Why do we need so much recovery?

[Dizson]

> Working out with 5x5 and running on off days and feel tired, yet a tiger is out in the wild and hunts everyday and runs around like a predator. Why?

[Spenty]

If you wanted to take 5x5 seriously you wouldn't be running on off days.

How are your legs meant to recover for squats?

A tiger has way more muscle than you already and runs around on 4 legs, plus they actually rest for like 20+ hours a day.

[eatyourspinach]

You're doing it wrong if you are overly tired from just daily hour long workouts.

[Lombardment]

The body can adjust to a certain point, you just gotta find it. Plus a tiger is fully relaxing when he is not hunting. People gotta work etc

[Brdprey]

even the pros say take a minimum of one day off.

[Kuzon]

21st century humans are acclimatised to sitting around most of the day.
Also, running around =/= lifting weights. Lifting weights is very fatiguing for many reasons, running is not comparable because it hardly drains your CNS. 5x5 is tough and you need to eat a lot because it's high volume and you're a beginner so you're not used to training every 2nd day.

[KingOfChaos]

I stopped doing rest days about 3 years ago. Don't really need them if you eat enough.

[ragingcrayon]

xtend
no pillow
cold shower
silverback

[bsmit107]

You have got to make sure your nutrition is in check but you also need to understand that your body needs time to recover.

If you're going to do 5X5 and want to do cardio keep it to low intensity and again make sure you're getting everything your body needs to be in the optimal condition for recovery at all times.

[Eternal0blivion]

Humans are capable of working hard with little recovery, we are amazing at adapting and thats what make us so great srs. Honestly, our lifting programs are nothing compared to the people who work hard labor jobs from sunrise to sunset. You're feeling tired because your body is adapting, keep grinding that **** and eventually you'll be less tired

[WillBrink]

> Working out with 5x5 and running on off days and feel tired, yet a tiger is out in the wild and hunts everyday and runs around like a predator. Why?

You a tiger red? No. Two, big cats lie around virtually all day until it's time to hunt. Logic by reds: not even once.

[BunkMoreland]

rest when you're dead. lift everyday.

[berserkbladex]

mike o'hearn only needs 3 hrs of recovery...he told me so i completely trust him

[Spenty]

mike o'hearn only needs 3 hrs of recovery...he told me so i completely trust him

But he eats clen and trens really hard

[berserkbladex]

[QUOTE=Spenty;1449047083]But he eats clen and trens really hard[/QUOTE

you just have to do full ROM every exercise...really not that hard

[Iceman1800]

Most people don't train hard enough to need extra recovery. Those that train hard also adapt to the extra workload.

[KingOfChaos]

Also, if you're not dead tired after a work out, then most likely you weren't working out hard enough to force adaptation.

[ragingcrayon]

I go HAM on chest and fluff my way thru legs... I do normal on back... so it's all balanced

just pick the day you hate and do fluffy workouts

brb 5x5 squats, 3 sets of leg curls and then extensions... peace... 45 mins

[I3igAl]

Hunting is =/= lifting to failure.
Humans got much better cardio than tigers btw.

[Jax05]

>Why?

Because we're not tigers?