I workout in weightlifting everyday in school, and we do upperbody one day then lower body the next, for the entire week. But I like to work my chest, triceps, and biceps everyday. Does this hurt my arms and kill the muscle, or help it grow more?
2006-10-25 11:38:46 · 8 answers · asked by ipitythefool 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Usually it's best to rest a muscle group for a day before working it out again. When you lift, you're actually breaking down your muscle fibers so that they can grow back stronger, so you have to give it a while to rebuild before you work it out again.
2006-10-25 11:43:00 · answer #1 · answered by rtsfreak5 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well when you work out, muscles tears and when you eat food with lots of protein in them, the protein repairs the tears from the muscles. As long you're not working out one thing all the time. So it's good that you switch and back forth. And working out does help it grow more. For example, my boyfriend's older brother worked out a lot and now his arms are HUGE! Like he's all buff and everything. Haha. So yeah.
2006-10-25 11:44:43 · answer #2 · answered by Kathlin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would stick to arms one day, and legs the next. It's what the experts recommend. Your muscles cant handle all that work, and you would be hurting them more than helping.
2006-10-25 12:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by AndyMan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
each group needs 1-2 days to recover and grow. alternate muscle groups like you were before so they have a chance to rebound in between workouts.
2006-10-25 11:52:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you need to let the muscle rest a day and work a different group daily if you keep working the same muscles daily it doesnt help you according to what a trainer told me
2006-10-25 11:48:43 · answer #5 · answered by ck 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let those muscles rest. You can get hurt one of these days.
2006-10-25 11:46:20 · answer #6 · answered by boricua_chick_21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 times a week is sufficient, supposedly everyday is not required.
2006-10-25 11:52:09 · answer #7 · answered by cfoxwell99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definitely let yourself rest! your muscle doesn't actually grow when you're working out, it grows in your downtime, so give yourself a break!
2006-10-25 11:44:42 · answer #8 · answered by CardsFanMD 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋