Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 379, Messages: 54578

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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tre12
tre12
Posts: 38
Joined: 2001/04/25
United States
2001/05/08, 06:41 PM
whats up guys. I have my workout split up into three days. usually its chest-tris, back-bis, shoulder-legs. I am completely confused of when to take a rest day. like i just did my chest yesterday and i decided to not do anything today but i feel like i am slacking off. its not like i cont have the energy, i am just afraid that if i go i will not be giving myself time to heal. Please any help would be great.
tre12
Adrian
Adrian
Posts: 411
Joined: 2000/12/26
Switzerland
2001/05/09, 11:52 PM
Why don't you try a 4-day split then, if you feel guilty about taking 4 days/week off? Resting is not considered slacking.. on a 3-day split, you can do something like monday, wednesday, friday. one day rest between each workout, except 2 days once.

Adrian
Uttiya
Uttiya
Posts: 199
Joined: 2001/02/22
India
2001/05/10, 12:30 PM
You need to get yourself a good routine.work each bodypart max. twice a week.
MY SCHEDULE:
day1=legs
day2=traps+delts+bicep
day3=chest+lats
day4=tricep+bicep
day5=traps+delts+lats
day6=chest+legs

I do a abb workout every alternate day
skeld2001
skeld2001
Posts: 271
Joined: 2001/02/10
United States
2001/05/11, 04:42 AM
You should get great results with a 3 or 4 day a week schedule. Don't make the mistake of trying to lift every single day. Your body really needs to take time off to heal and grow. When you are in the gym every day overtraing and burnout loom over you and may put an end to your training.You have years to go. Don't try to put all of your workouts in just one of them!
monsterous
monsterous
Posts: 1
Joined: 2001/05/21
United States
2001/05/21, 12:06 PM
i try to give my muscles at least 48 hrs. before i would even train that body part again. rest time is where you grow setup your routine by the time it would take you to recover. you can tell this by how soar you are! i hope this helps you out!