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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TonyR
TonyR
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Joined: 2003/10/15
United States
2003/10/15, 06:17 PM
First of all, I am new here so i just wanna say Hi to everyone. Now on to the question. I am wondering how many days I should rest in between workouts?For example if i do biceps curls one day, how long should i wait before doing them again. Oh, i am about 190 and my goal is to get bigger not much but nonetheless bigger. I have heard somewhere that its 48hrs and i have also heard 24 hours.
JustinE22
JustinE22
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Joined: 2003/09/18
United States
2003/10/15, 10:20 PM
48hrs. is the right amount of time.
azredhead57
azredhead57
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Joined: 2003/04/11
United States
2003/10/16, 03:31 PM
I have heard that ideally you shouldn't work the major muscle groups more than 1x every 5-6 days. Don't forget, most are being worked as secondary muscles at your other workouts, too.

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