Its time I start taking this seriously

[hightekkie]

Well if you really want to get tank, it's really a very serious thing. It would require a lot of hard work plus it takes a lot of time so you really need to be very patient. Do your best and sooner or later it would be a good outcome.

 

[Oyeve]

When I was 18 I was 5'11" and weighed 120lbs. Although I am a blackbelt and kicked ass I was always a "target" in NYC. This was back in 1984. My metabolism is very high and even tho I am in my 40s its still high. What I did in the 80s was eat a PINT of Hagen Daaz ice-cream a day. In one year I gained 100lbs bringing me to 220. I was working out with heavy weights so it was not 220lbs of flab/fat. I was solid. I was still doing all my sports and was even a beach lifeguard for a bit. I still work out and mountain bike everyday. I am now 170lbs and 5'9 1/2", (yes, you shrink when you get older) and have never felt better. Its funny when I hang out with my GFs 13 year old son, my 13 year old son and their BMX bikes and me with my custom built mountain bike in my 40s doing the same tricks they do. I can keep up with them (and even surpass them somethimes) and jump stairs and whatnot. I wouldnt suggest eating a pint of ice cream a day unless you really work out and excercise. Just eating and not being active will kill ya. BTW, my bad cholesteral is too low. It baffles my doc every year when I take my blood test. He says to eat more fat. hehe.

 

[GoatMonkey]

Originally posted by: skace

Originally posted by: GoatMonkey
I do not agree with that. If your muscles are already sore, they are in the process of rebuilding. Working out those same muscles again is just overtraining. You can't do bench presses 7 days a week.

On the other hand. As you work out more it becomes more difficult to get sore muscles. Like they're saying, your muscles adapt.

There is a fine line where you have to read your own body's signals and decide if you're ready to work those muscles again from your own experience.

For me, the time is 3 or 4 days, depending.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOMS

DOMS typically causes stiffness, swelling, strength loss and pain.[4][5] Continued exertion of sore muscles can cause further swelling and pain, and lengthen the period of muscular soreness. There is some scientific evidence that further training?a so-called second bout?has no negative effect on the reinforcement process.[6] Training in a state of constant soreness would be uncomfortable, although one may be able to adapt to it. The relationship between muscular soreness, the rest required and hypertrophy is a contentious topic in bodybuilding. Claims that perpetual muscular soreness assures muscle growth are opposed by reports of stagnation through overtraining.

You don't lose anything from training when your sore, but you're not going to gain as much as you would if you just waited for the soreness to be mostly gone.

Do you go to the gym and do bench presses 7 days a week?

We're talking about training for muscle mass here, he's not trying to compete in any athletic sport.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I usually rest my muscles for a good 7 days before working them again. I still get sore all the time, and I make gains almost every week.

Resting only 3-4 days seems insufficient to me. I think it would lead to overtraining.