01-15-2018, 07:31 AM
I'd argue for something closer to three days (anywhere from 2 to 4) over six if you're doing free weights especially. The latter basically means you won't be recovered by your next workout, unless you're deliberately doing less intense lifting - which can work if muscle gain is secondary to fat loss and aerobic health for ya.
I tried four and five days a week and it was way too much for me. Hell, even on three days a week, there are still days on which I'm not fully recovered - I have to go easy on monday, hard-ish on wednesday, and hard on friday, which gives me sufficient recovery time. Granted I've also got the RSI in one arm and I am an old man.
I read a study which said that lifting twice a week gives about 90% of the gains of twice a week (which makes sense given how muscles have a finite capacity for rebuilding), so if I were working I'd probably slip down to that. Three days a week sort of means that if I DO miss a workout, though (which, cross wood, I haven't done yet this year) I'm slipping down to twice and not just one in a week.
I tried four and five days a week and it was way too much for me. Hell, even on three days a week, there are still days on which I'm not fully recovered - I have to go easy on monday, hard-ish on wednesday, and hard on friday, which gives me sufficient recovery time. Granted I've also got the RSI in one arm and I am an old man.
I read a study which said that lifting twice a week gives about 90% of the gains of twice a week (which makes sense given how muscles have a finite capacity for rebuilding), so if I were working I'd probably slip down to that. Three days a week sort of means that if I DO miss a workout, though (which, cross wood, I haven't done yet this year) I'm slipping down to twice and not just one in a week.
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