Hi

Recently while surfing the web,i came across with a workout program from a retired IFBB Pro several times MR big O .

And the idea behind the workout was to train every muscle group every 5 days, something like:
3 days on /plus 2 days off and then repeat. Consisting of morning workouts and evening workouts.

Most Advanced workouts will fall on the typical 5/6 days on weekly, one muscle group per day; 4 days week split training; or 3 days week split with morning and evening training. And the idea behind these kinds of training is to be able to train with most volume/ intensity and at the same time provide maximum rest for the muscle in a given 7 days/ weekly.

Of course many trainees or competition level bodybuilders will usually train the muscle groups twice per week, whilst preparing for the summer or for a local competition, with the aim firstly of maximum body shape/condition, and lean mass preservation and strength retention.

Personally, while on a typical off-season workout program supplemented steroids ,with the single intention of putting enfase on pilling extra amounts of new muscle fibers and size, i like to train 5/6 per week one muscle group per day with a lot of volume/ intensity(4/5 exercises, 6/7 working sets, 6 to 15 reps range. And while i always feel fully recovered, i do feel as well that i could perhaps get away by waiting at least 2 days less, to train again the muscle group from that i first trained at the beginning of the week.

A quick research, will show while Big muscles groups (such as chest,leg, back) might need only 4/5 days to fully recover, will show as well that the Small muscle groups (such as arms/shoulders) might only need 2/3 days to fully recover and be ready for the next workout.

While muscles might need between 2/5 days to fully recover, the central nervous system (CNS) needs 48 hours to fully recover.If the CNS is not fully recovered it can translate in soreness fatigue and a reduction of power output (that is why some bodybuilders only train everything second day). But soreness is not always an indication of CNS not recovered, because many athletes/ bodybuilders will increase their power output or P/B despite still being sore. Lets put this way a bodybuilder muscles can feel sore just by training in a different to the way he usually trains (e.g. a bodybuilder training like rowing athlete competitor and vice versa). Muscle soreness is not something easy to understand or is to explain, but that is another topic for another day maybe.

So after understanding the muscle recovery time and CNS recovery time, i put the question are we serious dedicated bodybuilders that invest money and time in our bodies, ARE FULLY GETTING THE MOST OF OUR GEAR, AND ARE WE REALLY TRAINING TO BEST OF OUR CAPABILITIES?

I for now will start very soon a cycle of test tren (as tren besides being a powerful anabolic/ androgenic steroid, has also very strong anti catabolics properties and a strong positive effect on the CNS.

I will give a go to this kind of workout, of training a muscle group every 5 days, but only doing 4/5 working sets instead of my typical 6/7 working sets, but keeping 4/5 exercises per muscle group and a rep range 6/15.

Please feel free to comment or add something POSITIVE/ CONSTRUCTIVE about this not very usual kind of training.

ref:https://www.quora.com/How-long-does-it-take-for-a-muscle-to-fully-recove...