How Much Is Enough Recovery Time???

[tzan]

Beofre you answer I want to throw in while on a cycle. I'm thinking about changing my routine to one major muscle a day once a week. To me, this seems like too much rest, especially when cycling. What do you guys think??

 

[SSAlexSS]

Beofre you answer I want to throw in while on a cycle. I'm thinking about changing my routine to one major muscle a day once a week. To me, this seems like too much rest, especially when cycling. What do you guys think??

3 times per week is very good for muscle size?

Why? Your muscle is constantly working and your nervous system is constantly being stressed. That means you are training your muscle/nervous system to withstand more work. Thus bigger and better gains.

A bigger muscle can withstand more work, and thus it makes sense to train it that way. Just like muscle can adapt
to lifting 500 pounds, it doesnt mean that it cant adapt to lift more often!


However make sure that you CYCLE your workouts during the week to avoid burnout.

For example

Monday: 100% effort
Wednesday: 60% effort
Friday: 80% effort
(same for tusday, thursday, saturday).


hope it helps!

 

[Haz]

I like about 4-5 days off, depending on how I feel. Once a week is too much rest in my case. But it depends on your body, and the type of routines you do. Some people need more rest then others.

 

[Jabs]

When on a cycle I train major muscle groups every four days. I used to train more but my mass didn't change. My hardness and stamina where really good but overtraining undoes everything I worked hard for.

 

[Lord_Suston]

When on cycle I train in a 3 to one split rotation example:
D1 Chest +tris
D2 Legs+calves
D3 Shoulders
D4 rest
D5 Back+bis
D6 Chest+tris
D7 Legs+calves
D8 rest

But this is only on a cycle, since the cycle I used to use was Sustanon, Eq and Winstrol, + nolvies and arimedex....

 

[tzan]

so what do you all say, once a week is too much rest or what????

 

[huntmaster]

not if your sets are thorough and you are ripping em hard.

If I lift chest and tri's on Monday and am still sore on wednesday and on into thursday---I will wait until at least Sunday. But this is after an extremely intense workout. Rip'n em up. Drinking Isopure like water.

 

[curling]

not if your sets are thorough and you are ripping em hard.

If I lift chest and tri's on Monday and am still sore on wednesday and on into thursday---I will wait until at least Sunday. But this is after an extremely intense workout. Rip'n em up.

I am the same way. When I hit them(the muscle group) I hit them with such intensity that I need 5 or 6 days rest in between.

 

[SSAlexSS]

so what do you all say, once a week is too much rest or what????

You got it sir!

1 week is too much. Just like 10 minutes in between sets is too much.

 

[b fold the truth]

You got it sir!

1 week is too much. Just like 10 minutes in between sets is too much.

I did not get big by means of gear or training a bodypart more than once a week.

Just a thought though...here is what I used to do when I wanted to be a bodybuilder..

Monday: Legs, 2 light sets of chins or bar rows
Tuesday: Chest, 2 light sets for shoulders, bic, tric

Thursday: Back, 2 light sets of a leg movt
Friday: Shoulders, Bic, Tric, 2 light sets of a chest movt

The light sets would basically be 2 sets of 10-20 reps on a "shape" movement like flyes, hacks, rows, chins, conc curls, tric pressdowns, lateral raises...etc... They were VERY easy.

B True