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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exercise frequency...

belabihness
belabihness
Posts: 15
Joined: 2006/06/15
Australia
2006/06/20, 08:33 AM
:big_smile:hey..

the program set for me only has me doing each muscle group once each week.. :( i was wondering if everyone else has programs like that too..

is working the muscle only once a week enough to increase its strength?.. i thought we'd have to work it at least twice a week..

i'd love to get some thought from you guys on this..

thanks..

dart368
dart368
Posts: 113
Joined: 2005/05/20
United States
2006/06/21, 08:25 AM
The program I used was a once a week program and I saw great results. I haven't seen my muscles or the "Cuts" in my arm muscles in years so once a week I believe would work. Men's Health magazine came out with a study saying that you can work your muscles about every other day though so I just started doing that for most of the larger muscle groups. I will see if that works out better for me in a few weeks. I guess it depends on your goals. Mine was weight loss and definition for the one day a week program.

The important thing is to like Nike says..."Just do it!" Whether it is once a week or 3 times a week. Good luck and if this didn't help, do a search at the bottom of the page. Lot's of good info from others in the past. :)
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2006/06/22, 10:49 AM
Twice per week is pretty ideal for the natural trainer. Every 5 days for muscle groups. May be able to push it a bit with legs.

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