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Resting period between weightlifting

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steppinthrax

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If you do the same weightlifting on the same muscles every day, would this prevent you from building muscle mass.

Essentially I'm told your've supposed to wait for the muscle to re-build and work other groups, what woud happen if you just continued to work the same group day after day?
 
Genx87 said:
I'd think 48 hours is plenty of time for muscles to rebuild given the right diet.
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Not to argue, but this really does depend on how far you tear down the muscle. If you train to failure, or near failure with many sets (4x10, for example) you will not recover in 48 hours unless you are in the prime of your life (18-22 maybe) and are a special person or have special medications 🙂DDDD)

I know a heavy deadlift session would take over a week to recover from where my strength levels are back to where they were before I did the set. I did 315 for 12 reps, not even failure and I was sore for about 5 days. Now, DOMS is also debated heavily, but most agree it is the tearing of the muscle fibres as it generally hits the eccentric portion of the lift, where the tears are likely to happen. Thus, I think it is fair to say that if you still have DOMs, you are not recovered.

With that said, trainign through DOMs can also train the body to recover faster and adapt faster. So, this is one of those chicken or egg thigns.

I know for Neck training, there was some research that suggested most men gained pre-workout strength back in their necks from 72 hours to 1 week depending on the guy. The neck has plenty of bloodflow, so it would heal faster than pretty much any other muscle group. If the neck takes between 72 horus and 1 week, it is safe to assume that would also apply other muscle groups. Just throwing this out there.
 
steppinthrax said:
If you do the same weightlifting on the same muscles every day, would this prevent you from building muscle mass.

Essentially I'm told your've supposed to wait for the muscle to re-build and work other groups, what woud happen if you just continued to work the same group day after day?
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It all depends on your goals. Your body is the only expert on how often you should be working out. When it gives out you're doing too much. When it feels rested all the time you're doing too little.
 
Depends on age and what kind of weights you are putting up. Under any scenario though, every day is not a good thing. Yuor muscles have no time to recover. A younger person can do it every other day. Once you get older though (35-40), you might need to think about doing any particular muscle every 3 days. That 35-40 thing. Think about when professional athletes retire. There is a reason for it. They can't keep up with the younger guys.

I'm now 36. Doing weights 3 days a week works fine for me. I run 2-3 times a week also but that messes with things like deadlifts and squats. And deadlifts/squats can mess up with running. I really am overdoing it but I skip running when my body tells me to.
 
IHateMyJob2004 said:
Depends on age and what kind of weights you are putting up. Under any scenario though, every day is not a good thing. Yuor muscles have no time to recover. A younger person can do it every other day. Once you get older though (35-40), you might need to think about doing any particular muscle every 3 days. That 35-40 thing. Think about when professional athletes retire. There is a reason for it. They can't keep up with the younger guys.

I'm now 36. Doing weights 3 days a week works fine for me. I run 2-3 times a week also but that messes with things like deadlifts and squats. And deadlifts/squats can mess up with running. I really am overdoing it but I skip running when my body tells me to.
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Fuck that noise.
 
I'm 29 yo. I've lost around 25 lbs right now. I weigh around 205 right now. I"m 6' 2". I'm doing the following right now.

1. 35 mins of treadmill (4% incline @ 6.0 mph).
2. 3 x 10 bicep curls,
3. 3 x 10 squats
4. 2 x 10 overhead press
5. 3 x 10 barbel row.
6. 20 or so situps with a 35 lb barbel on my chest..

So I do this every day.
 
steppinthrax said:
I'm 29 yo. I've lost around 25 lbs right now. I weigh around 205 right now. I"m 6' 2". I'm doing the following right now.

1. 35 mins of treadmill (4% incline @ 6.0 mph).
2. 3 x 10 bicep curls,
3. 3 x 10 squats
4. 2 x 10 overhead press
5. 3 x 10 barbel row.
6. 20 or so situps with a 35 lb barbel on my chest..

So I do this every day.
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I see no bench press or deadlift..but curls make the list? 😕
 
jlee said:
I see no bench press or deadlift..but curls make the list? 😕
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I don't have a bench yet!! LOL 🙂.

In deadlift, I'm only lifting 60 lbs (olympic bar with to 10 lb weights). I"m lifting for fat loss, so more reps with less weight. I'm not sure if deadlifting 60 lbs is even worth it.

But, I've been doing this since middle of jan. I'm not an expert and I'm asking for assistance 🙁.
 
You can argue all you want about who's right but its your body and if your body aint growing your eithor not eating enough or your exercising too much. In other words going to the gym everyday will not benefit the vast majority of people. Once I learned to do a 3 day a week routine my strength and size increased alot faster than my 6 day a week routine.
 
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