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sf9n2qm6vt Posts: 7 Joined: 2003/09/19	2004/02/12, 04:16 AM It won't be long until I am through with a 12 week strength & mass building program. I am planning on resting for about two weeks after I am done with that program and then getting back into the gym. I'm trying to gain muscle weight but I'm not sure as to what to do when I go back. Should I try and tone the muscle with circuit training? Just looking for some advice. Thanks.
ioioio Posts: 302 Joined: 2004/01/29	2004/02/12, 03:40 PM Yeah neov 3 has said that perfectly!!! Only one week would be better, but if you are a newbie then take 2!!!
sf9n2qm6vt Posts: 7 Joined: 2003/09/19	2004/02/12, 05:36 PM Thanks! I'll try one week off instead.
	2004/02/12, 05:47 PM The FT sight recommends 2 weeks off after the 12 week mass program. You realize that growth occours during rest and not during working out???? -------------- Some times life is like herding cats. Charlie
pimple Posts: 490 Joined: 2003/07/08	2004/02/12, 06:10 PM yeah, i'm with charlie... muscles don't grow at the gym... you rip them apart at the gym... they grow at home when you're resting them... so take the two weeks off instead... -------------- 8.3 http://www.hotornot.com/r/?eid=GEKZGLA&key=RLE
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2004/02/12, 06:14 PM I usually advise taking 2 weeks off if you are training on more than an 8-week cycle. I usually cycle off only 1 week (minimum 5 days), but that's every 6 weeks of hard training. -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2004/02/12, 06:55 PM also depends on your own body's recovery rates. If after a week off you feel like your gonna go crazy, and tear the gym door down, i'd say your ready, although I don't know the workout son here right off hand so I don't know what you have been doing. My thing is if you need rest , rest by all means, if you feel you can work out work out. I might work out 4 days in a row, then take 3 days off in a row, listen to your body, it will lead you and tell you what to do. -------------- ---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records! LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR!!
sf9n2qm6vt Posts: 7 Joined: 2003/09/19	2004/02/13, 03:16 AM I lift three days a week to allow for some recovery time between workouts and to allow a week between specific body parts (chest & back one day, shoulders & arms on another, then legs at the end of the week). I've definitely experienced some size gains but have never really taken two weeks off since I started lifting three years ago. After the break, should I undertake a cardio intensive workout with higher repetition lifts? I do want size gains but I want healthy muscles, not just big ones.