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Originally posted by Shiz
thats not good. first off, EACH muscle group needs 48-72 hours to recover, and ur certainly not giving it that. plus you are not working every part of ur body, im sure ur missing some things.
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Yep, but you don't have to give it that much rest.... it's just a smarter thing to do if you want to see results.
Stu, how long have you been on that workout?
If more than 2 weeks, I say stop for 3 days then come back to lifting again, you will feel (and be) MUCH stronger.
The scientific reason is... well, when you lift you are only damageing your muscles. Your muscles get little tears in them every time you lift. The thing is, given time, your body heals the tears and it makes your muscle bigger and stronger!
So, if you go to the gym every day like you are doing, your muscles are not having time to recover from the damage! That means you aren't getting stonger, you are just slowly working yourself towards a HUGE cramp or injury.
Given time to heal, the next time you lift you will reem the results of the healed tears and be able to lift things you were struggleing with a little easier.
Now, those tears can turn into rips, depending on how you work.
If you go to the gym and do 10-12 reps per set you are not going to get stronger as fast as say, 5 reps per set.
Doing 10 reps will give you a lot of tears in your muscles, and bigger ones. This will cause your body to take longer to recover from lifting then doing 5 reps. In five reps you get smaller tears, which are much faster to recover.
Doing five reps will make your weight training speed go much faster. You recover faster, and get stronger much faster. While the good part of doing 10 is that you get more endurance and you get much more ripped... but you just don't get as strong as fast.
When I was coming up I stopped right between the two doing 7-8 reps. I'd do 7 at times where I felt getting stronger was a little more important, and 8 at times when I felt gaining endurance is a little more important.
Another wise tip is... think about every little weight excercize you do. Which ones do you need to get stronger in, and which do you need to gain endurance in. Then, in general, concerning your upper and lower body, what do you need to get strong at, and what do you need endurance at.
I mean, generally, for your position in football, what do you need most of all? (Upperbody and lower body)
Recievers and DBs would most benifit from endurance all-around, while Linemen would benifit most from strength all-around. Then QB's need strength up high, and endurance down low. You just have to look at what you are doing, and relate it to what you are doing in the gym.