How much days should you really take before working out again?

[snakeryu]

Since I'm never sore I end up doing it every day then this year every other day. So how many days of rest for each muscle group?

 

[Eric1987]

Well I do bench every day I go to the gym...

 

[skinsfan]

Since I'm never sore I end up doing it every day then this year every other day. So how many days of rest for each muscle group?

I would think if you're not sore at least for the day after then you're probably not breaking the muscle down enough.

 

[rbranum]

Well I do bench every day I go to the gym...

why would you do bench everyday

 

[chaos13]

bench every day is just retarded

 

[drsketch]

3 days after you hit the muscle is good. Maybe 2 days but you really need to make sure you are working every muscle in your body.

hitting bench everyday is most likely going to make you look very uneven

 

[SouthernLord]

Since I'm never sore I end up doing it every day then this year every other day. So how many days of rest for each muscle group?

Can you fill us in on your routine, and maybe your typical daily diet?

 

[snakeryu]

I train four times a week with 20 min. of circuit training then I include the regular workout. I just want to work my arms right now, my chest looks bigger than my arms. the circuit training has no effect on my regular weight lifting training. I tried just doing a regular weight lifting program still not sore. This is what really throws me off completely. My food intake would pretty much be rice with chicken, steak or beef with vegetables. pretty much this is what I usually eat. I never eat junk food and don't consumed any soda or juice, just water. I do 5 sets and I do 2 light sets in the beginning and the end with a high rep pump to failure. the second set would be heavy with 1 rep and a isometric hold. The third and fourth set would be a moderate weight which i would be only able to lift 5 to 8 reps. Doing it normaly like just 5 sets of moderate or heavy alone just doesn't do it for me. So am I over-training that muscle even though its not sore? So should I only include two days of lifting?

 

[solrosenberg]

Lately I have been skipping a day after each workout, with the exception of legs. Example:

Day 1- Chest and Tri
Day 2 - off
Day 3- Shoulders
Day 4 - off
Day 5- Back and bi's
Day 6- Legs
Day 7- Chest and tri
Day 8- off
Day 9- Shoulders
Day 10- off
Day 11- back and bi's

And so on. This really gives my body enough rest and I my strength has been great. My bi's are lagging behind my tri's so I have been throwing in some heavy standing curls on an off day here and there. This w/o has been working great.

 

[Srben]

I do the following:

Day 1 - Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps

Day 2 - Back, Biceps, Neck, and Grip

Day 3 - Legs, Calves, and Abs

Two days rest in between each workout day. This has been kind of nice...

 

[halfcenturian]

I do a similar workout but I go: 3 on, 1 off. 2 on, 1 off:

Sun - OFF
Mon - Legs
Tue - Chest
Wed - Back
Thurs - OFF
Fri - Shoulders
Sat - Arms

45-60 minute workout. 3-4 excercises per body part.
You might try adding more weight and more sets
7 sets of 6-8 reps per excercise. Really beat it to shit.

 

[Blane]

Day 1 Lower Body
Day 2 off
Day 3 Chest/Tries
Day 4 off
Day 5 Back/Bies
Day 6 Shoulders
Day 7 off

Not including warm up sets. minimum 3 exercises 3 sets of 5 reps. Unassisted reps.lol Unnassisted reps seem to be extinct in my gym these days.

I dont allways take day a day off after working a Body part. Depending on how i feel and how fatigued i am. Example if my shoulders were smashed ill take a day and go back in. if my chest wasnt smashed ill go in the next day.

I try to remember my nervous system needs rest also......

Benching every day is insane. id kill myself in a month.