Working out a single muscle group 2 times a week...good when cycling or not?

[Freefalling]

When cycling,
example: 1st cycle. Test e / d bol. 500mg/week. 12 weeks. 35mg/week. 4 weeks.
... Should one continue his regular workout routine (4 days a week. One muscle group a week...but extremely intense workouts) or change the routine to 5-6 days a week, working out a muscle group 2 times a week?

[BJJ]

When cycling,
example: 1st cycle. Test e / d bol. 500mg/week. 12 weeks. 35mg/week. 4 weeks.
... Should one continue his regular workout routine (4 days a week. One muscle group a week...but extremely intense workouts) or change the routine to 5-6 days a week, working out a muscle group 2 times a week?

I kept working out once a week each muscle group, just in a more intense way.
I had very good results.

[NVR2BIG1]

I think working a muscle twice/wk helps you stay more conditioned. Seems like everybody strays away from it now, but I've never had a problem with it. As long as I space shoulders and chest apart good enough I'm fine.

[MotoLifter]

i am not on cycle right now and use a half body split basically. 1 on 1 off, works out to hitting the same muscles every 4 days or so. eating really well, and sleeping well and have made great gains without gear. when and if i do get back on cycle i might switch to 2 on 1 off, but we'll see.

gotta remember everyone recovers differently, so some people need more time and some need less. try both slpits and see which one works best for you.

Moto

[D7M]

I kept working out once a week each muscle group, just in a more intense way.
I had very good results.

agreed.

[Critical Mass]

I get better results doing 1 bodypart every 6-7 days. I have tried 2 x week but it became too much. I began hating the gym. Gotta love it. Dont let it become a second job. :=)

[kaberle_15]

I have a friend who trains every muscle 2x a week (except quads) and he has no problem with it. Personally I can only train each muscle once a week. Try it and see how it works, we are all different.

[hot stuff]

I used to train 2x/wk, but as the weights and intensity got higher, I caught myself starting to slack off because I knew I had the "next workout" in a few days. I actually looked pretty good. Just didn't get any bigger.

[terraj]

My joints and tendons need a week.

[elcrisp76]

Just depends on how well you recover.. Some bodyparts i can train more than twice a week, others only once..

[ranging1]

i perosnaly have tried training a musclw twice a week and always find dissapointing results

its not that u cant train a muscle twice a week, but what most people dont relelize is they end up overtraining the muscle through indirect training

its also funny that the muscles i see trained twice a week 97% of the time are arms lol

the other 2% is either calves or chest

and the other 1% is the rest of the muscle groups

what makes it worse is they do 9-12 set for biceps or triceps twice a week

totaling 24 sets for each muscle

then they do alot of chest or back work, e.g 12-16 sets which again stimulates arms indirectly

so we have 36-40 sets total now, and we havent included anything from shoulders yet.....

so its not training a body part twice a week thats problem, but the fact you end up training them 3-4 times a week without realising

and then you wonder why they dont grow when your hitting them twice a week?.....

even if you MIGHT be able to get away with training them twice a week, theirs more then likely chance you wont

if you can grow off training them once a week, why risk overtraining yourself for that little extra bit of muscle growth? its not alot ur going to gain if you do succeed anyways

plus you have a very good chance of not growing becuase ur overtraining them, which si even worse coz u working twice as hard and getting less results.....

so dont bother hitting them twice a week

on cycle ur already doing more volume each workout then you normaly would hitting them once a week

adding in twice a week with double the amount of volume is silly

once a week is all you need, remeber muscles grow at rest, and when your training with high volume already ur muscles need all the rest they can get even with gear

[Bossman]

My joints and tendons need a week.

My joints can hardly handle training heavy once a week. If you're lifting with extreme intensity, and you should be, once a week is enough.

IF you're not lifting heavy because you have not yet developed the strength you may be able to get by lifting more often. I trained 2x a week until I reached approx 200 lbs bodyweight. Then I found myself still a bit sore from the previous workout of that bodypart. My growth was starting to slow and I was feeling more joint pain. From then on, once a week. Im currently bulking, eating everything I can with supplements and I feel like Ive been beaten daily.

[Valac]

i do a heavy work say monday than on thursday i might do same muscle group but light and lift using contraction only. i do this with which is lagging atm. currently im doin tri's and back twice