lifting 5 days a week

JaKob · 10-12-2005, 03:31 AM

Would this actually limit the development of strength, i go in every weekday to do my cardio, before hand i can't resist hitting the weights before hand, nothing too heavy.. monday push, tuesday pull, wednesday push, thursday pull, on friday just do a bit of full body, is this fine or actually hindering developement? im only on my 3rd week of this routine, feel stronger then when i started.

Wrecking Ball · 10-12-2005, 03:37 AM

My first reaction is you're crazy, but what exactly are you doing on these days? Mon. - Squat, bench, and other presses? Tues. - Deadlifts, Rows? Or are you breaking it up more like, upper body push, pull, lower body push, pull?

Brendon Katz · 10-12-2005, 04:06 AM

ur muscles may not recover properly if u hit the weights every day . if ur breakin it up into upper body and lower body it maaaay be okay , but if ur stiff u should take a day off from the weights. cardio every day is usually ur friend though.

groin striker · 10-12-2005, 04:43 AM

crazy! I just made a thread about lifting twice a wk due to my bjj shedule! your muscles will not recover and I can't see you benafiting from this at all, why lift 5x a week when you can just lift 3 and get better results, insane I tell ya!

JaKob · 10-12-2005, 05:20 AM

What about 4 days, push monday, pull wednesday, push friday, pull sunday.... that gives me full day of recovery, i live across the road from the gym, so its easy to overdo it. Thanks for the feedback anyway.

**SmashiusClay** · 10-12-2005, 06:06 AM

I'd go with three sessions a week and split it so you're doing one each of pull, press and squat, training more than that and you really wont be giving your body time to recover.

thecreator · 10-12-2005, 07:13 AM

For upper body, I don't think just push or pull, I think push, pull, up, down. i.e. monday push (bench, flys), tuesday pull (rows, back flys), wednesday up (shoulder press, trap flys), thursday down (chinups, side laterals) friday rest. I used the same way of thinking for core and legs. I vary the excercises every week, and the combinations, but what I usually don't do is work the same muscle group until at least two days has passed.

thecreator · 10-12-2005, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by groin striker

crazy! I just made a thread about lifting twice a wk due to my bjj shedule! your muscles will not recover and I can't see you benafiting from this at all, why lift 5x a week when you can just lift 3 and get better results, insane I tell ya!

The amount you train, and the results you see all depends on your body type. Some people benifit from weights 5x times a week, some benifit from 2x a week.

groin striker · 10-12-2005, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by thecreator

The amount you train, and the results you see all depends on your body type. Some people benifit from weights 5x times a week, some benifit from 2x a week.

if his training properly without roids or anything he would burn out! just my opionion!

cockysprinter · 10-12-2005, 12:20 PM

it can be done, it depends on how you structure it though.