Small question about resting.

[iannxd]

Is it good if I workout the same muscle twice in a week with three days in between? for example, if i do chest/bicep on monday, then doing it again on thursday. in addition, i also want to gain muscle and bulk up, so is it better if i do this or not? thanks in advance.

[neverdareforget]

depends on what you are doing on all the other days of the week.. how many days of rest are you getting and on what days?

[iannxd]

well monday, bicep/chest. tuesday, back/tricep. wednesday, shoulder/legs. thursday, bicep/chest. friday, back/tricep. saturday, abs/shoulders. sunday, rest. my intake of protein is 46g per serving, and im also using creatine, glutamine, and nitric oxide.

[somethingtodo]

Is it good if I workout the same muscle twice in a week with three days in between? for example, if i do chest/bicep on monday, then doing it again on thursday. in addition, i also want to gain muscle and bulk up, so is it better if i do this or not? thanks in advance.

If your still sore then no its not ok...if not then hit it again...Never trained seriously for size just to be fit... but the more you work it, the more it will grow...just make sure you've recovered from the last time...

[iannxd]

oh alright. thanks. i just thought i'd be overtraining a bit.

[somethingtodo]

oh alright. thanks. i just thought i'd be overtraining a bit.

the more you hit it the better... as long as you've fully recovered...and tendons/ligament are up to par...go nuts... but like i say im not a bodybuilder, someone might know something i dont on this..?

[Farley1324]

well monday, bicep/chest. tuesday, back/tricep. wednesday, shoulder/legs. thursday, bicep/chest. friday, back/tricep. saturday, abs/shoulders. sunday, rest. my intake of protein is 46g per serving, and im also using creatine, glutamine, and nitric oxide.

Well....when you work your biceps on Monday do you work your back?

When you work your chest on Monday, do you work your triceps?

What excercises are you doing? Are you really (and properly) working your chest on Monday without hitting your tris? Or your back on Tue without hitting your bis?

[arasbold]

youre only overtraining if you dont give your body enough time to heal. the obvious sign of this is soreness. training body parts twice a week with 3 or 4 days between is a good idea. its virtually impossible to overtrain that way. unless you train something like triceps and then try to do chest the next day. triceps are used so much in chest exercises that something like this is a bad idea. but otherwise hit it hard!

[iannxd]

Well a sample routine for monday would be dumbell press, then flys, then incline press, then decline. bicep is ez curl, hammer, preacher, and cable curls. and on tuesday, back would probably be a pull ups, then one handed dumbell row, followed by lateral pulldowns, then machine rows, then deadlifts. triceps would be a close grip bench press, followed by lying barbell tricep extensions, then skullcrushers, then dumbell tricep extensions, then cable pulldowns. is this a good routine, or do i need to switch it up?

[Farley1324]

Well a sample routine for monday would be dumbell press, then flys, then incline press, then decline. bicep is ez curl, hammer, preacher, and cable curls. and on tuesday, back would probably be a pull ups, then one handed dumbell row, followed by lateral pulldowns, then machine rows, then deadlifts. triceps would be a close grip bench press, followed by lying barbell tricep extensions, then skullcrushers, then dumbell tricep extensions, then cable pulldowns. is this a good routine, or do i need to switch it up?

This is why what you are doing does not even fit with what you asked:

Is it good if I workout the same muscle twice in a week with three days in between?.

You are working your triceps when you do DB press, incline press and decline press on Monday, then hitting them on Tuesday. Just as an example.

[bgben]

well monday, bicep/chest. tuesday, back/tricep. wednesday, shoulder/legs. thursday, bicep/chest. friday, back/tricep. saturday, abs/shoulders. sunday, rest. my intake of protein is 46g per serving, and im also using creatine, glutamine, and nitric oxide.

Hey man, I'm new to posting on BBer.com but I've posted on other sites before. I say yes, training the same body part twice in one week is too much. It seems like you have plenty of time to work out I would take more than one day off from the gym a week. I've got great results from 2 days in the gym and 1 day off. It sounds like you might be trying to do too much in one work out I'd split your workout up more. Spread it out to where you’re getting each muscle group once a week. You can split up your larger muscle groups like legs and shoulders. Do them each on their own day. Because there is a lot of muscle with these muscle groups you can do a lot more exercises for them. That would add a day to your work out and maybe take one more day off from the gym. So maybe your schedule would look something like this. Monday bicep/chest Tuesday back/tricep take a day off Thursday legs, Fri shoulder/abs Take sat off. Then start over on Sunday. That would give your muscles more time to recover between workouts. Your protein and supplement intake sound pretty good.

[dragonballzg]

depends on volume/intensity, i wouldnt

[steelersnation]

keep in mind, soreness doesnt necessarily mean anything. eg. A lot of people who want to lose weight ask if theyre not working out hard enough because theyre not sweating. Its the same with muscle gain. You DONT have to be crazy sore as a sign of a good work out. Your gains at the weights and in size are a sign of proper workouts so do what you do if youre getting results.
If youre not sore but your weights are increasing every 2 weeks then isnt that better than being sore and being idle? i think so

[Farley1324]

keep in mind, soreness doesnt necessarily mean anything. eg. A lot of people who want to lose weight ask if theyre not working out hard enough because theyre not sweating. Its the same with muscle gain. You DONT have to be crazy sore as a sign of a good work out. Your gains at the weights and in size are a sign of proper workouts so do what you do if youre getting results.
If youre not sore but your weights are increasing every 2 weeks then isnt that better than being sore and being idle? i think so

You don't have to be sore at all.

DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) is NOT a reliable indicator that you have, or have not, achieved an adequate stimulus.

[steelersnation]

You don't have to be sore at all.

DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) is NOT a reliable indicator that you have, or have not, achieved an adequate stimulus.

Agreed. I dont think you read my last sentence, which agrees with your statement

[Farley1324]

Agreed. I dont think you read my last sentence, which agrees with your statement

I was agreeing with you. I just wanted to state it even more explicitly.