How often do you lift when your "on"

[sloupe1179]

When I first started working out, I just assummed the more you work out the faster you grow and didn't really know anything about recovery time, I worked out every muscle I wanted bigger every day....maybe once every two weeks I took a day off...so I basically did 3 set 8 reps of flat bench, incline dumbell press, decline press, and butterflies for my chest, then same sets reps on curls and triceps, and 3 set 10 reps on decline crunches and decline leg raises for legs...also lateral dumbell raises for shoulders and row machine for back....I took only creatine and whey protein for those two months and I'm 6'4" 173 lbs at that time, after those two month I weighed 190lbs all lean muscle and was feeling good about myself.......question...would I have gotten bigger had I rested more- like only worked out every other day or something? another question--right now I'm 195lbs and I'm taking halodrol-50 and superdrol stacked...with liver protection and plan to take rebound xt as pct....and of course I eat like crazy and I'm taking whey protein...nitro tech...will I recover faster and be able to work out every day while on this cycle?

 

[solidspine]

I either do a 3 day cycle, meaning, everybody part in three days, technically take one day off and then do it again.

Usually this simply means I go six days at the gym and take Sunday off.


Or


I will do one body part a day for 5 days, take 2 off and start over.


Or


I will go 2-3 weeks and just go nuts, I know scientifically it is counter productive, but it feels great emotionally and I stay out of trouble. Sometime I am on so much gear I don’t need to rest, and I simply can not over train.

 

[letsrun4it]

day 1: chest
day 2: back/shoulders
day 3: arms
day 4: legs
repeat

when off I add a rest day at the end

 

[GymIntensity]

day1: chest
day2:abs/bis/forearms
day3: shoulders/tris
day4: back/legs
day5: repeat

Every other sunday rest day

 

[bmcadoo44]

it depends what im on. Deca/Test il do upperbody every other day and lower body every other day. Any cutters i do every 2-3 different muscles a day, rest 1 day and run more than usual.

 

[airsmith2k]

if you train hard enough i think you only need to do each body part once a week ive been training like that for years and it is still effective....i dont think i could bench heavy twice a week or do heavy shoulder presses twice a week, by body doesnt recover soon enough even when im on

 

[solidspine]

if you train hard enough i think you only need to do each body part once a week ive been training like that for years and it is still effective....i dont think i could bench heavy twice a week or do heavy shoulder presses twice a week, by body doesnt recover soon enough even when im on


I think airsmith that I agree with you, and 75% of the time I am on your cycle, one body part each day,

And really spend that group.

But I like to mix it up a little, and right now I am on a 3 day split, been doing this for 6 weeks, another 2 and I will be back to one body part per week.

 

[VascularitY]

When I first started working out, I just assummed the more you work out the faster you grow and didn't really know anything about recovery time, I worked out every muscle I wanted bigger every day....maybe once every two weeks I took a day off...so I basically did 3 set 8 reps of flat bench, incline dumbell press, decline press, and butterflies for my chest, then same sets reps on curls and triceps, and 3 set 10 reps on decline crunches and decline leg raises for legs...also lateral dumbell raises for shoulders and row machine for back....I took only creatine and whey protein for those two months and I'm 6'4" 173 lbs at that time, after those two month I weighed 190lbs all lean muscle and was feeling good about myself.......question...would I have gotten bigger had I rested more- like only worked out every other day or something? another question--right now I'm 195lbs and I'm taking halodrol-50 and superdrol stacked...with liver protection and plan to take rebound xt as pct....and of course I eat like crazy and I'm taking whey protein...nitro tech...will I recover faster and be able to work out every day while on this cycle?

you gained 17 lbs of lean muscle in 2 months naturally?? Then im going to give ya a big NO on gaining more if you rested more, but who knows. Obviously your body responded well to the overtraining you were doing. However, your body needs rest and if you continue that type of training you will not keep making the type of gains you expect

 

[OMEGA]

The Splits that have worked for me:

A)
Day 1: Chest Tris, Delts
Day 2: Back, Bis
Day 3: Legs, Abs
Day 4: OFF

B)
Day 1: Chest, Delts
Day 2: Back
Day 3: Arms
Day 4: Legs, Abs
Day 5: OFF

A tends to yield the best bang for the buck
B is good for Arm Specialization

 

[athlete.03]

I've always lifted six days per week with one day of active rest.

Great results.