posted Sun, 03/03/2013 - 13:42
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Heavy/Light Days
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Do you rotate heavy and light days or go heavy on all workouts?
Lately I've been going heavy on most of my workouts and it feels like it's starting to be a lot of stress.
Is it ok to also have light days? I was thinking maybe one week go heavy and then another week go lighter, and then repeat.
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shirlsguyYour body will tell you. Even though you post no stats, your name says it all, trainingdaily... I note the daily. AAS is new for my program, iron piles are not. One thing I know... when my body is overworked, it just quits. I mean it, arms go limp, legs just feel like lead and nothing comes together. When I get like this, it can take 3 or more days to get right, even longer if I don't listen to the first calling.
Now, add AAS to this and I have the ability to hit heavy weights that my body would normally rebel against. This is where the damage comes in, you can push what you cannot push. Yeah, maybe sounds stupid, but it comes together if you think on it.
So... I do have to plan time off, like it or not and I am guessing you are not too different.
Advice from that: If you're hitting heavy every day, then make yourself take days off, at least two per week... then call yourself 'trainingHEAVY'. otherwise, lower the weight and go for it daily, you can get nice definition from it, but the size takes weight. It's all a decision process.
How heavy are you lifting and how long have you been lifting. If you are pushing real weight then a deload week once in awhile is benficial
AnonI do 2 weeks 1-4 reps til failure then 2 weeks 8-12 til failure and repeat.
No1Not really ''light'' but ill drop the weight down a little to where im able to do the set for about 15 reps instead of 8-10
Wardi77I truly believe that its sometimes necessary go lighten up the load and either do more reps, do supersets, or giant sets. Lifting heavy non stop week after week will just eventually lead to injuries and no progress. I have periods of training where I might go heavy for 8 weeks then lighten up the load for 2-3 weeks then go back to heavy again. Going heavy for a long period of time is really taxing on the central nervous system and it needs a break after a while. I find that I come back stronger and refreshed after taking a break from the heavy lifting. It is absolutely alright to have light days, its not engraved in stone anywhere that we must lift heavy all the time every workout.
good info +++
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good info. i feel similar. sometimes it's hard to know when to go light, because if i get a little stronger then i think it's ok to keep trying to go heavier and get even more stronger. then at times i feel like i pushed my body too hard and i start to feel tired trying to lift heavy weights day in and day out. i need to start rotating heavy days and light days.