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Does anyone do their bodyparts twice a week. I just started this week and i am dying. I'd like to know other peoples' opinions on this type of workout or if they do their bodyparts twice a week, what their workouts look like.
Mine is:
Monday
Chest 10 sets
Triceps 6 sets
Tuesday
Shoulders 10 sets
Back 10 sets
Traps 4 sets
personally i thinkit is a recipe for overtraining.But I am pretty biased with body parts once a week.There are lots of different training routines out there I suppose it is finding which ones work for you
Does anyone do their bodyparts twice a week. I just started this week and i am dying. I'd like to know other peoples' opinions on this type of workout or if they do their bodyparts twice a week, what their workouts look like.
Mine is:
Monday
Chest 10 sets
Triceps 6 sets
Tuesday
Shoulders 10 sets
Back 10 sets
Traps 4 sets
Wednesday
Quads 8 sets
Hams 5 sets
Bis 6 sets
and then repeat this workout on thurs fri sat
Your body cant fully recover if you train like that--- Recovery=Growth
Your body can take anywhere from 10-14 days to fully recover depending on the size of the muscle-- Stick with one bodypart a week, except maybe calves and abs
If you take your normal training volume and split it into two workouts per week, you will see more results. But trying to do your normal workout twice per week is asking for trouble.
i think it works. if i'm taking something (which some of you might know hasn't been much) then i can do it. when i do twice per week it it will be for 3 or 4 weeks, then 1 or 2 weeks for 1 body part per week and back to a body part twice per week. if everything is right as far as diet and sleep then i recover from it pretty quickly and can make good gains, otherwise it's overtraining and a lot of fatigue during workouts.
i think it works. if i'm taking something (which some of you might know hasn't been much) then i can do it. when i do twice per week it it will be for 3 or 4 weeks, then 1 or 2 weeks for 1 body part per week and back to a body part twice per week. if everything is right as far as diet and sleep then i recover from it pretty quickly and can make good gains, otherwise it's overtraining and a lot of fatigue during workouts.
Sorry bro, but I dont think you are a genetic freak that recovers 2-3x faster than other people-- Muscles take anywhere from 10-14 days to fully recover if they are fully fatigued in a workout
You may be able to work each bodypart 2 times a week---anyone can do that--but your missing the recovery phase which equals full growth--
BTW--- JUst because your are not sore doesnt mean you have fully recovered--
Sorry bro, but I dont think you are a genetic freak that recovers 2-3x faster than other people-- Muscles take anywhere from 10-14 days to fully recover if they are fully fatigued in a workout
You may be able to work each bodypart 2 times a week---anyone can do that--but your missing the recovery phase which equals full growth--
BTW--- JUst because your are not sore doesnt mean you have fully recovered--
Conversely, just because you are sore doesnt mean you had a productive workout. Besides that, there is a ton of research showing that more frequent workouts result in greater gains. Also, a person doesnt need to be "fully recovered" before their next workout. Your quote of 10-14 days for a muscle to recover is well above anything Ive ever read for muscle recovery. Most things I have read from people in the know (JohnSmith, Bryan Haycock, etc) say that a muscle recovers in about 48-96 hours.
Conversely, just because you are sore doesnt mean you had a productive workout. Besides that, there is a ton of research showing that more frequent workouts result in greater gains. Also, a person doesnt need to be "fully recovered" before their next workout. Your quote of 10-14 days for a muscle to recover is well above anything Ive ever read for muscle recovery. Most things I have read from people in the know (JohnSmith, Bryan Haycock, etc) say that a muscle recovers in about 48-96 hours.
I have not seen research by Bryan that a muscle fully recovers in 48-96 hrs, but Bryans research points to that the muscle does not need to fully recover in order to train it again. ANother research that Bryan points to is that protein synthesis is only elevated for about 36-48 hrs. After that it goes back to baseline or below. Frequent training allows protein synthesis to be constantly elevated, and with sufficient protein intake feeding this, it is a recipe for hypertrophy. This is Bryans take with HST. I agree with frequent training, but there are somethings that Bryan preaches that I do not believe in. That is another post.
Yes training twice a week is better than once a week if you halve the volume like Bob says, and 3 times a week is better than 2 times a week, if u also cut the volume accordingly. But training once a week is better than not training at all, so do whatever keeps you consistently training. I believe consistency is the most important factor in all the principles of training.
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