How bad is it to do weight machines 2 days in a row?
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glad i made you laugh..lol..kelly_e_montana wrote: »
That's hilarious. A lot of olympic lifting (snatch/clean & jerk) coaches have their athletes doing the same movements every day and squatting every day. I work out with one national level lifter who squats 9 times per week, yes, 9 times per week.IndianCat3 wrote: »and if you are any kind of an athlete, you should know not to work the same muscle group back to back.
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IndianCat3 wrote: »glad i made you laugh..lol..kelly_e_montana wrote: »
That's hilarious. A lot of olympic lifting (snatch/clean & jerk) coaches have their athletes doing the same movements every day and squatting every day. I work out with one national level lifter who squats 9 times per week, yes, 9 times per week.IndianCat3 wrote: »and if you are any kind of an athlete, you should know not to work the same muscle group back to back.
glad i made you laugh..lol..
uhhh... errr......wot?0 -
marknulty240 wrote: »...
But right now I'm doing a total body workout 3x/week on weight machines. I'm using moderate weight/high reps for toning rather than body building as I'm dropping weight.
It is so much easier for me to get lifts in on Saturday/Sunday rather than Saturday/weekday.
Can I get away with doing light, total body workouts on machines two days in a row?
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OP,
Although resting a day between workouts on any given muscle group is optimal/preferred, there's nothing detrimental about what you're doing, especially given your goals.
Best of luck to you.
*ETA: I usually do heavy (5 reps, 1-5 sets), full body 2-3 non-consecutive days a week. On those rare occasions I can go more often or have to go back-to-back, I do upper-lower split.0 -
IndianCat3 wrote: »glad i made you laugh..lol..kelly_e_montana wrote: »
That's hilarious. A lot of olympic lifting (snatch/clean & jerk) coaches have their athletes doing the same movements every day and squatting every day. I work out with one national level lifter who squats 9 times per week, yes, 9 times per week.IndianCat3 wrote: »and if you are any kind of an athlete, you should know not to work the same muscle group back to back.
glad i made you laugh..lol..
Trying to play it off like it was a joke? You made a very incorrect statement like it was fact and insulted a guy with many years of lifting experience. If it was meant to be a joke it wasn't funny.0 -
It probably wont be a problem for what you are describing. There are really no absolutes in fitness.
Intense high volume training for multiple days in a row might eventually burn you out, stop being effective, make it hard to recover from and/or lead to injury. Its also not necessary for just general health and fitness but that doesnt mean it is bad for everyone or that you could not build up to that level depending on what your goals were.
I have done some back to back workouts and had great workouts but, in general, I need more time to recover than that so I do an upper/lower program.
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Also the idea that moderate weight for higher reps is for toning and not body building is also mostly incorrect. The "body building" part of most programs are exactly that, moderate weights in higher reps ranges.
For most people "toning" means maintaining your current muscle and losing body fat. You can do this this with a variety of rep ranges and your calories/nutrient intake will determine the rest.
So maybe you could do a heavier workout on Saturday and then a lighter workout the next day as another option. As long as you are in a calorie deficit you will start losing the body fat while maintaining/strengthening your muscle.0 -
so, all jokes and bashing aside, you guys are suggesting that he do a lower/upper body split, is that not making my statement correct by me sayin not to work the same muscle group two days back to back...seriously?0
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IndianCat3 wrote: »so, all jokes and bashing aside, you guys are suggesting that he do a lower/upper body split, is that not making my statement correct by me sayin not to work the same muscle group two days back to back...seriously?
Just because we offered alternate solutions doesn't make you right. He can do the same workout back to back just fine if he wants to. You said it was a horrible idea to do that and even real athletes don't do workout the same muscle group back to back, which was wrong.0 -
IndianCat3 wrote: »so, all jokes and bashing aside, you guys are suggesting that he do a lower/upper body split, is that not making my statement correct by me sayin not to work the same muscle group two days back to back...seriously?
people are suggesting an upper/lower split to make things easier, help recovery, and maybe get a better workout.
suggesting that is not the same as saying it's bad to work the same group 2 days in a row, as you did, so high-and-mighty.0 -
well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers. Im not gonna apologize for it either. Doing the split lower and upper is the best choice. I never said it was BAD, i said that you shouldn't do it, you can easily injure yourself and muscles need time to grow. that is all.0
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IndianCat3 wrote: »so, all jokes and bashing aside, you guys are suggesting that he do a lower/upper body split, is that not making my statement correct by me sayin not to work the same muscle group two days back to back...seriously?
Just because we offered alternate solutions doesn't make you right. He can do the same workout back to back just fine if he wants to. You said it was a horrible idea to do that and even real athletes don't do workout the same muscle group back to back, which was wrong.
and the word HORRIBLE was never said by me0 -
IndianCat3 wrote: »well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers. Im not gonna apologize for it either. Doing the split lower and upper is the best choice. I never said it was BAD, i said that you shouldn't do it, you can easily injure yourself and muscles need time to grow. that is all.
No.
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IndianCat3 wrote: »well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers. Im not gonna apologize for it either. Doing the split lower and upper is the best choice. I never said it was BAD, i said that you shouldn't do it, you can easily injure yourself and muscles need time to grow. that is all.
I'm going to say this as nicely as I can.
You are clearly in over your head with regards to this subject. There are a few people here in this thread that have had pretty good success in the sports/athletic/weightlifting field that have weighed in here. Listen to those posters - don't argue with them.
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IndianCat3 wrote: »well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers. Im not gonna apologize for it either. Doing the split lower and upper is the best choice. I never said it was BAD, i said that you shouldn't do it, you can easily injure yourself and muscles need time to grow. that is all.IndianCat3 wrote: »and if you are any kind of an athlete, you should know not to work the same muscle group back to back.
I tried to find the quote where you specifically said you can easily injure yourself and your muscles need time to grow, but I couldn't find that statement from you anywhere above. Maybe you can point it out for me.
It sounds to me like he'll be resting during most of the week, so I don't see an issue since he said he was only training 3x per week.0 -
IndianCat3 wrote: »well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers. Im not gonna apologize for it either. Doing the split lower and upper is the best choice. I never said it was BAD, i said that you shouldn't do it, you can easily injure yourself and muscles need time to grow. that is all.
I'm going to say this as nicely as I can.
You are clearly in over your head with regards to this subject. There are a few people here in this thread that have had pretty good success in the sports/athletic/weightlifting field that have weighed in here. Listen to those posters - don't argue with them.
different strokes for different folks. DO NOT WORK THE SAME MUSCLE GROUP TWO DAYS IN A ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
IndianCat3 wrote: »well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers. Im not gonna apologize for it either. Doing the split lower and upper is the best choice. I never said it was BAD, i said that you shouldn't do it, you can easily injure yourself and muscles need time to grow. that is all.IndianCat3 wrote: »he did say that he was not tryin to body build...
As you said, he is not trying to grow muscle. Recovery may be an issue but that will depend on the program, diet, age, and other factors.
The blanket statement that he should never do it or that real athletes know better than to do it was the issue that people had.
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mustgetmuscles1 wrote: »IndianCat3 wrote: »well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers. Im not gonna apologize for it either. Doing the split lower and upper is the best choice. I never said it was BAD, i said that you shouldn't do it, you can easily injure yourself and muscles need time to grow. that is all.IndianCat3 wrote: »he did say that he was not tryin to body build...
As you said, he is not trying to grow muscle. Recovery may be an issue but that will depend on the program, diet, age, and other factors.
The blanket statement that he should never do it or that real athletes know better than to do it was the issue that people had.
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IndianCat3 wrote: »well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers. Im not gonna apologize for it either. Doing the split lower and upper is the best choice. I never said it was BAD, i said that you shouldn't do it, you can easily injure yourself and muscles need time to grow. that is all.
There are so many bad trainers out there.
I trust @USMCMP and @lolbroscience far more than any trainer I've met
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marknulty240 wrote: »I know you need to do a day off between resistance training sessions because muscle builds during rest.
But right now I'm doing a total body workout 3x/week on weight machines. I'm using moderate weight/high reps for toning rather than body building as I'm dropping weight.
It is so much easier for me to get lifts in on Saturday/Sunday rather than Saturday/weekday.
Can I get away with doing light, total body workouts on machines two days in a row?
PS I'll accept "no" LOL. I'm looking for advice not just wanting to hear what I want to hear.
Thanks
Probably fine. That whole "need a rest day between workouts" isn't necessarily sound science in all cases.
(Now as for your "toning rather than body building" claim. That's more based on dietary intake than weight/rep scheme. In fact, moderate weight/high reps is a very popular bodybuilding approach.)0 -
IndianCat3 wrote: »well, that was my opinion which i always gotten from Personal Trainers.
Eh. A personal trainer once told me I'd never lose weight if I ate fruit because my body would use the sugar from the fruit to power itself rather than burning calories. So, you know... even "experts" give awful advice.
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