Weights at the gym- how many days rest do you need?

i love it when child molesting idiots such as this comment without reading the thread.

listen you **** sucking, cum gargling, kiddy fiddler, he doesn't give a **** about boxing, he wants to know a weight lifting routine to get strong and fit, nothing to do with boxing.

 

Well the guys I know were only national level and they were all doing it, so logically it's unlikely that the world-level guys, who lift a **** ton more, are PED free.

 

Contradiction in one easy step there.

 

Thing is there WILL be guys that are drug free and hit world standard weights..
And there WILL be guys that use drugs and do NOT hit world standard weights..
And there will be a very small percentage, that takes drugs and surpasses even world standard weights on occasion.

 

Come on now. You can't be strong and not be on steroids these days...

Can anyone actually back up the accusations been thrown around in this thread? I'm talking actual proof, not "my friend told me blah blah blah".

 

Whose throwing accusations, I'm not accusing anyone. I simply said that logic dictates guys lifting more weight than steroid users are likely to also be steroid users.

And as far as this post goes:

You know competitions like World's Strongest man don't test for steroids right? That kinda gives you your answer right there.

 

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It depends on: volume, intensity, diet, age, hours you sleep a night...ect.

Hitting a muscle group once a week is enough for most people. However if you are doing very short low intensity workouts you could hit a muscle group 2x a week.

You would really need to give a detailed description of your entire training program if you want a real answer.

 

I'll agree with this statement in line with what I have to say and how I train.

Most people constitute overtraining for a lack of something else they are missing, more than likely not adequate sleep or enough food(you need to eat a wide variety so get them greens and fruits in!).

I lift the day before I go to the boxing gym so I have some time for my body to replenish itself before working hard once more. I'll get up the next morning, make sure to eat something and head out to train with the coach and other fighters. After that, I take a nap before going into work later that day(five days of a week.) My job consists of sprint/dashing lengths farther than a football field so I have no need to do a leg workout in the gym since my lower half is already well smoked from that and boxing. I do this day in and day out for 5-6 days a week, only resting a full day when I absolutely need it and it doesn't interfere with my routine.

In the process of doing all this though, I am constantly eating multiple times throughout the day and keeping hydrated to the point where I'm never really thirsty. Without eating as much as I do, I don't think I would be able to keep up the pace that I'm going at. Like the previous poster described, your CNS gets worn down from the repeated usage and abuse. For me, I know I'm hitting that point when I'm feeling weaker and having trouble sleeping despite doing everything else. Eating more has helped overcome this problem.

For a noobie lifter, I would recommend 3-4 days of lifting per week with a 24hour-48hour rest period between the muscle groups until you've built enough endurance to keep pushing yourself. I feel that your CNS wears out a lot faster when your not use to pushing yourself so hard.

Chest/Triceps
Back/Biceps
Legs/Shoulders

That is the most effective way I have found to group the muscles for myself and it is an often used training format for lifters and related programs.

 

Again, this is a bodybuilding type split.

The thread was pretty much done, why people wade in and give **** to mediocre advice is beyond me.

 

Firstly, forget all the nonsense that people are telling you on here.

For a complete novice, after working out your chest, it will ache and sore. Take as many days off until there is no more soreness and then work the chest muscles again.

Large bodyparts like chest, quads, back can take up to 3-4 days to recover. Smaller bodyparts like abs, biceps can take lesser time to recover.

You need to completely rest and then return to the same body part. The aching is caused by your muscle fibres breaking down and recovering and growing. It normal for a complete novice.

 

Again, bodybuilding advice.

He said he wants to be strong. On a beginners' strength program the soreness would be vastly reduced, and recovery time is built in.

 

It can be very different from person to person and it further depends on goals.

 

I'm pretty sure that about 90% of the people who post generic **** in these threads haven't read the rest of the responses before they do so.

 

I usually will hit the heavy bag for 3 rounds of 3 minutes/1 minute rest and then go on to do some medium/light lifting. Dumbell bench/incline, arnold presses, chest flys, lateral raises, side raises, lat pull, seated rows, bicepts, tricepts,crunches. I'll vary the lifts up day to day. Then I might use the stair machine for 15 minutes then go straight to the elliptical for 30 minutes. If I feel energetica and my shoulder/hands don't hurt too much....I'll git the heavy bag again for the same 3/3/1.