Training the Same Muscles Every Day

Training
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AAAGH!

The only pain that still really gives me the heebie-jeebies!

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Iā€™m not even going to correct that.

Well played sir

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is the question you want to workout everyday and HAVE to do fullbody? I mean i think an Upper/lower 6x a week would be less boring than fullbody everyday. And your training the same muscle 48h apartā€¦which is very high frequency

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Well you sure know how to take the fun out of things. Yikes! :cold_sweat:

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Just regular chins, there is no such thing as HIT chins that I know of, ha ha . As Iā€™ve said a million times HIT just stands for high intensity training . Many things fall under that banner. Early on HIT ment one set to failure but itā€™s evolved to much more over the years.
Scott

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So what is HIT training?

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Oh, ok. I was curious because I saw a few things about extended time on the negative a few times pertaining to chins.

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The thread has been started here: Training with a High Intensity vs 'High Intensity Training'

Itā€™s a good question, Iā€™m looking forward to some hearing opinions/definitions from all sides.

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Training with a High Intensity vs 'High Intensity Training'
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6 posts were merged into an existing topic: Training with a High Intensity vs ā€˜High Intensity Trainingā€™

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Thatā€™s just one form of chins someone suggested .
Scott

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Iā€™m still interested but I got turned off by some of the responses my posts were getting so just said to heck with it.
Anyway this week Iā€™m changing up my routine and I was working out in the yard most of the day so every time I walked by the chin up stand I tried a chin ( failed miserably ) or did a negative chin . I probably did about 15 efforts. Iā€™m going to try that again tomorrow and the rest of the week unless my elbows or something starts hurting?

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If I had to train each muscle group every day then I would take what I am doing now and spread that volume over the week.

Say your chest volume looks like this:

Incline DB Press 4x10
Dips 3x8
Pec Dec 2x15

You spread that volume and then fill in the gaps with easy to recover from work (an exercise you canā€™t load too heavily and which you donā€™t push hard on and keep volume low). It could look like this:

1: Incline DB Press 2x10
2: Machine Press 2x12
3: Dips 3x8
4: Incline Flye 2x12
5: Incline DB Press 2x10
6: Banded push ups 2x15
7: Pec Dec 2x15

If you recover well, increase the volume, if not decrease.

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Why not train each muscle everyday using a different exercise, one set to about 70% failure rate, and take sundays offā€¦would that work?

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Thanks very much but almost all the lifts mentioned like farmers walk, dead lifts, bench, overhead press , squats etc etc I donā€™t want to do . Again thanks for trying but I donā€™t do those kind of power lifts .
Scott

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The trouble is figuring if and when you actually recover . Right now my workout usually takes about 20 minutes every other day of high intensity lifting . I feel fine the next day but I never really know if Iā€™ve actually recovered as well as I should before working out again. Some say the muscles need 48 hours to recover , some say other things , If I did like you just suggested I donā€™t know if Iā€™d ever be able to figure out if Iā€™ve recovered and grown a tad or not. Itā€™s the proper recovery thing thatā€™s the stumbling block .
Thanks
Scott

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Reactive Training Systems have a tool called Trac where you answer a bunch of questions each day and it provides a rough guide on how you are going.

Alternatively, if you are looking to spend money you can look into a heart rate variability (HRV) monitor.

But I personally think HIT and 7 days donā€™t go together. Not practically and not in principle. Youā€™d need to accept some changes in how you train IMO.

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I find, if one canā€™t tell if they have recovered, they have never been in a state of under recovery.

It is quite apparent to me when I am under recovered.

And, consequently, this is why I only do daily work during periods of high food intake. It means recovery is high.

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I wish I could tell that well . Often times I feel fully recovered only to find I wasnā€™t and I canā€™t even do what I did the last time. The guessing game of whether Iā€™ve recovered is the part of lifting weights I donā€™t enjoy .
Scott

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No need for wishing: go bury yourself with training and feel that feeling of under recovery. Thatā€™s how I did it.