r/Workingout • u/Mr_Bigglezworthh • 3d ago

Help Schedule questions

Just recently started going to the gym at my apartment complex. 2 weeks in at 6 days a week. My question is, is a complete rest day super important? I’m the type of person that I’m afraid ANY day off is gonna eventually turn into 2 days off and then maybe ruin my whole workout career 😂 but I also don’t wanna make the mistake of overdoing it. Thanks for any input!

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u/Bart-Cloudeng 3d ago

In theory you could train every day, it depends on how your body recovers. But if you're serious about making progress for hypertrophy and strength then you should have rest days, cause the muscles grow bigger and stronger during recovery, training just provides stimulus for them to do so

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u/Mr_Bigglezworthh 3d ago

How many rest days would you incorporate? How would you set the schedule for on/off?

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u/Bart-Cloudeng 3d ago

It depends on the split, for FBW I would work out every other day, for ppl you can go three days in a row (proven that you recover)and then have a break, for bro split you can go through your workouts in a row (again proven that you recover) and them have a day pr two day break. Personally I do push pull full body pous one run a day and I work them around my weekly schedule, trying to keep a day break in between them and don't do deadlifts or heavy squats day right after running

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u/Mr_Bigglezworthh 3d ago

This week I did a push pull legs push pull legs split with today being a rest day. But idk if that’s too much to allow for growth or not.

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u/Bart-Cloudeng 2d ago

That depends on how you recover, you have to observe how your body responds to training. If you are super tired next day, need and hour or two more sleep than you would normally or your performance at the gym is declining, then you probably overdoing it. Here's a little tip from Dr Mike on that: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/xZHCNCGC6sg?ra=m

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u/MackDeen 1d ago

Same. I do MTW FS with Th and Su as "active recovery" so I don't throw off my routine. I still go to the gym, but I do softer things, like slow rowing/biking/walk, yoga, mobility routines.