Group: Beginners to Exercise

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workingout every day

dougvega
dougvega
Posts: 27
Joined: 2000/12/05
Canada
2000/12/29, 12:41 PM
can I workout one muscle group per day and still get the same results i,m pressed for time and sometimes I onlly have half hour per day or i,m too tired from my everyday work
Adrian
Adrian
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Joined: 2000/12/26
Switzerland
2000/12/29, 06:12 PM
The main thing to watch for is that you get about a week rest between workouts for each muscle group. So from that respect, there should be nothing wrong with training every day. However, your body needs recovery time: days with no training. It needs to recharge, so from that respect it's not good to train every day.

If you only have 30 minutes to work out in one day, remember one thing. If you're training by yourself, 30-45 minutes is enough to complete a full workout (example: chest, triceps... calves would push you towards the 45min mark).
dougvega
dougvega
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Joined: 2000/12/05
Canada
2000/12/29, 07:15 PM
It still takes me from 30 to 45 minutes with one muscle group from warm up to stretching to cool down period some times I push it to a hole one hour and by time i am beat
Arnold
Arnold
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Canada
2000/12/29, 07:18 PM
How many sets/reps do you perform? How much rest do you take between sets?
dougvega
dougvega
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Canada
2000/12/29, 07:44 PM
hey arnold i just saw you in the chat room i gess you did not see me
any ways I do 4 sets of 15-12-6-5 per muscle group and since i work out mostly at home i tend to have many distraccions but i try to keep them to minimum
Dvdgstwrt
Dvdgstwrt
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Joined: 2000/12/15
United States
2000/12/30, 11:19 AM
Yes. Just as long as you don't work the same muscle group two days in a a row. This is commonly refered to as a split routine.

Also, give your self at least one day completely off from exercise - Why? cause your body needs time to repair and rebuild. Cheers
dougvega
dougvega
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Joined: 2000/12/05
Canada
2000/12/30, 03:56 PM
I only work one muscle group once a week exept for abbs which i exercise 3 times a week at least or depending on time even 4 times, calves sometimes 2 times a week thanks everibody for your imputs
allgino4life
allgino4life
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Joined: 2000/12/21
United States
2000/12/30, 04:10 PM
dont do it every day every secind day
dougvega
dougvega
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Joined: 2000/12/05
Canada
2000/12/30, 07:06 PM
my problem is that most of the time I can't pack 2 workouts on a single session and I want to give a muscle group the proper attention so my workout is productive
xavier
xavier
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Joined: 2001/01/02
United States
2001/01/01, 07:51 PM
i workout 2 muscles at a time its working prety good for me
Legend
Legend
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Joined: 2000/12/26
Canada
2001/01/02, 01:47 PM
as long as you are streaching out the muscle that you work and you work it to its full patential you should be fine
tt_rocker
tt_rocker
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Joined: 2001/01/25
Saudi Arabia
2001/01/10, 03:06 AM
hi....
one muscle per day doesn't seem like an effecient way to train...you might wana go for 2 muscle parts or three depending on how much free time you can spare...programs at free trainers offer a variety of exercises that you can perform in a regular basis and that wouldn't take more than a half to 45 minutes of your time...check them out

rocker
bore
bore
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Joined: 2000/12/30
United States
2001/01/10, 09:04 PM
NO. Overtraing any muscle can actually make it smaller.

Rob
top8
top8
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Joined: 2000/12/05
United States
2001/01/29, 06:22 PM
can i workout 2 muscle group per day chest shoulder monday and wed i been workout 8 moth
dhillon
dhillon
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Joined: 2001/02/02
United States
2001/02/01, 10:26 AM
personally i think that its okay to do one muscle group,like your chest if your training to failure so your pushin it to the max,thats what i do at home and i saw differences straight away.