Quote Originally Posted by bartman314
wow! thanks for the input. since you have a grounding in the fundamentals, my request is to net it out for the (maybe not so) average weightlifter. what would you recommend as a training program (or frequency/duration of rest) for someone using HIT type lifting protocol - lots of hypertrophy rotating around various body parts on a weekly basis?
I feel that 48 hours of rest between "vigorous" bouts of exercise per body part is needed. I think the research is showing this to be a good number for someone between the ages of 18-35.

I use to feel it was 72 hours but I think that maybe it's not the case to prevent overuse injury and such. Obviously someone on gear is going to need less time than the average, because the mechanism by which steroids exert the most effect is by increasing recovery, drastically. I don't know what that number is, but I would say that to prevent ligament and tendon stress, (because these do not heal like muscle tissue) 48 hours is a good safe number at the very least.