48h in between muscles..not enought?!

[Yanickgelinas4]

I have had many critiques saying that I should not workout same body part more then once a week.

I want more opinions, im not convinced at all. I wait 48h in between. Not enough?!!?

Thanks guys!

 

[die faster]

72 hours minimum for me. but ill always go harder on a different part within that muscle group, like flat bench one day and if i just have to bench again it will be incline or overhead presses next. 48 hours would be working the same muscle group every other day.. def not enough time. i find every 4-5 days to be perfect for me

 

[C.K.]

72 is the magic number IMO no more no less, so much that I even notice a difference if I missed an am session, train in the evening instead then 4 days later train in the am. not fully recovered, so yah...

 

[oso0960]

Why? Who said it's wrong to work a 'muscle' more? Just make sure you allow for recovery periods and adjust your intensity accordingly.

 

[Yanickgelinas4]

Ok so you guys are saying 72 is magic number?

But 48 hours is okay? It's not over doing it?

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[oso0960]

Why not try it out yourself and see? Seems to me like it's just taking advantage of periodization.

 

[C.K.]

if you worked out hard enough 48 hours is not enough recovery time, shoot most pros train every body part once a week!

 

[die faster]

no 48 hours is not ok for weight training. just get that idea out of your head its slowing your progress

 

[bird901]

if you worked out hard enough 48 hours is not enough recovery time, shoot most pros train every body part once a week!

Most normal folks don't need to train like most pros. I think it's a personal thing and it depends on what type of training ur doing. Ur muscles may be ready, but ur cns may not be. It's all trial and error finding out what works best for you. For me, training body parts once a week is inefficient. I trained body parts once a week, 5 days on 2 off for a couple years. I did the routines u see in the magazines. I could shoot myself in the foot For training like that. Sure I grew. But not as much as I have training other ways.

 

[oso0960]

So you guys are telling me that 3x a week full body splits which usually allow 48 hours rest don't work. Like 5x5? I beg to differ.

 

[die faster]

were talking about hitting the same muscle group only 48 hours later, not just lifting one part, than another

 

[oso0960]

I don't understand what you're saying. My anterior deltoids and triceps get hit pretty hard in overhead presses and benches.

 

[C.K.]

there's no golden rule no one knows your body like you do aslong as your weights are increasing every couple weeks you're not over training... I do chest and back one day and that's 12-16 sets of pushing and pulling that don't fry my arms at all so I isolate arms the next day and completely kill them

 

[oso0960]

I agree with that. There's so many factors that go into how often you can lift such as intensity, volume, experience level, etc. Assuming you kill it in the gym like you said in an earlier post, I agree that the 3 day rest period is a good rule of thumb. Although that's really all it should be looked at as and not set in stone. If you're feeling amazing after only 48 hours, there's really no reason you couldn't go in the gym and hit a new pr. Routines like 5x5 use sub-maximal loads where you aren't killing it every workout and the body can recovery more quickly because it's an easier workout...just done more often. Neither way is wrong, just different ways of getting to the same goal.

 

[facedown]

This is a question without a real answer... how frequently you can train a muscle depends on the workout intensity, volume, rest and diet. It can vary from 24hrs to several days.

 

[red head]

This is a question without a real answer... how frequently you can train a muscle depends on the workout intensity, volume, rest and diet. It can vary from 24hrs to several days.

also age plays a very big part . im 44 now and need atleast 5 days rest till i hit the same muscle group again , squats n deads once a week , any more n my lifts start to stagnate .