Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Lifting Cycles

LaXor
LaXor
Posts: 14
Joined: 2003/02/02
United States
2003/03/28, 07:10 AM
I finished the basic workout and have moved over to the Mass Building program now that I feel confident in my goals. I am training 4 days a week with this program, and it seems odd. I know you need time for your muscles to rest and build up, but is a full week needed before you can work them out again. I know other exercises target other muscle groups secondary; is that the reason?
rev8ball
rev8ball
Posts: 3,081
Joined: 2001/12/27
United States
2003/03/28, 10:51 AM
Bingo.
Generally speaking, a good 5-7 days should be in between working muscle groups directly, with some indirect work involved as well; for example, working triceps directly one day, then a few days later doing chest (indirect tricep workout).

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Michael
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