Need advice about lifting

danigrl8

I'm currently in recovery with a knee injury so cardio is not happening. I started lifting weights and I don't know know how many times a week is ideal. I've been doing it 2-3 times a week. Is this enough or should I do more? I only do upper body, is that going to himder any progress?

dbmata

depends, depends, depends.

Will it hinder progress, as a generic term? Nope, not at all.

Will it hinder progress towards a specific goal? Depends on the goal.

You're rehabbing a knee, so you have a PT I'd assume, a discussion about frequency is a good one to have with them, so as not to impact recovery of the knee's tissues. 2-3 times a week shouldn't be too bad at all, unless you're doing some significantly heavy workloads.

I probably wouldn't do more, since based on the question stem and framing I assume you're an untrained individual and new to resistance training.

danigrl8

My goal is to lose 15 lbs and tighten up at the same time. I'm not totally new to weight lifting, i have never been consistent with it. I'm consistent with cardio and the weight lifting was a supplement to it. Now i can only focus on lifting. I haven't started PT yet. I think what i'm asking is it a problem that i'm only focusing on upper body and not my entire body?

dbmata

Is it a problem?

If that was your only methodology and approach to training, sure. Is it a problem during your rehab period?

Planting your backside on the couch is a problem. Doing something, anything, while rehabbing is good.


You'll be fine, I wouldn't worry too much about it.