My muscles ache from last nights exercises and I wonder if i should do exercise again tonight.
2007-12-06 07:53:20 · 9 answers · asked by peter s 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Don't work the same muscles 2 days in a row. Give them a day of rest.
The rest is actually what makes the muscles grow.
Working out breaks down your muscles, so if you work them too much, they just keep breaking down and never grow. When you rest and give them nutrition, they grow.
2007-12-06 08:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-18 10:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
General rule used to be 3 days rest for a particular muscle group. The aching your feel are the muscle fibers rebuilding themselves. I would exercise a different muscle group tonight.
2007-12-06 08:02:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. When you workout with weights, you actually tear your muscle and what gives you that,"toned" look or build is the scar tissue that buildsup over time from working out. What trainers at the gym told me, is to rotate between a day of cardio/aerobic exercise and a day of strength training. In extreme cases,for instance a proffesional body builder would want to over work his/her muscle to get that "ripped" look. But for the average person, its not recommended. I'm not a doctor but I'm a nursing student and just studied the muscular system in anatomy and physiology, so I hope this helps.
2007-12-06 08:16:27 · answer #4 · answered by terracotta89 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Each muscle GROUP needs a day or 2 of rest, which means you can work out every day but don't work the same muscles each day.
I split my workout into Push, Pull, Legs. Pushing exercises one day (bench press, tricep press), Pull the next (back exercises, bicep presses), Legs the next. 2 cycles and 1 day of rest a week.
2007-12-06 07:59:13 · answer #5 · answered by just me 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just Me and Scott are correct. Whenever you undertake strenuous exercise your muscles suffer "micro"damage, normal breakdown of small amounts of tissue. It happens to everyone. A day or two of rest allows for recovery, repair, and with those, the building up of new muscle tissue.
2007-12-06 08:06:15 · answer #6 · answered by Carlo d'Umbria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are lifting weights you should not work the same muscles on two consecutive days.
2007-12-06 08:16:06 · answer #7 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Resting will help your body recover, to say the least.
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2007-12-07 12:00:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, most workouts have rest on sundays.
rest is so that your muscles can relax nad bulk up. you constantly stretch muscles in work out so rest is used to bulk it up.
2007-12-06 07:57:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋