reproduce a higher performance training session then your prior one. There are so many factors that play a role here. That is why it is important to keep a training, food, and overall life journal. This will help you keep track of progress.
I just keep things simple and judge my progress by my limit strength in certain big lifts. laters pk
[quote]pkradgreek wrote:
dancar wrote:
Instead of “soft” let’s say “less firm.” I find that after two consecutive days off (before by workout), my muscles feel less firm than the previous two days and I start to feel like I’m losing gains. I’ve seen some articles that say to allow 5 days before repeating the same exercise. That may be fine if you like how you are and don’t want to get bigger, but that just seems too long to me if you are trying to make progress.
that’s psychological unless your diet is inadequte in between workouts.
Ideally you should judge recovery time by the least amount of time needed to reproduce a higher performance training session then your prior one. There are so many factors that play a role here. That is why it is important to keep a training, food, and overall life journal. This will help you keep track of progress.
I just keep things simple and judge my progress by my limit strength in certain big lifts. laters pk
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I can’t agree with this post more, well, except I’d say it IS psychological and I wouldn’t give the diet opt-out.
[quote]pkradgreek wrote:
Ideally you should judge recovery time by the least amount of time needed to reproduce a higher performance training session then your prior one. There are so many factors that play a role here. That is why it is important to keep a training, food, and overall life journal. This will help you keep track of progress.
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Pretty much what I was going to say. If your workouts are lacking then, you will need to adjust your workouts accordingly, whether it is intensity, volume, or frequency.
[quote]dancar wrote:
redsox348984 wrote:
soreness dosent really have to do with recovery. muscle starts to feel soft?? i hope your muscles dont start to feel soft. its hard to tell. but with trial and error you can find about long it takes you to recover from certain workouts. sometimes you can feel you are recovered and ready to go
Instead of “soft” let’s say “less firm.” I find that after two consecutive days off (before my workout on the third day), my muscles feel less firm than the previous two days and I start to feel like I’m losing gains. I’ve seen some articles that say to allow 5 days before repeating the same exercise. That may be fine if you like how you are and don’t want to get bigger, but that just seems too long to me if you are trying to make progress.
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well right now im working out on an 8 day week. so that means not doing the same exersize for 8 days and i seem to be progressing pretty well. after a couple days if they feel less firm it is all in your mind. you know your not resting long enough or resting too long if your weights are not going up