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Thread: How often can you do chest?
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11-19-2005, 01:52 PM #1Junior Member
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How often can you do chest?
Is every 4 to 5 days not enough rest during a cycle when doing chest. Or should I keep it to one time a week.
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11-19-2005, 02:29 PM #2
I personally do it once a week. But scientific studies show that the muscles are good to go after 72 hours. However, the CNS (central nervous system) might not be fully repaired if you have been doing supersets or have a high amount of stress from work.
So just feel it out by what your body tells you. If you're not sore after three days then feel free to hit it up again, but not as hard as the last day. Then take a day off and repeat your schedule again.
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11-19-2005, 03:15 PM #3Junior Member
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Thanks
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11-19-2005, 03:49 PM #4
I used to do it every 4 days..eventually that was too little..moved to every 5..same thing and so on until once a week now
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11-19-2005, 03:53 PM #5
I bomb them once weekly....I'm 37,so my recovery is lessened with age.also I believe in allowing the CNS to catch up.That's why I train EOD.
~Pinnacle~Last edited by Pinnacle; 11-19-2005 at 04:58 PM. Reason: typoooooooooooo
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11-19-2005, 04:38 PM #6Originally Posted by emma2020
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11-19-2005, 05:14 PM #7Originally Posted by striker93
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11-19-2005, 05:24 PM #8Originally Posted by Pinnacle
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11-20-2005, 04:35 PM #9
Once a week for me.
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11-20-2005, 07:12 PM #10
i did one type of workout over the summer where we did barbell exercises on monday and dumbell exercises on friday. gained some nice strength on it. i think it was a workout from the texas longhorn football team.
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11-21-2005, 04:53 AM #11
Listen to your body. If you didn't totally thrash your chest, you may be ready in a couple days. It typically takes me a whole week to recover on or off cycle, but I am a true gym masochist.
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11-21-2005, 05:02 AM #12Retired Vet
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Every 4 days myself. I take an extra day if I need it though... listening to your body is key.
One day for Max. Effort (Sets of 3-5 reps, working up to a 1/3RM), and one day for Dynamic Effort(Speed/Explosiveness/Form 8sets of 3 reps @ ~60% 1RM) / Higher Volume...Last edited by Blown_SC; 11-21-2005 at 05:05 AM.
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11-21-2005, 12:27 PM #13
I hit em once a week usually but evey now and again I hit em every 5 days if I feel I've recovered fully from my previous workout.But like Striker said, if I'm on cycle I usually bomb the hell out of em just cause I can...
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11-21-2005, 07:22 PM #14
I saw some nice gains and i was doing chest every three days...say, monday, thursday, sunday, then wednesday, then saturday...so on, and for a few weeks it worked, but i quit so i would plateau hard. Feel it out and experiment.
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