Can I PLS lift every day?!

JoRocka

working with my strength coach, I couldn't imagine going 5, 6, or 7 days a week. 4 days is painful, and has me walking like a retiree... and I only work with him 2 hours a week. The other sessions are all on me.

wow.

it's just two different worlds.

There is a girl at my gym who is trying to be a body building power lifter- and I'm like- you do realize those things are at odds with each other right?? She goes through stages of throwing bodybuilding high rep range lifting on her days "off" between heavy lifts. It's hysterical- she is a mess.

pick a goal- make a path- do the things.
When you get to the goal- then perhaps you can chose another goal- then pursue that path.

LOL she wants to look strong and be strong. I cannot hate. People falsely think I look strong but I am weak as hell.

no but you need to be an adult and realize you cannot have an extreme of both. And she wants an extreme in both. Less about being a hater- more about- it's stupid. You CAN reasonably have both- but you have to work separately for them. You aren't going to get shredded and make big gains on your lifts- it's just not happening. You have to understand that and deal with it- choosing appropriately.

Sam_I_Am77

Depends. The training center I sometimes go to for oly down in the next town over is run by two former Olympians/national champs and those two coaches put out a lot of USA-W national team members. They coach their more seasoned athletes to squat every day and say 9 sessions per week of squatting (!!!!) are optimal to make it to national level performance. Is that you? Not yet at least. So, no it might not be appropriate for everyone but it is appropriate for some.

Wow, thanks for sharing. That's a GREAT example of why to train every day. I'm guessing that the training variables for the squat are different. Perhaps you max out at different levels or vary max and sub-max training, perhaps some eccentric loading? I'd love to hear more about it.

dbmata

youch! How ya walkin' today?

Like a retiree that just got backdoored by surprise.

I can't do stairs. I texted my coach, his response was:
"That came earlier than I expected. HAHA"

So Friday I've decided that I will punish myself for my poor squat performance with a high vol session.

dbmata

Depends. The training center I sometimes go to for oly down in the next town over is run by two former Olympians/national champs and those two coaches put out a lot of USA-W national team members. They coach their more seasoned athletes to squat every day and say 9 sessions per week of squatting (!!!!) are optimal to make it to national level performance. Is that you? Not yet at least. So, no it might not be appropriate for everyone but it is appropriate for some.

Wow, thanks for sharing. That's a GREAT example of why to train every day. I'm guessing that the training variables for the squat are different. Perhaps you max out at different levels or vary max and sub-max training, perhaps some eccentric loading? I'd love to hear more about it.

Yeah, I'd like to hear more too. That sounds brutal, but I'm sure squatting wouldn't be too bad today after a warmup.

Capt_Apollo

yes. I lift 7 days on, 1 off. And this is on the recommendation of a well known top bodybuilding coach. it works for both of us. Just intelligently design a program that allows muscles to recover. Optimize nutrition around your workouts. Don't do it under a severe caloric deficit.

yeah, but how long were you lifting for just 5-6 days a week... and before that 3-4 days a week?

OP, you need to build up to lifting all the time. i really don't understand how people think that they can go from not exercising at all to going every single day...

azymth99

I lift every day. I just do different muscles or exercises so that the same "part" doesn't get a huge workout more than once a week.