posted Mon, 04/29/2013 - 06:36
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+ 1 I think I may have been clued in why Im not seeing the growth I want!
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I usually lift 6 days a week sometimes even 7! Well on friday and saturday I was forced to take a couple days off due to emergency situations! I go on sunday and felt strong as hell?? Ive been informed by a reliable source that maybe I should be doing 2 days on 2 days off or 2 days on and maybe some cardio on the 2 other days.. Its hard for me to stay away from the gym.. My diet is good but I guess I havent been allowing my muscles to heal. Lifting and eating is a science and a trial and error for sure. Damn I love this site!
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You could train hard n heavy for 4 wks (or so) then take 1 week off to give your body a break. still train but keep it light. Some people react great to this, they go hard for a while but then give up and take the weight back down a notch.. see gains and think the gains came from lowering the weight, but it has actually come from that first period in which they were really training hard THEN gave the body a break (light weight week).
Growth occurs during rest. Training is just the stimulus for the growth. I used to train like you, 6-7 days/week lifting hard. I bumped my training back down to 4 days/wk and I am making much better progress. On my "off" days I still get to the gym but I do cardio instead of lifting weights, so I still get that satisfaction that I went to the gym and got a workout in.
I do think that when you are on-cycle you can train 7 days/wk because your recovery is so much quicker, but when off-cycle it leads to overtraining.
Rusty is right you need rest to grow
RustyhookerIf you dont rest you dont grow. If calories dont match workouts you wont grow.
Day 1 back/chest/abs/calves
Day 2 upper legs
Day 3 delts/bis/tris/abs/calves
Off
Repeat.
Upper/lower mix to not overtax the body yet you still hit the parts twice a week hard. Calories are most important in growing and maintaining mass.