When should I take rest days?
buffalobill41
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I have been going to the gym for a little less than a month now. Generally one day i will do legs (abductor, adductor, torso rotation, butt machine, calf extension, leg extension, leg curl, leg press) and the next i will do upper body (pullups, chinups, bench and shoulder press, row, tricep pulldown, and various other dumbbell activities i don't know the names of ). I do 3 sets of 5 for each and i never do the same one two days in a row but i was wondering if i should have some rest days where i don't do any? Should i just kinda go by what my body feels or should i have days where i don't lift even if i feel fine? I work a manual labor job so i am pretty careful about not overdoing it and hurting myself (particularly on upper body since my job requires lots of shoulder activity). I realize i should probably be getting some yoga or core/stretching type stuff in there as well. I'm 5'10.5" 135 lbs so i'm really not looking to do any cardio (definitely nothing with any impact i work on my feet all day so i won't) other than i suppose to get my heart rate up. Any suggestions would be much appreciated thank you.
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The general advice is 48 hours between working a body part again.
Lots of variables in that though, but you won't go wrong.
Plenty of split workout routines available online. Get some inspiration there.0 -
If you have an upper body/lower body split I'd just take a rest day when you need/want to. Assuming you're not overly sore, if you feel good and want to go then go. If you like a day off then just go two days on and one off. Do both and be dynamic.0
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