Resting Your Muscle's?

[Perfect Plex]

Was recetnly reading in magazine and a bodybuilder said when first starting serious weight training, don' train no more than 3/4 times a week, as the muscles need rest to grow and recoparate. He said rest is so important.

Do you agree with this? But I was thiniking if I done cardio(Run/Abs) on the off days, would that still hurt my muscle recovery?

[Spray_resistant]

Yes you do need the rest, pro body builders can train everyday of the week because they are on substances that allow them to recover faster and train for longer. Also every 8-10 weeks you should take a whole week off to give your CNS a rest.

[Canelo Phresh]

yes i take at least a full days rest before working the same muscle group and if you really push yourself in your work out you may need 2 days.

[mushahadeen]

That **** don't apply to cardio. HELLO boxers run every day.

From personal experience I run 6 days a week. When I stay in bed it's not cuz "I'm resting my muscles" it's because I'm being a lazy ***** whiner. <--- I have to talk to myself like that to make me get up.

[Klemman]

If you are taxing your muscles with weightlifting or body building at an intensity of 80%+ of your one rep max, then you do need at least a full 24 to 48 hours of recovery. If you are as mentioned doing roadwork (not an intense running session), a standard boxing workout, or light weights/calesthenics, then you probably could work out consecutive days.

Of course, if you are over 30 then planned recovery does become a necessity. After an intense session in the boxing gym at any age, a lighter workout the next day may also be a good idea. Note- lighter does not necessarily mean easy.

[Neutral Corner]

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Functional Training is the Opposite of Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is more about blitzing a muscle with high volume and training that muscle infrequently. Functional training is the opposite…frequently training the muscle without blitzing and damaging the muscle with an excessive amount of volume.

Train the Muscle Frequently to Get Stronger

Certainly bodybuilders get stronger, but they do so while adding mass. The problem with adding mass when you get stronger is that it doesn't make as big of an impact on athleticism. To get stronger without adding mass, the volume of sets and reps need to be kept low, but the tension needs to be high. As long as the muscles aren't damaged, they can be trained many times each week.

Athletes in Peak Condition Work Their Muscle Groups Often

Most athletes don't have any choice but to work their entire body daily. Take that picture of the the boxers up above. When they are 1-2 months away from the fight, they are sparring daily. All of the muscles in their bodies are getting worked on a frequent basis. Same thing with soccer players, basketball players, gymnasts, etc. They are all working their entire body many times per week.

Frequent Strong Muscle Contractions Increase Muscle Tone

Again…take the example of the boxers above. If they only fought once per week they wouldn't display that amazing muscle definition in their arms shoulders and chest. Muscle tone isn't just a result of low body fat (although that is needed to display the muscle tone) …muscle tone is increased by increasing your ability to contract a muscle. Increasing strength without adding size is the route to achieving this type of "true" muscle tone.

[Rip Chudd]

I usually take a couple of days off a week, like say Wednesday and Sunday. I think it's definitely important cause before I just used to lift everyday then i started to see I was struggling cause I wasn't giving myself time to rest.

[jasbar]

U should train ur muscles everyday. Muscles can rest when u sleep.

[killsomething]

You do not want to lift every day. 4 days a week, tops. (2 upper body workouts, 2 lower body). Or you can do 3 days a week full body. Personally, I used to do a full body lifting session 2 days a week, and that went fine with my running and boxing. And I was getting a lot stronger, so I'd say keep the lifting to 2 days and then add more if you want.

[triggerhapppy]

Was recetnly reading in magazine and a bodybuilder said when first starting serious weight training, don' train no more than 3/4 times a week, as the muscles need rest to grow and recoparate. He said rest is so important.

Do you agree with this? But I was thiniking if I done cardio(Run/Abs) on the off days, would that still hurt my muscle recovery?

Rest is very important but ypu need to stretch everyday. Try yoga everyday and I guarantee you that your body will feel amazing.