Is it good to train legs twice a week?

[FatChops]

I am going to start another cycle and was wondering if it's o.k to train legs twice a week. Maybe one day heavy another light. I train legs on monday, so mabe i could train them again on friday. What do you guys think?

Chops

 

[gettinlarger]

Once a week is plenty bro.

 

[FatChops]

Don't you think that if you work'em twice a week you can make'em grow, or are you just going to be hurting yourself? I really want to build my legs so...

Thanks bro

Chops

 

[lemur]

different things work for different people. train um twice for a few weeks, and if you aren't seeing results change it up.

 

[scout420]

I'd only train them once.I had lagin legs so I thought I'd try twice a week and I couldnt do it.I mean if you put in a hard leg day you shouldnt be able to do one for a week.Well I know I couldnt I tryed squttin twice a week and all I did was pull a muscle.

 

[louden_swain]

Go ahead!! If you can recover fast enough. . . then I don't see a problem. Your motivation seems to be fine. Other guys will train their legs once a week, but they fail to take their workouts to the limits. I brutalize my legs in the gym. . . and if possible I will train them every 96 to 120 hours. Just be sure to include plenty of protein in your diet and stretch before and after your workouts.

 

[Doktor Bollix]

I'm squatting three times a week at the moment, but I'm going for strength and so do many low-rep sub-failure sets. I don't really get sore from it the way I get from higher reps, higher intensity stuff.

If you squat with enough intensity it may well take you a week to recover but a light day in addition won't hurt. Your muscles will recover faster.

 

[b fold the truth]

You can train them twice a week...but not to failure or with lots of exercises.

B True

 

[coolcolj]

you can even train them 3 days a week or more!

There is such a thing as active recovery

 

[OlympicLifter17]

I preform around 12-15 different movements that require the movment of squatting on a normal 3x a wk routine. This isnt couting days i work extra.

lifter

 

[greenday]

I do my legs 2 to 3 times a week, but I play lots of basketball and soccer, some people can't handle more than once or twice a week. I remember when I started working out on my legs, I couldn't walk for a week afterwards, lol.

 

[nikkita]

In my opinion once per week is more than enough for quads and hams. But it may be ok twice per week depending on your cycle goals. Just remember to rest enough.

 

[FatChops]

Thanks felles, I think I am going to train them twice a week and see how it goes, I think I will be able to recover fast when ON. But if I see myself hurting then I will just stay at once a week. Thanks for the input.

Chops

 

[Lumberg]

I compromise and I squat every 4 days and deadlift every 4 days. Since they both work the same muscles but in different proportions I think of the squats as a kind of active recovery for my erectors and deadlifts as AR for my quads and hams (I do SLDL on squat day)

JC