Workout frequency

[zippman]

I've heard many different views on workout frequency and recovery periods, via this forum, and I was interested to know your individual training days and your respecitve rest days. I'm on a 2 on 1 off, 2 on 2 off workout schedule.

I would be interested to know if any of you only work one bodybart per week, and if this has been an effective muscle/strength builder in your exercise program; or if you do a two day split, etc. Also, how often do you change your workout frequency as well as the workout exercises. Props

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[duckbutter]

personlly i work out six days, and rest on sunday. my goals are a little different than most on this site. i also do cardio 4-6 time per week. i change my workout about every 6-8 weeks. as far as bodyparts, i dont train bodyparts ...i train movements. in one way or another my whole body gets a worked every workout.

[zippman]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by duckbutter:
personlly i work out six days, and rest on sunday. my goals are a little different than most on this site. i also do cardio 4-6 time per week. i change my workout about every 6-8 weeks. as far as bodyparts, i dont train bodyparts ...i train movements. in one way or another my whole body gets a worked every workout.[/quote]

Wow! 6 days per week. You must be in your early 20s to pull off a feat of that remarkable recovery. Being in my late 30s, I don't know if I could get away with that. <img src="http://www.massmonsters.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif" alt="Frown" width="15" height="15"><!--graemlin:-->

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[duckbutter]

im actually 27, and i have no problem recovering. its all about managing your volume and lift frequency. when i was oly lifting i'd do 2-a-days for three weeks at a time 6x per week. you cant kill yourself every workout, in fact i rarely worked to failure or even exhaustion on a single lift. i would incure systemic exhaustion at the end of the work out. my body would recove as a system, and i'd go on. i always aproach every workout with the atitude, do as much as possible as fresh as possible.

[zippman]

Duck,
For me, it takes a while to fully recuperate. I'm not sure if this is a factor of my age, workout intensity or a combo of both. I envy your ability to recuperate that quickly as I hate being away from the weights for too long.

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[duckbutter]

have you tried lowering the wt/reps or both to stay "fresher". alt high volume/low volume. i think if take a look at you volume and intensity and maybe diet maybe once every four weeks or so you hit the gym for high volume wekk and watch you srength soar.

[zippman]

Good suggestion Duck. I'm currently doing the 5x5 heavy weight/intensity rep/workout suggested by Bronc, and perhaps this intensity is what's taking me longer to recuperate from. I think after 8 weeks, I'm going to switch it up. To what, I have no clue, however, this workout progam is kicking my ass. When I was on the gear a few weeks back, my recuperative abilities was amazing, however, since I've been off, just taking me a little longer to get back to a 'fresh' feeling. Would love to hear what the older bros workout regimen is like and how fast they recuperate on and off the gear.

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[jaws14]

5 days a week, every body part once a week...something like this....

mon-chest
tue-arms(bis and tris, works great for me)
wed-shoulders
thur-back
fri-off
sat-legs

sometimes i do calves on the back day, depending on time and i throw abs in prolly twice a week...

[zippman]

Jaws,
Are you in your 20s or 30s? Have you noticed any extra recuperation time as you grow older? Just very curious about the age factor

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[jaws14]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by zippman:
Jaws,
Are you in your 20s or 30s? Have you noticed any extra recuperation time as you grow older? Just very curious about the age factor

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i'm, ah, less than 30...lol... and honestly i have been pumping hard for years and haven't hit that yet, but i'm still fairly young i know...i think honestly i could still hit it 7 days a week if i wanted to...but its just not necessary...
i'm thinking of switching to a 2 on 1 off day routine...need to switch things up....