lifting 5 times a week?

[BeastOfTheEast1]

Is it bad if i lift 5 times a week? My schedule would be

Mon- Upper
Tues- Lower
Wends- Upper
Thurs- Lower
Fri- Upper

what do yall think? What i need to know is it safe? like would i be overtraining or nething?

[athenafootball]

yeah thats not good.

need 3 days of rest

lift 4 days and lose the wednesday

so..

monday upper
tuesday lower
thursday upper
friday lower

that will allow for proper rest time

[magnate]

need 3 days of rest

Why is this so? I was unaware that everyone had the exact same amount of rest time required to recuperate from lifting, hell I was under the impression that it was even related to your diet, sleep and training! Boy was i was wrong.

[athenafootball]

generally, you should rest each muscle group for 72 hours
just my opinion.

can vary depending on diet/ sleep/ etc.

[Torrtrefireto]

Thats the split our entire football team used our freshman-junior year. If you can keep up with it do it, if you stop making gains stop, no one else can tell you if it will make you overtrain, some people can lift 7 days a week some only 3

[magnate]

can vary depending on diet/ sleep/ etc.

WILL vary depending on diet/ sleep / etc.

I lift 6 days a week, was doing 7 but burned out a bit and am taking it slower now. My diet and sleep allows for 6 days, 7 was stretching it a bit however.

[athenafootball]

WILL vary depending on diet/ sleep / etc.

I lift 6 days a week, was doing 7 but burned out a bit and am taking it slower now. My diet and sleep allows for 6 days, 7 was stretching it a bit however.

yeah good point.

i guess im just going on what i personally do.

[magnate]

Back to the OP's question.

To lift 5 days a week you have to give your body the fuel and recovery to accomplish that task.

Your diet may have to get bigger and you may need to sleep more, you may have to alter what you eat and when you eat it. The only way to know how you will react to it is to do it, if you feel you can't keep doing that frequency then your diet, sleep, or training need fixing. You may respond better to lower frequency and a Total body approach, or you may respond to a split type routine. The bottom line is that you have to test this to find out how it will work for you, as nobody else has your body and can tell you what will occur.

[athenafootball]

the more you work out, the more rest and food you need to support your body. right?

[magnate]

the more you work out, the more rest and food you need to support your body. right?

absolutely.

[seminolesfan_07]

I usally work out 5-6 days a week always takin off Saturday.

[HSP10]

It depends on how much you eat, basically. You have to be nourished enough to work that many times. I work five-six times a week but always make sure I eat and hydrate myself enough to achieve that.

[tatortotajigalo]

yeah thats not good.

need 3 days of rest

lift 4 days and lose the wednesday

so..

monday upper
tuesday lower
thursday upper
friday lower

that will allow for proper rest time

lol, who has 3 days of rest???

[s_canter]

Is it bad if i lift 5 times a week? My schedule would be

Mon- Upper
Tues- Lower
Wends- Upper
Thurs- Lower
Fri- Upper

what do yall think? What i need to know is it safe? like would i be overtraining or nething?

it depends on you. if you are feeling unsoar and good to go, then id say go for it, but if u are tired. dont go...pretty simple. i just got 4 days a week tho. any more then i get fatigued.

[vanila gorila]

3 days a week.
no more.
no less.

[Loctus]

Wow strong overtraining.

Atleast cut down to 4 days a week if you want to do upper/lower body split.

[phillyboi08]

ok well mixed responses but how bout i jus do it this way, since im looking to increase my speed as well.. i could hit it like this....

Mon- OFF
Tues AM Speed Training, PM Upper Lifting
Wends- Lower
Thurs- AM Speed Training, PM Upper Lifting
Fri- Lower
Sat- OFF
SUN- OFF


if anyone has any ideas how i can plan this please let me know, i wanna lift at least 4 days a weak but also do speed training

[tatortotajigalo]

If you wanna lift 4 times a week

do

monday: lower
tuesday: upper
wednesday: off/cardio
thursday: lower
friday: upper

[athenafootball]

lol, who has 3 days of rest???

between each body part. not between each workout.

did you totally ignore the rest of the thread?

[magnate]

Wow strong overtraining.

Atleast cut down to 4 days a week if you want to do upper/lower body split.

Its impossible for you to know he will over train doing this routine.

And to the guy who said 3 days no more no less, please say that's a joke.

[martymcfly]

I still say 3 a week, but if you must, do 4 its better than 5. 5 is some crazy overtraining, especially if its full muscles, not just something like abs or cardio

[phillyboi08]

Ill jus pull off the

Mon- Lower
Tues- Upper
Wends- Speed Training
Thurs- Lower
Fri- Upper

and do polymetrics 3 days a week.

[TomVZ]

yeah thats not good.

need 3 days of rest

lift 4 days and lose the wednesday

so..

monday upper
tuesday lower
thursday upper
friday lower

that will allow for proper rest time

I work out 5 days a week and its going more than fine for me?

did you totally ignore the rest of the thread?

yes.

[magnate]

I still say 3 a week, but if you must, do 4 its better than 5. 5 is some crazy overtraining, especially if its full muscles, not just something like abs or cardio

For the love of god stop saying 5 is overtraining, you don't know if it will lead to overtraining with him or not.

[LIl_ronnie]

i lift everyday and have seen alot of muscle gain but hey i wouldn't recommend it...not for everybody

[tatortotajigalo]

between each body part. not between each workout.

did you totally ignore the rest of the thread?

lol no, i just lol at the expense of dumbasses like you who think each body part need a ****in year to recovery, ****, one day of recovery is enough.

[Torrtrefireto]

lol no, i just lol at the expense of dumbasses like you who think each body part need a ****in year to recovery, ****, one day of recovery is enough.

for some people, not everyone. I lol at them too but your views aren't 100% correct for everyone in the world either

[zlmxtd]

Ive used a 5 since I started training 5 years ago. Im starting to go 3 on 1 off instead of 5 on 2 off and am incorporating Hola Bola's 12 day workout and its doing quite well.

[tatortotajigalo]

for some people, not everyone. I lol at them too but your views aren't 100% correct for everyone in the world either

rigth but the part where he asked if i ignored the whole thread was pointless and stupid.

[Adamisseyegh]

just do it the simple way monday - on tuesday -of wed-on thrusday-of firday on sat of etc