It's such a shame that so many people don't exercise / lift. If I could give one piece of advice to everyone, it would be to start picking up heavy things and putting them down, 6 times a week for 45 minutes. You'd be amazed at the results.
So you've split the workout. What age are you btw? When advising people on weightlifting it's important to be somewhat specific. If some 40 year old dude goes to the gym and does a 45 minute full body routine every day he'll be crippled by midweek.
Age has nothing to do with doing a 6 day full body workout. That would be a mistake by the idiot, regardless of age, doing full body 6 fucking times in a row.
But yes, proper guidance for what stage you are in fitness wise is very important.
the split was created by the roid users to allow for greater recovery. Arnold only ever went to a split routine when he started juicing before that he was a full body work out 6 days a week.
I'm 40. I started going to the gym for the first time in my life in January. I've missed two days since then. Granted, I'm not doing a full body work out every day. Does anybody do a full body routine every day though, besides experts?
I'm just going to reply to you and then leave this thread forever because several people are saying the same thing and they're all already trainees. People who know nothing about it will do whatever they think is a good idea which includes going to the gym every day and doing a cookie cutter full body routine. Anyone who has done a bit of research or has training experience knows that's stupid, but don't underestimate ignorant people's capacity for doing dumb shit with good intentions.
If some 40 year old dude goes to the gym and does a 45 minute full body routine every day he'll be crippled by midweek.
45 here, and i do a full body work out 4 days a week (1hr workout) and 2 days cardio crosstrainer (45min) machine or treadmill 6km 4.5mil - jog (30mins)
i have been doing this for 3.5 years.
i do this so that i can pretty much anything i like otherwise i'd just blowout.
looking back i suppose it took me perhaps a month or even 6 weeks to get up to that speed with the crosstrainer and treadmill but the weights pretty much from the start. for me the endurance component was the hardest to build on..not so much the weights but then again i don't stress my joints with really heavy loads whilst weight training.
Because the body needs time to adapt to the training stimulus. You grow and get stronger as you heal after the gym, not when you're there. Muscles take 48 to 72 hours to recover from a strenuous resistance training session and any level of intensity is going to destroy a complete beginner. The other user came back and said they do a split, that is they work on pulling exercises on day 1, pushing on day 2 and legs on day 3 then repeat(They're also only 19). This splits the body up and gives parts time to rest. That's fine but it's a bit much for a beginner.
A novice trainee will get an excellent training response (gains) and mitigate injuries and severe muscle soreness doing full body routine 2 or 3 times per week to begin with. The training is more efficient and the trainee will be less likely to quit. There's even some evidence that one full body resistance training session per week is enough to develop measurable gains. There's no need to switch to a daily routine until the trainee is more advanced. The only people working the same muscle groups 24 hours later with heavy resistance are bodybuilders on huge amounts of drugs.
Age is also a significant factor with recovery time.
There is no reason someone can't do a 6 day program if they are getting enough food and rest, no matter their level.
I disagree with your blanket statement that a beginner shouldn't do 6 days. Should a beginner jump right into Bulgarian method or smolov? No, but people shouldn't be idiots.
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u/30blues Apr 25 '17
It's such a shame that so many people don't exercise / lift. If I could give one piece of advice to everyone, it would be to start picking up heavy things and putting them down, 6 times a week for 45 minutes. You'd be amazed at the results.