Is It Bad To Lift Everyday?

[BNK89]

Since I've been home from college I've changed my lifestyle a lot. I'm not consuming 4000 calories a weekend in alcohol anymore (i'm in a fraternity lol). But just curious to know if its bad to lift everyday.

At the moment I split my workouts like this.

Day 1: Back/Bi's

Day 2: Chest /Tri's

Day 3: Legs / Shoulders

And I just repeat after Day 3. I'm bulking at the moment so I try to consume around 2700-3000 calories a day between like 4-5 meals and munching throughout the day, each meal with a solid protein source where I try to consume between 40-50 grams a protein.

I always feel restored before each workout with little to no soreness, but this could also be attributed to another substance I've been smoking a lot (hope this doesn't go against the rules, but could be a key factor in the fact that I don't feel sore and feel like going to the gym everyday).

Overall though for the last 15 days or so I've been really good about this schedule missing about 2 workouts, but that was due to work related issues.

[eatrainrest]

no its not ok to train everyday...just follow a 3 day split... although i dont like your split you could run it day 1,2,3 OFF, continue 1,2 then repeat on monday... like i said i dont liek the workout routine but its runnable..if tahts a word.. lol

[stack_it]

Give your muscles some time to recover. To me if your fully recovered after that short time period while bulking than your not hitting it hard enough. If your gonna run that split do chest and tris before your back and bis. When my back is sore it tends to hinder my chest workout. Also what's your stats? Your calorie intake sounds kind of low for a bulk.

[eatrainrest]

whats your calculated BMR, and have you watched "THE VIDS" lol

[BNK89]

Ehh, I'm about 185, guestimate BF at like 14ish, age 19. It's more calories then I used to eat when I was lifting though and I feel myself getting stronger

I kinda have a hard time eating a lot of food since frosh year of HS i weighed a fatty 245 with like no muscle lol. I'm trying for a clean bulk

[eatrainrest]

Ehh, I'm about 185, guestimate BF at like 14ish, age 19. It's more calories then I used to eat when I was lifting though and I feel myself getting stronger

I kinda have a hard time eating a lot of food since frosh year of HS i weighed a fatty 245 with like no muscle lol. I'm trying for a clean bulk

so whats your BMR?

[BNK89]

is there a website i can check it at?

[stack_it]

Google bmr the second link is a bmr calculator. I would post the link here but I can't do it on my phone.

[eatrainrest]

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=384395 BMR CALCULATIONS

[Ronnie Rowland]

Try a 3 days on/2 days off using the same protocol!

[spywizard]

Since I've been home from college I've changed my lifestyle a lot. I'm not consuming 4000 calories a weekend in alcohol anymore (i'm in a fraternity lol). But just curious to know if its bad to lift everyday.

At the moment I split my workouts like this.

Day 1: Back/Bi's

Day 2: Chest /Tri's

Day 3: Legs / Shoulders

And I just repeat after Day 3. I'm bulking at the moment so I try to consume around 2700-3000 calories a day between like 4-5 meals and munching throughout the day, each meal with a solid protein source where I try to consume between 40-50 grams a protein.

I always feel restored before each workout with little to no soreness, but this could also be attributed to another substance I've been smoking a lot (hope this doesn't go against the rules, but could be a key factor in the fact that I don't feel sore and feel like going to the gym everyday).

Overall though for the last 15 days or so I've been really good about this schedule missing about 2 workouts, but that was due to work related issues.

dang.. i wish i could bulk at 3000 cals... you will eventually plateau and it depends on the type of workout and how intense.. are you adding weight every time you work that muscle group??

I would assume you are building slow twitch muscle instead of fast twitch so you could go for a while until you injure a ligament or tendon..

rest is when we grow.. not during the stress of moving a weight, so no, you are simply burning glycogen and putting a serious wear and tear on your body..

I'd suggest trying to do a different workout routine too..

if strength and size is your goal

4-6 rep range 3 sets.. and don't add more weight until you can do the 6th rep

hope that points you in a different direction..

[spywizard]

and if you were going to stay with your current split..

id' do it this way


Day 1: Back/Bi's

Day 2: Legs / Shoulders

Day 3: Chest /Tri's

[eatrainrest]

**to add onto what spy is talking about. this will hlep in explaining...

OVERLOAD TRAINING PRINCIPLE
-THIS CAN BE APPLIED IN ANY REP RANGE ACCORDING TO YOUR GOAL. AND EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOUR WORKING IN THE 4-6 REP RANGE, YOU WILL TAKE A WEIGHT YOU CAN ONLY DO 4 TIEMS TO YOUR MAX, PERFECT FORM. ONCE YOU GET 6 REPS WITH THE SAME WEIGHT THIS IS WHEN YOU MOVE UP THE WEIGHT UNTIL YOU CAN ONLY GET 4 AGAIN. (THIS APPLIES TO STAMINA-12-15 REP RANGE AS WELL)

*FUNDAMENTALLY, you can apply the overload training principle to any rep range within 3 reps.

EXAMPLES:
4-6
6-8
8-10
12-15


*NOW IF YOU ARE WORKING IN THE HIGHER REP RANGE 8+ WITH PLENTY OF SETS OVER MY RECOMMENDED CHART, TRY CUTTING TO MY RECOMMENDED CHART USING THE OVERLOAD TRAINING PRINCIPLE IN THE 4 REP MAX RANGE FOR THE FIRST 1-2 SETS OF ALL COMPOUND EXERCISES AND YOU WILL SEE AMAZING STRENGTH INCREASES. BUT BE AWARE DO NOT DO 4 REP MAX ON ISOLATION EXERCISE MOVEMENTS SUCH AS TRICEP EXT/SKULL CRUSHERS/PREACHER CURLS/CALVES/ABS/ETC.

*I AM ALSO NOT A FAN OF THE SPLITS CHEST/TRIS BACK/BIS FOR THE FOLLOWING 2 REASONS

1-RISK OF OVERTRAINING THE SECONDARY MUSCLE

2-THE FATIGUE FACTOR-YOU WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS YOU WOULD ON A DAY THAT YOU ALREADY DIDNT WORK YOUR SECONDARY MUSCLES OUT

*IN REGARDS TO REP TRAINING USING OVERLOAD TRAINING PRINCIPLE YOU WILL SHOOT FOR 4 REPS MAX ON COMPOUND MOVEMENTS AND 6 REPS ON ISOLATION MOVEMENTS AT MAXIMUM. I WOULD EVEN RECOMMEND 8 ON MORE ISOLATED MOVEMENTS. IT WOULD BE SMART TO FOCUS ON THE 4 REP MAX RANGE DURING THE FIRST 2 SETS OF THE 3 SET EXERCISE. I WOULD DO 8-12 REP MAX ON THE LAST SET OF EACH EXERCISE TO TARGET RED FAST TWITCH FIBERS. REMEMBER THAT THE BODY WILL ADAPT TO THIS TRAINING, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT MOTIONSS/REP RANGES TO ALLOW THE BODY TO ADVANCE FURTHER.

[eatrainrest]

and if you were going to stay with your current split..

id' do it this way


Day 1: Back/Bi's

Day 2: Legs / Shoulders

Day 3: Chest /Tri's

there is many reasons, to the OP i think that split sucks for the 2 reasons mentioned above. also, you would liek have a day off after legs so day 3 is where legs should be. i would recommend a split liek this

day 1-chest/back

day 2-medial delts, bis,tris, abs

day 3-legs traps

ronnies 5 on 2 off example will be great too and allow for even more CNS recovery

[spywizard]

there is many reasons, to the OP i think that split sucks for the 2 reasons mentioned above. also, you would liek have a day off after legs so day 3 is where legs should be. i would recommend a split liek this

day 1-chest/back

day 2-medial delts, bis,tris, abs

day 3-legs traps

ronnies 5 on 2 off example will be great too and allow for even more CNS recovery

mmmm.. don't like that one either chest/back combo, i was trying to get him to not over train..

a more ideal would be every other day but we all have crazy schedules..

[eatrainrest]

mmmm.. don't like that one either chest/back combo, i was trying to get him to not over train..

a more ideal would be every other day but we all have crazy schedules..

yea i would make better splits but if it was going to be a day1,2,3 split thats what i would do. actually currently will do when running my deload. chest back are antagonistic mucsle groups. when supersetted together and rested double the time ive had great benefits from it. personally i love supersetting antagonistic muscle groups saves time, increases blood flow, stretches one while performing the other, helps removal of lactic acid.

[collar]

the answer is no
it is not ok to train everyday.

[BNK89]

just so u know im still here, been real busy with work etc. actually leaving for work now. Just want to thank everyone for the replies, gonna check them once i get back today! tyvm

[Godson]

the answer is no
it is not ok to train everyday.

i second this notion
you dont grow while you're at the gym