Since I upped my calories and started useing creatin my recovery time has dramaticaly increased. I wanted to know if anyone else in here lifts the same muscle group twice a week,
my weights all went up and i lift real heavy and im perfectly fine two days post workout.
do you do full body routine?
no
day 1 shoulders
day 2 arms
day 3 chest/back
day 4 legs
and each lift is a day apart so it goes mon wens fri then sat
[quote]Wildman90 wrote:
Since I upped my calories and started useing creatin my recovery time has dramaticaly increased. I wanted to know if anyone else in here lifts the same muscle group twice a week,
my weights all went up and i lift real heavy and im perfectly fine two days post workout.[/quote]
If your body can handle it I say go for it. Recovery/frequency has a lot to do with individual recovery abilities. Also, your experience will affect your ability to recover/the frequency at which you train. Beginners can train more frequently than intermediates or advanced trainees for example.
I do lower body twice a week. One day is the slightest bit lighter.
Change up of the sets and reps and lifts/presses.
I just like knowing I am hitting my legs hard.
them’s my engines.
I agree with Sentoguy, if you feel your recovery can handle it then it’s the way to go.
I’ve had great results doing each bodypart twice a week. What worked well for me was doing an upper/lower body split, doing the heavy compound lifts at the beginning of the week and going a bit lighter but with explosive lifting at the end
Mon: Upper body (heavy-low reps)
Tues: Lower body (heavy-low reps)
Thurs: Upper body (light-speed reps)
Sat: Lower body (light-speed reps)
rikz
Done it works great.
Try it!
I train each muscle group 2-3 times a week, it works great for me.
My theory is if it ain sore hit it again.As soon as my legs arent tight and sore I train them again.
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
I just like knowing I am hitting my legs hard.
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i could help u with that
I find this to be very effective, although I believe recovery will most likely be an issue unless you pick different exercises and preferably a different plane of motion for the second workout of the week on a paticular muscle group. However, the amount that recovery hold you back will always depend on your own individual factors. Good luck!
im guna give it a try startin next week
thanks guys!
Both sport and bodybuilder trainers that I know say to hit muscle groups twice a week. I’m surprised you felt like you had to post asking people if they do that. A better question would be, “Who DOESN’T train the same muscle group twice a week?”
[quote]BF Bullpup wrote:
Both sport and bodybuilder trainers that I know say to hit muscle groups twice a week. I’m surprised you felt like you had to post asking people if they do that. A better question would be, “Who DOESN’T train the same muscle group twice a week?”[/quote]
I think it depends on the intensity of the program tho. Obviously he is new if he bothers to ask. Personally I’ve shifted to only 1 per week so I don’t for now. hehe… you set yourself up!
[quote]BF Bullpup wrote:
Both sport and bodybuilder trainers that I know say to hit muscle groups twice a week. I’m surprised you felt like you had to post asking people if they do that. A better question would be, “Who DOESN’T train the same muscle group twice a week?”[/quote]
I know alot of people at my college who are body builders and dont
I hit the body up to six times a week depending on the exercises used during my training.
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Two full-body max strength/metabolic days
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One full-body bodyweight day (Bodyweight 100-500 workouts taken from Craig Ballantyne’s “Belly Off” program at Men’s Health.com)
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One Integrated Circuit Training day (usually another full-body workout, but sometimes has more emphasis on upper or lower body depending on the workout
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One GPP/Conditioning day that usually consists of upper and lower body exercises.
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One interval/enhanced interval training day.
Some weeks my legs get nailed each workout. Other weeks my upper body may get hammered with various pull-ups/chins/body rows almost every day of the week or pushup/benching variations.
The body can adapt just fine as long as you eat properly, get enough rest and use something post-workout like Surge.
i train everything 5 days aweek, albeit in two different push/pull formats. by avoiding going to failure to often it’s no problem.
twice a week should be fine. if it doesn’t work you can always stop.
I workout twice a week and feel fine; though, i do alter between heavy and light sessions. If you use same volume/intensity every workout, eventually you could overtrain or become stuck if not overtraining; however, this applies whether you workout once a week or twice a week.