can lifting once a week be beneficial?

[snakeryu]

i just stop doing my back muscle for a good week and return to it next week and it finally got sore again what I always wanted. I just found my way how to get out of that pleateu I've been on. The question is can I still make strength and gain mass by only working once a week? and would it produce a much greater result especially if I applied all lifting techniques?

 

[Spartacus]

do 15 sets of 3 compound 5X5 exercises very intense
break it up once in a while
I believe most guys overtrain

 

[Scotsman]

i just stop doing my back muscle for a good week and return to it next week and it finally got sore again what I always wanted. I just found my way how to get out of that pleateu I've been on. The question is can I still make strength and gain mass by only working once a week? and would it produce a much greater result especially if I applied all lifting techniques?

To clarify: Do you mean only working out once per week? or Do you mean working each body part once per week?

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[snakeryu]

working full body once a week

 

[19psi]

i've gone from 165 lbs to 230-235 doing nothing but a one body part a week workout. it works for me, will it work for you, i don't know. i think that's something that really depends on your genetics and ability to really focus intensely on what you're doing every single time you train.

 

[musketeer]

working full body once a week

You're still not answering the question.

Do you mean hitting each bodypart once a week.

OR

Training in one workout, the entire body, and then taking six days off before doing it again.

??

 

[highlander555]

Doing one workout a week is a heck of a lot better than doing no workouts a week.

 

[snakeryu]

Training in one workout, the entire body, and then taking six days off before doing it again. I would still do some cardio exercise 3 times a week. Mon, wensday , Friday I would do my cardio exersice for 20 min. intense. Sunday I would workout.

 

[DaveTSI]

pretty pointless imo, but i guess its better than nothing. just hit the big 4 movements (squat, dead, bench, military press) really hard and you may see some gains