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rest time
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you should have about 48 hours for a muscle to recover.
so, it depends on your split/routine, how often you can train without overtraining.
for example, you should be able to do 3 fullbody workouts a week as long as the volume in each session isn't too high.
or, you could do 2 upper and 2 lower sessions per week (upper, lower, rest, upper, lower, rest, rest...repeat), or push/pull, push/pull/lower...or work each muscle group once per week with a huge level of volume...if you're experienced enough to do it.
so, it depends on your split/routine, how often you can train without overtraining.
for example, you should be able to do 3 fullbody workouts a week as long as the volume in each session isn't too high.
or, you could do 2 upper and 2 lower sessions per week (upper, lower, rest, upper, lower, rest, rest...repeat), or push/pull, push/pull/lower...or work each muscle group once per week with a huge level of volume...if you're experienced enough to do it.
I think that 3 days is plenty of time to recover. If you do not feel like you have recovered after the 3 days then you are probably overtraining or you might have hurt yourself during a lift.
It all really depends on how you are working out. If you are doing full body workouts, then three days is fine, but like malkore stated, if you do splits, then you can go more often. It depends on your level of experience and how much time you have to train.
Good luck
It all really depends on how you are working out. If you are doing full body workouts, then three days is fine, but like malkore stated, if you do splits, then you can go more often. It depends on your level of experience and how much time you have to train.
Good luck
Most bodybuilders just GUESS as to what is the precise amount of rest days between workouts. In my opinion, this is wrong. If you are serious about bodybuilding and muscle growth, you must be as precise as possible, and leaving guessing to the bodybuilders who don't understand sound bodybuilding principles.
With that said, you MUST track your progess each and every workout in order to determine if you have the ideal, or precise amount of rest. If you are gaining strength with each workout, rest time is idea. If you are staying the same, or losing strength, rest time needs to be increased. Some bodybuilders need up to 7 or more days rest between workouts to fully recover.
Another Tip - Rest days are directly proportional to the intesity of your bodybuilding exercise.
I hope this helps!
With that said, you MUST track your progess each and every workout in order to determine if you have the ideal, or precise amount of rest. If you are gaining strength with each workout, rest time is idea. If you are staying the same, or losing strength, rest time needs to be increased. Some bodybuilders need up to 7 or more days rest between workouts to fully recover.
Another Tip - Rest days are directly proportional to the intesity of your bodybuilding exercise.
I hope this helps!
there is no need to guess anything nowadays.Most bodybuilders just GUESS as to what is the precise amount of rest days between workouts. In my opinion, this is wrong. If you are serious about bodybuilding and muscle growth, you must be as precise as possible, and leaving guessing to the bodybuilders who don't understand sound bodybuilding principles.
With that said, you MUST track your progess each and every workout in order to determine if you have the ideal, or precise amount of rest. If you are gaining strength with each workout, rest time is idea. If you are staying the same, or losing strength, rest time needs to be increased. Some bodybuilders need up to 7 or more days rest between workouts to fully recover.
Another Tip - Rest days are directly proportional to the intesity of your bodybuilding exercise.
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I hope this helps!
protein synthesis starts when you lift a weight and lasts for 48hrs (fact) so that is the optimum time to train again.
you say dont train again sometimes for 7 days thats crap unless your on gear which produces protein synthesis for you.
all the gains you made in training you will lose after 7 days.