how often do you lift?

[pump it]

I was wondering who has had better gains while on cycle, by giving your body a 2-3 day rest between workouts, mike mentzer swears by this stuff. He actually reccomends 4 days inbetween workouts.

i think he is referring to 4 days between body parts, not workouts. then you are doing each muscle twice every 8 days. personally i find i get the best gains by doing all supersets while on cycle, and then switch it to the basic, 4 excersises for 4 sets a piece, while im off cycle.

 

[xmoulton508x]

MONDAY & TUESDAY - On
WEDS - Off
THURS & FRI - On
WEEKENDS - Off

 

[JD Slim]

I don't have enough time to spend in the gym to work more than one body part , so I just hit one a day 5 days a week , I usualy go to the gym on the week ends for cardio and to meet up with my eating buddies for lunch

 

[needleboy]

Tues- Chest, shoulders(except traps) & Tris

Thurs- Back traps and Bis

Sat- Legs

ABs every workout!

 

[inmyprimeat39]

a.m and p.m. 4 days on/ 1 off. repeat
workout at home.

inmyprimeat39

 

[duckman]

MINE IS EASY

M T W TH FRI

CHEST BACK LEGS SHOULDERS TRIS

BUT I MIGHT GIVE ONE OF THE ABOVE A TRY IF YALL THINK IT WORKS..

 

[ragin']

interesting, bro's... to see how we all do it. here's mine>

mon - chest / bi's
tues - quads / calves / ab's (sometimes cardio)
wed - back / tris
thurs - off
fri - lower back / hams / abs (sometimes cardio)
sat - shoulders / traps
sun - off

i'll throw forearms in there somewhere.....

ragin'

 

[the_only_sepe]

mikes theory?

I did a little studying on mikes ideas, he says it is very easy to overtrain, especially if you are all natural, but as we allways think,more is not always better, Ive fallen into this trap my self, it something to think about, If juice corrects your training mistakes, ie. overtraining and you still grow, what happens when you dont overtarain? more growth?

 

[Burgboy]

It took me a long time to get it through my thick scull that overtraining is detrimental to muscle gain.

It takes as much heart to step away as it does to stay there and overtrain....at leat for me it is.

I have made much better gains listening to my body and hitting a muscle group after it has fully recovered!

 

[the_only_sepe]

gym time

it is very hard for me to stay away from the gym, I was used to training everyday, and enjoyed it, but was going no where gain wise. The gym is like an addiction, A good addiction it is!!