Adding an extra day to my routine

[Robc]

How can you tell when your body is repaired enough to lift again? I have been doing total body workouts three times a week---having just started a few weeks ago---but I woke up this morning feeling really good and hit the gym. I could still feel a little tension when stretching but in a that-feels-good way, not a painful way. I did 3x5 yesterday and did 3x8 today using all the same weights as yesterday, and it was probably the best workout I had this week. The only thing I didn’t touch were deadlifts but that was planned.

Should I keep to a strict three times a week routine, or is it alright to bump it up to four if my body doesn’t seem to complain? I have been doing Chad Waterbury's Total Body Workout, by the way.

 

[Timmy]

Read up on Waterbury's high frequency routines, as well as his How To Make Your Own High Frequency Workout. He also has a recent one called 2x4, which has you do AM and PM workouts twice a week.

As I understand it, the trick to getting away with high frequency is changing your set/rep parameters. But even then, I don't fully understand it.

For regular full-body workouts, I typically just go every other day until I feel like I need two days off. I'm lucky that I don't need to pay attention to what day of the week it is.