training each area only once a week?

[mikeolympic]

should you give your different body areas a week to recuperate? What is the concensus? For instance, if you work chest and triceps on a Monday, do you leave that group alone until the next Monday? I know it probably depends on the individual, but I know that people need to let muscle tissue rest- how often a week does everyone work specific muscle groups?


thanks, peace out-

-Mike

 

[mikeolympic]

was this a bad question? I meant this question in the frame of mind that you are also on gear. In other words, should you still give the muscles more rest while on gear or can you work them more often and if so, what is the consensus-

thanks,

-Mike

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[dootyd3]

once, especially for us older guys.i believe if u train properly u will hit each muscle group at least twice as either a primary or secondary. my .02

 

[hardrock]

I hit once a week while off. While on I will be hitting once every 4-5 days.

 

[f4209211]

I perfer to train each body part at least once every 6 to 7 days. I tried training once 4-5 days and felt i was over training. If you really hit the muscle heavy and hard, Once a week is pretty good.

I also like to switch my workout a lot. Sets, reps, days, combinations of body parts to be worked on the day. I feel, its the best way to keep things motivated, you get tired of the same routine after a while.

 

[bigdelt69]

Everyone's recovery time is different. Generally speaking, a beginner can train each bodypart 2 times per week and make good gains. I personally believe that this will lead to overtraining in an experienced lifter. If I am on juice I train like hardrock said, each bodypart every 4-5 days.

 

[OKIE]

I usually workout each bodypart once per week, but I also will throw in 2 months of hitting them twice a week as well. I think the key is changing it up periodically.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Currently, I train in a style similar to HST and what Dogcrapp advocates.

I hit each muscle group 3x - 4x per week; but the key is that the total volume on each group is the same as it would be if I were only training it once. (i.e. if one normally did one chest workout that included 12 work sets, now it would be 4 workouts with 3 chest work sets).

In this style, each muscle gets a primary day and muscle groups rotate. On a muscle's primary day, heavy, multijoint exercises are performed for that muscle; on secondary days, more single joint movements are performed (or multijoint at a lower intensity).

For me, key advantages of this style include that each set (primary or secondary) is intense. Face it, by your 15 th work set into a leg workout, you're not training at the same intensity as you were on your 5th set. I believe it also balances the body better from an athletic perspective and leads to more muscle overall muscle growth because muscles are stimulated (but not over-stimulated) on a more consistent basis than once a week training.

 

[mikeolympic]

thanks bros, any others?

-Mike

 

[corncobb1]

I don't know what you want to do when your on gear because I don't use it, but I have found all of my gains come when I lift 1 body part per day 5 days a week.
Monday: Chest
Tuesday: Back
Weds: Legs
Thurs: Off
Friday: Shoulders
Saturday: Biceps/Triceps
Sunday: Off

Has been working great for me but everybody is different.