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PennyHarris123

Hi
I came across this group on another thread and would love to join in. I was doing my own upper/lower body split workouts but found this and liked the look of it and was recommended by a few. I've been weight training for just about 6 weeks ish? I do a fair bit of other training too, spinning, just started jogging, swimming, zumba, cycling, trekking
Went to the gym yesterday and did my first round of this.
I'm Penny, 44 years old :happy:

cmeiron

Welcome to the group, Penny! :flowerforyou:

PennyHarris123

thanks :flowerforyou:
can I ask a quick question....have any of you ever done 2 days in a row of this? I have wed/Thursdays off work and its a good time for me to weight train as don't have to worry about kids and work. is it too much to do 2 days in a row? have any of you done this? I did yesterday so the next weight training day is Wed....any thoughts? Normally I weight train on a Monday instead

cmeiron

It's really not advisable to lift two days in a row - your body needs time to recover. I've never tried it, and now that my weights are heavier I definitely need that day off in between ! I suppose if there were no other options you could do one on Wednesday morning and one Thursday night to split them a bit. I've also seen Sara (from Eat, Train, Progress) indicate that 2 days a week of progressive lifting is ok if you can't do three. I'd probably do the 100% and 90% days if that was the case.

claston77

I wouldn't if you could avoid it at all. One day of rest for your muscles to recover, at a minimum, is the standard. Here's a snippet that explains it better than I can:

Not allowing enough recovery time in between your weight training workouts can result in overtraining. Overtraining will ultimately lead to an injury, slowing your muscle building progress even further.
Since you are placing tremendous amount of stress on the muscles and nervous system each and every training workout, allowing enough time in between workouts is critical. Make sure that your program allows one day rest between weight training workouts. If for some reason you have to train on consecutive days make sure you are targeting different muscle groups on each day.

http://www.2buildmusclefast.com/2011/01/importance-of-rest-and-recovery-in.html

:flowerforyou:

pandorakick

Ditto all the above about a non-weigth lifting day in between lifting days ^^^

Welcome to the group! :flowerforyou:

PennyHarris123

thanks for advise...and I am aching today from yesterday so I'll have to jiggle things to fit it in on a working day....I do cardio in between and train hard as it is so better not thanks :bigsmile: