Lifting two days in a row

BlackPantherChick123
BlackPantherChick123 Posts: 425 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
For the last month, I been training 3x a week, but two of those days are back to back. Because of my schedule for the last month, I manage to workout Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays rather than MWF or STT. How bad is it to train two days in a row like this each week and then resting for 3 days before going back again? I'm still in the process of fixing my schedule back to how I normally do it.

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Are you doing different lifts on those back to back days? You're fine.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    edited January 2019
    Do full body/upper/lower and you're good to go
  • BlackPantherChick123
    BlackPantherChick123 Posts: 425 Member
    I tend to do full body 3x a week but each day is different.
  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    BlackPantherChick123 wrote: »
    I tend to do full body 3x a week but each day is different.

    You'll be fine then.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    It's probably not ideal, but most of us don't live in the ideal. What you're doing is way better than doing nothing, so just pay attention to your body and how it's recovering, and go from there.
  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 Member
    it's fine.
  • BlackPantherChick123
    BlackPantherChick123 Posts: 425 Member
    Thank you! If I start feeling like I reached my limit, I would stop and call it a day. But it could be a coincidence but since I started doing this, I went up in weights on my squats and other exercises. Not exactly sure but I'm happy with that.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    edited January 2019
    Makes no difference as long as you regulate your intensity and if not lifting using in a LP style template(SS, SL, TM, etc..) that would have you chasing numbers on the bar.

    I squat back to back once a week and bench twice back to back for a total of four days of benching a week and have no recover issues short or long term.

    Its about programming correctly and building stimulus to disrupt homeostasis.

    I could see a case where hypertrophy might be not exactly optimal, but as far as strength you can gain fine both days assuming you monitor your fatigue and use a useful intensity.

    This very common in post novice trainees.
  • tonyfastz06
    tonyfastz06 Posts: 35 Member
    I do push/pull/legs/push/pull/legs and take the 7th day off... no issues here!!!

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