Is lifting weights daily NOT good for you?

Question

I lift weights daily for my daily workout, but I heard somewhere that you should only lift 2 times a week? I think that is ridiculous, and it would completely throw me off my routine.

Answer 1

I lift weights every day (except the weekend) and it is so good! :)
But you heard right!
Lifting weights (if you're looking to build any kind of muscle mass) generally causes your muscle fibers to rip. Muscles have great memory, so they rebuild themselves. The more they think you need to lift, the thicker they'll be when they rebuild. The the 24-48 hours of rest between lifts is for your muscles to recuperate. Not giving your muscles time to rest could overwork them or cause strains. That's not good, because it'll put you out for a few days, if not weeks. Muscles begin to atrophy or lose their mass after 2 weeks of inactivity. You don't want to overdo it and lose the effects of your hard work.
So why do a lot of people lift every day?
They alternate! I find the best plan is to break up your workouts into at least 3 regimens.
For example:
Day 1 - Arms, Chest
Day 2 - Quads, Hams
Day 3 - Abs, Back, Calves, Shins
Try it out. Tweak it. See what works best for you.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You should not workout the same muscle groups everyday, however... I see some people at the gym who are not using very much weight and not straining themselves much at all. In this case, working out with weights every day is fine and will only have a small overall effect. To me, it's like a painter using the brush every day or a barber cutting hair every day. But, if you are pushing yourself and actually working your muscles, then you should change your routine so that your body has time to repair and build up muscle.

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Answer 5

If you are lifitng total body every day than you're going to wind up only breaking down the muscle instead of making it stronger. The muscles need 24 hours to recop after working them out.

it's not "everyday" that will hurt you - it's working the SAME sets of muscles every day. If you do upper body one day - let it rest and do lower body the next. That way you still get a work out in - but you are letting muscles get a rest.

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Answer 7

Working the same muscles every day isn't good because they need time to recover and repair. So, if you want to life daily, work arms one day, legs the next, and alternate.

Answer 8

swap your routien up. I f you raise heavy normaly, do alot of burn outs for week or a minimum of four to 5 artwork outs then go decrease back on your time-honored artwork out. attempt to do a minimum of 15 to twenty reps, this might marvel them and save them tight so once you go decrease back to you nomal artwork out you will possibly desire to get comparable resulats once you first started out working your palms, try this once you experience you have attain your hump degree and you will see consequences ervery time