I've been trying to get into a weight lifting routine, but everything that I read says that I shouldn't lift on consecutive days. Won't I build more muscle if I lift every day?
2006-11-01 07:43:22 · 11 answers · asked by Ann H 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
It is not entirely true.
For an average person, it is not good to train the same muscle on consecutive days. Your muscles take 48-72 hours to recover depending on the intensity of your workout.
You can however work completely different set of muscles on consecutive days and make excellent gains. For eg. chest and triceps on Day 1 / Legs on Day2.
Powerlifters however practice the same lifts (they don't train body parts, but train for lifts) probably every single day. They are professionals, have diiferent diets and schedules, lead completely different lives from us normal people.
2006-11-01 07:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by Existentialist_Guru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
High frequency workout by Chad Waterbury, where you work the same muscle groups in consecutive days is a very effective workout. Best gains I've had in any workout. But this isn't designed for beginners, more for trainers with a coupler years of lifting experience. If you're confused or a beginner stick to a whole body routine 3x a week of compound lifts with a day rest in between, everyone respond well to this workout plan.
Like many have said before, gym time tears and stresses your muscle, but muscle grows and strengthens during recovery.
2006-11-01 08:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by EJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not good to lift everyday, when u lift weights your tearing your muscles apart, and when you rest, your muscles bulid back, bigger... if u dont give your muscles the time to build back, u wont get the best results, u should lift 3-5 days a week, and even if your skinny u should be doing a little cardio, it will help sculp those muscles better and make them more visable
2006-11-01 07:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your muscles need time to "heal" I guess you could call it. After they are worked out, they spend time resting and building. If you lift weights every day, you don't give them any time to rest, making it harder for them to build. Hope this helps.
2006-11-01 07:47:55 · answer #4 · answered by Elizabeth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can lift everyday just not the same muscle groups. When you lift it ripps up your mucles and when they heal they become stronger. If you keep rippin em up they dont have a chance to heal
2006-11-01 07:46:02 · answer #5 · answered by moon420 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you lift weights is puts small tears in your muscles, they need time to repair so you avoid serious injury
2006-11-01 07:45:45 · answer #6 · answered by Abby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your muscles need 24 hours to settle between workouts - that's when they grow and get stronger. You have to let the muscles rest.
FP
2006-11-01 07:45:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Working out tears your muscles.
It's the recovery that actually makes you stronger. If you tear your muscles everyday, they can't heal.
Therefore, you don't get stronger.
2006-11-01 07:48:27 · answer #8 · answered by snydermane34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get a greater physically powerful workout consultation in case you do it 3 or 4 days a week with the aid of fact in case you do it popular you over burn/paintings your muscular tissues & its very exahuasting on your physique and it variety of stops the bobbing up potential of mainting a healthy physique & if your instructor makes you raise weights popular.. then.. enable her do it herself overlook approximately her (:
2016-10-03 04:28:11 · answer #9 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not the same muscle everyday.
2006-11-01 07:46:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋