Working out same muscle 2 days in row..

[jizzle124]

What happens if your workout gets cut short one day and you only have a very light work out? Can you do a heavy day the next day?

For example, I did half my chest work out yesterday before something came up and I had to leave.
I'm a little sore today, chest definitely feels worked out except not as much as usual.

Would it be okay if I had a full chest day today?

[jgreystoke]

Look, it all depends on volume and intensity:

If you walk to work today, even if it is a couple of miles, even if it is powerwalking, you can squat heavy tomorrow.

If you stack the top shelf today, you can overhead press heavy tomorrow.

And you are allowed to walk to the shower after your heavy leg work, and go for a hike the next day, if you can walk(it well help recovery better than lying on the couch). It won't reduce anything.

Olympic lifters are notorious for squatting three to six times a week, often alternating front squat and back squat. But only once is heavy, and reps and total volume is low, so there is no problem.

[themilkybarkid]

its really something only you can answer yourself depending on your recovery ability and how hard you feel you worked yesterday. if it was me though i would not train on consecutive days, you said your chest definitely feels 'worked' so i would just leave it till your next chest workout