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If I don’t take a day off from the gym following a hard leg workout, my CNS does not recover enough to get the most out of my next workout. Does anyone else have this problem?
I only lift 4 days per week. But I still do better if I don’t workout the following day after leg workouts.I also normally take an off day after leg day as it's by far my hardest day, what's the issue with it? You trying to lift 7 days a week?
My performance on the day after legs was less then if I trained the same part after any other muscle group. The cumulative amount of weight lifted on leg day could be as much as most other parts added
I think beginning the weekly split with legs is a mistake. I believe it’s better to end the training split with legs—taking a day or two off before training another body part.Leg day is taxing for most of us but many guys begin their split with quads or legs and just roll on from there. My legs are weak and lag since squatting is tough for me now. Too many herniated disks to go heavy. Nowadays I just isolate the thighs more when I do presses, extensions, hacks. Even then- it’s just a tough day for me. I can get a good look to my legs with these excercise but nowhere near the size I would get with squats and I never even went that heavy.
If my legs are crazy sore I definitely take off from cardio a day or two after leg day.
Same for me...but my issue is after leg day my lower back is fried...and I work out every day...so I just do chest the following day so I can lay down
Yes, I typically work out every other day just for those reasons. I learned that from Powerlifters, they typically never workout 2 days in a row to give their CNS a break.If I don’t take a day off from the gym following a hard leg workout, my CNS does not recover enough to get the most out of my next workout. Does anyone else have this problem?
Ditto. I always liked M/W/F, pull/push/legs. I never got into working out two days in a row.Yes, I typically work out every other day just for those reasons. I learned that from Powerlifters, they typically never workout 2 days in a row to give their CNS a break.
Yes, I typically work out every other day just for those reasons. I learned that from Powerlifters, they typically never workout 2 days in a row to give their CNS a break.
Exactly, read my previous post.I never liked push/pull/legs....push is so much easier than the other two days so I usually do pull/push/legs/off