Deep Question

[SayHelotomylilFriend]

Hi all, Here is something Ive asked myself for long. I'm sure many of us wonder it also.

Spec: 22 yrs old 187lbs(bulk) 180lbs(cut) 1m83 %fat(don't know but very low) sorry I will get this %fat soon.

For years/months of reading and learning on Bodybuilding, I acquired some knowledge on that field. Knowledge that for sure help me in my workout for continuous growth.

But sometime, I feel like my knowledge interfer with how I feel my body should be trained.

You know, when you FEEL you should do that, but my knowledge of bodybuilding tell me it is not the way of doing, for exemple when you feel your pecs are totally ready for another workout, but your knowledge tells you're suppose to wait a week to hit it back again.

I wonder if we should better listen our body better, when you feel it to be this way it should be done. Or keep to the knowledge and logical routine of bodybuilding and rules of body.

I try to mix up both, but I especially have problem with time of recovery for different muscle group:


I feel like I could and should hit my pecs every 2 days. Because the next days I've done my Pec, they are not sore anymore AT ALL and I feel like I should no let 7 days go before hitting them, otherwise I feel like I will loose some of their thikness and mass.

Same for Abs. I feel like I should hit them every days or 2 to get better gain.

For Legs I feel I need much more to recover.

So my question is, If I feel something to be done in some way, instead of my knowledge of bodybuilding tells me. (In that case: Recovery time) What should I do? Listen to me and my body or keeep to the theorical thing ?

[MFT81]

Listen close young grasshopper, I shall show you the way to bodybuilding enlightenment..........

J/k with ya, the way you worded your Q sounded like david caradine should narrorate it...

It really goes both ways, If your getting results even though someone said that its wrong, who cares right.... but be prepared to have to change and evolve, I cant, and shouldnt train like I did 6 years ago, I shouldnt train 6 years from now like I did today.

I listen to my body a lot, but I have to be careful. There are two voices in my head, one is kind of a consious voice that says "lets eat pizza" the other voice which is subconsious dosent say anything until there is a problem. It almost a gut feeling if you will. It tells me when im overtraining, it also tells me when I need certain foods for recovery. Most of the time, the conscious voice tells trainers to do less or more than they should. It also is the reason why everyone benches 8 times a week and never does legs.

so like I said, only you can decide. Sometimes the hardest thing to do in BB is to do nothing.....

[SayHelotomylilFriend]

MFT81, Thanks man !
Sorry for my english, I'm french actually. But I think I can make ppl understand me anyway ;p

I think I should listen bit more to my body. Well let's mix up Theory and Mind
Also, Body feel much different on gear than OFF. When off I feel my body need more recovery, but when ON I need as much because I push so much more.

Thanks buddy

[MuscleScience]

You can train sometimes without having the 4-7 days of recommened recovery time. Overtraining is usually chronic in nature. If you feel that you want to train twice one week thats fine but if you make a habit over a period of say 4 weeks then you may run the risk of injury, platue or overtraining.