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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Calves and Forearm training

rockandorroll
rockandorroll
Posts: 65
Joined: 2003/05/22
Canada
2003/05/27, 03:37 PM
I train calves and forearms with moderate weight and reps 3 to 4 times a week and heavy with lower reps on leg day and arm day respectively. Is this overtraining? I read these muscle groups are used so much everyday that it takes alot to make them grow and that they can handle the work. I seem to be getting results, but I don't want an injury to sneek up on me if I am, in fact, overtraining. Any opinions?
Philia2
Philia2
Posts: 4,078
Joined: 2001/10/19
France
2003/05/28, 01:39 AM
Wait you train your calves and forearms with moderate weight 3-4 times weekly AND heavy 2 times as well?!! (6 times a week?!!!)
Well oh yes you're overtraining! AND overtrain small muscle groups and you'll be bad at working the bigger ones........

Keep the training to max twice a week.

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rockandorroll
rockandorroll
Posts: 65
Joined: 2003/05/22
Canada
2003/06/02, 01:32 PM
It's actually only five times a week (lol). I will cut it back to twice a week and see what happens. I think I will have one heavy and one light day and see how I feel in a month or so.