I've been lifting weights every other day. If I did it every day, would it be too much?
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Posted 16 September 2012 - 05:32 AM
I've been lifting weights every other day. If I did it every day, would it be too much?
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Posted 16 September 2012 - 03:25 PM
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Posted 18 September 2012 - 03:40 AM
Edited by Luminosity, 18 September 2012 - 03:40 AM.
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Posted 19 September 2012 - 03:12 PM
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 04:26 AM
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Posted 26 September 2012 - 06:14 AM
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Posted 29 September 2012 - 11:40 PM
I've been lifting weights every other day. If I did it every day, would it be too much?
Chances are yes, every day is probably too much. It really depends on what level of intensity you are training with. It's good to let your body get the rest it needs to recover from the weight lifting sessions. Generally, it's a good idea to take at least 1-2 days off per week or at the very least make 1-2 days a week very light, low-intensity days.
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Posted 30 September 2012 - 02:34 PM
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Posted 30 September 2012 - 05:05 PM
I think a better question would be - could it be good for health or lifespan to lift weights every day.
I think the answer might be yes. It is well-known that a resistance training session has beneficial effects on metabolism for many hours afterwards. If you don't lift weights daily, you are going to miss out on these effects on the non-training days.
For example, resistance training has strong anti-inflammatory effects lasting throughout the rest of the day. I have an auto-inflammatory condition that was not controlled by medication for a couple of years before diagnosis. During this time, I noticed that if I skipped even one day of resistance training, I would start feeling much worse. Granted, most people don't have frank autoimmune conditions, yet chronic low grade inflammation is still thought to play a role in aging, and any intervention that reduces it should reduce the deleterious health effects of aging itself.
Edited by viveutvivas, 30 September 2012 - 05:05 PM.
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 10:41 AM
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 12:51 PM
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 01:36 PM
Muscle grows at rest, so the rest days are essential for progress.
I don't think this is true, unless you work out every muscle every time. If you only work out one or two body parts a day, as in many programs, the ones you don't work put will get plenty of days of rest.
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Posted 02 October 2012 - 01:45 PM
This is of course true, but the original poster didn't provide enough information. Also, overtraining is a real issue when people get older and very good results can be had by training every bodypart hard once a week, or even more infrequently.Muscle grows at rest, so the rest days are essential for progress.
I don't think this is true, unless you work out every muscle every time. If you only work out one or two body parts a day, as in many programs, the ones you don't work put will get plenty of days of rest.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 09:54 AM
He was fit as a fiddle, died at the age of 96, but was mobile and healthy until his last year.
He also ate a very strict diet.
Point being it is possible, but not necessary. You can weightlift Mon, Tue, Fri, intensively and that will be enough. Just keep diet in check, cut calories until right BF %, and then eat maintenance. You can also try eating 20% over calories on workout days and 20% under on rest days, and 1 normal maintenance day.
Jack Lalanne always use to say you don't have to be him to be fit, he just did it to show how far one could go with a healthy diet and exercise without steroids.
For pete's sake the achievement this man has done is insane. At 62 he towed 13 boats with 76 people in them, while swimming handcuffed for a mile! He's use to do finger pushup's, and has the record for the most pushups which was 1,033 pushups in 23 minutes at the age of 42!
I recommend you look at his achievements for inspiration, but you don't have to be him to be healthy.
http://en.wikipedia....Lanne.27s_feats
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Posted 22 August 2013 - 05:47 AM
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Posted 30 September 2013 - 11:06 PM
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Posted 01 October 2013 - 12:15 AM
but doesn't weightlifting increase IGF1 and GH?
http://academic.sun....rdi 659 _2_.pdf
Your point being?
#18
Posted 01 October 2013 - 02:57 AM
Applying progressive overload, and combining this with a high frequency in training all body parts is the foundation of an optimal routine. Of course - deload days/weeks can be (and arguably should be applied).
Being on par with diet is essential, NOT so much "strict" in terms of what you eat, but how much. Being in a caloric surplus in order to fuel your endeavours is paramount.
It's such a subjective topic. I'd find a healthy balance of how often/intense you can train, identify your goals, be military to them, satisfy you macro/micronutrient intake and possibly more important than all of those, if you don't enjoy being so stringent over weights or being fit... don't be... there is alot more to life that lifting things up or running, people seem to think it's one extreme or the other these days.
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Posted 01 October 2013 - 05:34 AM
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Posted 05 October 2013 - 01:11 PM
It sounds like what you're trying to accomplish is get healthier so maybe look at 2 days a week of good weight workouts and do another 2 of cardiovascular/core exercises and see how that goes.
In my 20s I did heavy weights 6 days a week. That worked well for me at the time and met my goals as a young'in.
In my 40's I now do moderate weights 3 days a week and supplement that with running and bodyweight/functional exercises in between. I now have to consider making my joints last for another 30 years of exercise
Match your routine to your goals!
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Edited by PatrickM500, 05 October 2013 - 01:12 PM.
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Posted 05 October 2013 - 01:20 PM
#22
Posted 12 November 2013 - 06:12 PM
For example, when I was younger I would lift weights twice a day. I primarily did isolation exsercises which only focused on one muscle or set of muscles, but it was still designed so the individual muscles or muscle groups got 48 hours of rest before they were worked out again. For example - Monday am-biceps, Monday pm-quads. Tuesday am-triceps, Tuesday pm-back. Wednesday am-chest & shoulders, Wednesday pm-calves & hamstrings. Thursday-repeat.
Needless to say, after 8 years of that I was built like a tank and had to get all of my clothes custom made.
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Posted 12 November 2013 - 06:40 PM
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Posted 21 November 2013 - 07:53 PM
My strength skyrocketed by doing this training program for a week: http://well.blogs.ny...e-workout/?_r=0.I deal with physical and other limitations that effect the amount and type of exercise I can do. I am trying to get my strength and fitness back. I can lift weights and my building has a weight room. I've been lifting weights every other day for about eight to eleven minutes. I don't do it to exhaustion and I do it more quickly than most because it keeps me from getting too sore. I'm lifting fairly light weights. I used to have to do this every other day because I would get too sore to do it every day. I'm feeling better lately so I'm thinking of increasing it to every day to become more fit. Other than that I swim lightly but I find the cold water fatiguing. I was thinking something land-based would be better.
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Can you lift weights every day?
You should allow your body to completely regenerate, so yes and no. My physiotherapist recommended that I took one day off every week to "allow the body to build new fibres and so on ".
Edited by Deep Thought, 21 November 2013 - 07:55 PM.
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Posted 18 December 2013 - 03:01 PM
#26
Posted 14 January 2014 - 01:18 AM
Tons of research if you google on HST (hypertrophy specific traing). Completely based on studies. Interesting read.
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Posted 14 January 2014 - 04:24 AM
The general consensus in the hardcore weightlifting comunity is that the muscle needs 48 hours of rest before it should be worked out again. Therefore, whether or not you can lift every day depends on the routine - if doing the same exercises or working the same muscle groups day after day, the answer is no. If the schedule allows 48 hours of rest, OK.
For example, when I was younger I would lift weights twice a day. I primarily did isolation exsercises which only focused on one muscle or set of muscles, but it was still designed so the individual muscles or muscle groups got 48 hours of rest before they were worked out again. For example - Monday am-biceps, Monday pm-quads. Tuesday am-triceps, Tuesday pm-back. Wednesday am-chest & shoulders, Wednesday pm-calves & hamstrings. Thursday-repeat.
Needless to say, after 8 years of that I was built like a tank and had to get all of my clothes custom made.
totally agree i was on a similar workout 3 split twice a week and 1 day of rest. I got so much gain it was crazy. I think this is the best method. At some point i experimented with 2 day split all week and 1 day off so: Monday half of the body - tuesday the other half than repeat all week and take sunday off. It was pretty insane and i got a little bit overtrain cuz i wasn't sleeping and eating enough. It all comes down to rest and diet. If you train like a tank, you need to eat and sleep like it and you will be fine. look up this guy on youtube: Elliot Hulse, he is one of my mentor for bodybuilding (along with arnold shwarzenegger... but arnold doesnt have a youtube channel ) Also a great book is the encyclopedia of bodybuilding by Arnold Shwarzengger. This is a bible that is worth is weight in gold
Cheers
#28
Posted 14 January 2014 - 02:36 PM
I work out every day, without fail, even if it is just to do a burpee or three. Just get the heart rate up, feel a little blood get going. That's for the good things about homeostatis. My body gets used to working out every day, and that gives a positive effect on my overall metabolic rate. And then I switch it up at least once a week with a good hour of strength training, multiple sets and reps, progressively higher weight, the whole nine yards. And then get 8+ hours of rest. I wouldn't train hard to exaustion, every day, with the same routines and the same weight.
Edited by Jeoshua, 14 January 2014 - 02:41 PM.
#29
Posted 04 February 2014 - 09:02 AM
High intesnsity = longer breaks for recovery
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