Dumba-- Question.

[HSBulker]

I know I should know the answer to this, since I've been training for almost 2 years, but should I not train again until the soreness is gone?

I've seen people train hard 5 days a week and other people say never two days in a row.

Specifically, I trained shoulders on tuesday, and today my traps are still pretty sore, two days later.

Should I train legs, or has my body not recovered yet?

 

[HAZMAT]

TRAINING

YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS WHAT YOU STRAIN WHEN YOU WORK OUT AND THE AVERAGE PERSON NEEDS 48 HOURS TO REJUVINATE THE SYSTEM THIS IS WHY PEOPLE SAY EVERY OTHER DAY, ALSO WHEN YOU ARE BULKING IT HELPS PACK ON WEIGHT. AS FOR THE MUSCLES BEING SORE THATS BREAKING DOWN THE FIBERS OF THE MUSCLE GROUP. GET TWO REGIMENS FOR TRAINING AND ROTATE EACH WEEK THIS WILL KEEP THE MUSCLES COMFUSED AND YOU ALSO GET A WELL BALANCED ROUTINE. GETTING SORE IS GOOD. SO ONCE YOU FEEL REALY STRONG AT A WORKOUT AND ARE NOT GETTING SORE ANYMORE, CHANGE IT. MY THEORY IS IF YOU LOOK FORWARD TO CERTAIN EXERCISES (BECAUSE YOUR STRONG AT THEM) YOU SHOULD SWITCH IT OUT WITH THE SAME MOVEMENT BUT DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT.

 

[Dave_19]

I know I should know the answer to this, since I've been training for almost 2 years, but should I not train again until the soreness is gone?

I've seen people train hard 5 days a week and other people say never two days in a row.

Specifically, I trained shoulders on tuesday, and today my traps are still pretty sore, two days later.

Should I train legs, or has my body not recovered yet?

It’s not about not training two days in a row, its not training the same muscle groups two days in a row. Ideally about 72 hour's of rest is enough for any muscle group. The problem though is your going to be using a lot of secondary muscle groups like triceps/shoulders/biceps when you do most any thing upper body. I some times do back alone, chest alone, shoulders/traps together, then a dedicated arm day, all in the same week. So with that regiment it doesn't matter what day i decide to do arms, my triceps should still be in a state of recovery. It would be impossible to have that weekly routine and give your tri's 3 days of rest, there are just not enough days in a week. I think its fine to train like this regardless.

 

[RazorCuts]

Your best bet would be a upper/lower split for complete revovery. Either a Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri or M-W-F. Hitting the muscle group 2x a week or once every 5 days will produce more hypertrophy.

RC