Loss Time between gym sessions

• Agenda

  24 Oct 07, 23:37

  My training days are monday, tuesday upper body. wednesday break. thursday and friday lower body.
  
  i do concerntrate on upper body alot. so the schedules are bound to change as i like
  
  my question is
  
  how much hours should we allow our body to rest between the gym visits? taking that session is 1hour..
  
  i'm asking this because i went to the gym at 6.45pm tonight. i might go again tmr morning around 9am
• eagle

  25 Oct 07, 00:46

  Why wouldn't you do a full body workout?
  
  Actually gym wise, I only go thrice a week. Saturday I followed my fren's workout, but his workout concentrates on the "show" muscles, chest and arms and shoulders. I add in squats on saturdays.
  
  Sunday morning I go for deadlifts, bent over rows, and lunges
  
  However, there is almost a 24 hrs break in between.... Rest time is the time when your muscles grow and recover, not gym time.
  
  Tues is of lighter weights because I usually go swim on Mondays, and I don't want to over exert. However, Tues will be a full body workout.
  
  If you would like to go for 4 days, I would suggest you do finish up a full body workout on mon and tues combined, wed break, then thurs and fri combined to another full body workout.
• Marco_Simone

  25 Oct 07, 19:06

  Yeah for a beginner,they should do full body workouts 3x/week.
  
  I am considered an intermediate liao and yet I still thrive on this kinda regime.
  
  It is something like this
  
  Mon-weights
  
  squats
  rows
  
  Wed-odd object training
  
  Fri-weights
  
  deadlifts
  push presses
• eagle

  25 Oct 07, 19:53

  actually I don't do 3x/week because my time is very limited and I like to do other activities like swimming too. :p
  
  But if gymming is your only exercise, then ya, what Macro has said is the way to go
• Marco_Simone

  25 Oct 07, 23:11

  Originally posted by eagle:

  actually I don't do 3x/week because my time is very limited and I like to do other activities like swimming too. :p
  
  But if gymming is your only exercise, then ya, what Macro has said is the way to go

  Each of my session lasts 50-60 mins,so how time consuming can it be?