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3x a week or every other day?

fothers365
fothers365 Posts: 59 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
I have been doing the work outs every other day but it sounds from what some of you write that you are doing 3x a week.

Am I supposed to do only 3x a week and have a longer break or does it not matter?!

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  • mirrim52
    mirrim52 Posts: 763 Member
    The program is written as 3x a week. :)
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    i went every other day when i was in a groove, but it wasn't a plan or anything. just 'did i lift yesterday?' took up less space in my brain than 'did i lift yesterday, and if not then how many yesterdays has it been since i did, and/or if not then did i lift on all the yesterdays of the past 3 non-yesterdays, or didn't i?'

    the extra day is nice for getting extra recovery time. i know that. but i was never very organized or scheduled with when i lifted because my whole life isn't really like that.
  • Llamapants86
    Llamapants86 Posts: 1,221 Member
    I was doing every other day but then I started to get back into running. I found the extra rest day really helped with my recovery.
  • DawnEmbers
    DawnEmbers Posts: 2,451 Member
    I "lift" just three days a week as the programs have called for but will admit to doing other things on days off. Sometimes I will catch a Grit Strength class on one of the two in a row rest days. Others are work stuff, like fright day, though I'm switching to lift on freight day as I found doing stuff before and after made for three days in a row and I got tired.
  • AbsoluteTara79
    AbsoluteTara79 Posts: 266 Member
    I lift MWF, cardio T/TH and rest the weekend. :)
  • TravelsWithHuckleberry
    TravelsWithHuckleberry Posts: 955 Member
    3x / week :)
  • xcalygrl
    xcalygrl Posts: 1,897 Member
    I started out doing every other day. It worked great for me for a while, but then it started getting annoying to me to go to the gym on the weekends.

    Now, I lift MWF. It works great because my husband knows the schedule without having to ask, it's a no brainer for me on what my lift days are, and I only have to go to the gym during the week, which leaves weekends for other activities/sports. I also feel like I get more out of it because I have two days off from lifting every weekend, so I get a little break every week.
  • fothers365
    fothers365 Posts: 59 Member
    Great, I will do 3 times a week. I was doing every other day but now it is taking longer with the longer rest breaks 3x week will be more manageable.

    Thanks everyone :smile:
  • Graceious1
    Graceious1 Posts: 716 Member
    I do 3x a week and on other days I do taekwondo 2x a week and jog once a week. I have mine in a diary to make sure I spread it out. It is now an essential part of my life now.
  • ashleycde
    ashleycde Posts: 622 Member
    I'm doing SL on M/W/F and swimming or doing some other form of cardio on my non-lifting days. I'm not working at the moment though and won't be starting my new job until the 9th of March so I've been getting antsy staying still for too long, which is why I'm doing all the cardio. I'm sure once I'm working on my feet all day I'll be more restful on my rest days, though I've really been enjoying swimming lately so I may stick with that, but we'll see.
  • mbcieslak87
    mbcieslak87 Posts: 206 Member
    edited February 2015
    I lift Sun, Tues, Thurs and run Mon, Weds, Fri; I need Saturday to sleep in and recover! I am at the end of two weeks with no breaks (cause I took two rest days in one week, so I've been catching up) and it has completely exhausted me! I can't wait to finally rest tomorrow! Just goes to show how much I really do need those rest days, especially as the weight increases!
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