Thats by far my worst area, Im wondering how often everyone else works it out?
Can you work them safely 3 times a week or is that too much?
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I work mine twice a week. It depends on your ability to recover e.g. if you're in a calorie deficit or you're partaking in lots of endurance cardio, this will be reduced.
As freebird said- think about the total volume over the week and how many days you plan to be in the gym.
On a side note, if you're really smashing them three times a week, walking may become an issueLast edited by CharliC; 12-14-2009 at 10:12 AM.
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I just do very high intensity once a week and allow them to rest afterwards, I do a different body part for each day of the week. I personally have found this to be the most effective for faster results but everyone is different.
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Hey! from colorado, my home state.
I work mine twice a week. One day is heavy lifting, the other is dynamic bodyweight work like walking lunges, dynamic lunges, jump squats etc and I tie that into the same day as my Body Combat class so then I get side kicks,round houses, front kicks etc. The rest of the week my legs and butt hurt too much for any more!
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I normally work mine once a week...sometimes twice-ish, but DOMS are typically severe enough that I can't work them more than every 4-5 days when I do train at higher frequency.
I think you can "safely" train your legs 3 times a week...but if you can, I don't expect that your training would be intense enough to do much for ya. Remember that muscle grows at rest...the gym is just there for stimulus. Not allowing your legs to totally recover (or not tearing them down enough to require recovery at all) isn't going to get you far.
Experiment by getting plenty of rest and then going as heavy (heavier and heavier) as you can for a few weeks with a full weeks of rest and add the extra day or days back in and see if your performance suffers (immediately or over time). If you are going to train that way, make sure you're eating plenty!Last edited by Amanda76; 12-16-2009 at 02:18 PM.
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