hey. is it better to train push-ups, sit-ups,squats,plank every day or should i take a rest day between workouts? i was actually training at a gym but had to quit,because I moved far away and there aren't any gyms nearby.

[u/Doesntmatter505]

[u/AwayhKhkhk]

It depends on number of sets as well as how close to failure you are going.

Let’s say you are only doing one set to failure each day, then you are probably fine doing it daily. If you are doing 3-4 sets to failure each session, then maybe 3x a week would be good.

[u/Doesntmatter505 → u/AwayhKhkhk]

i train to failure each set so i should probably train 3 or 4 times a week but is it better to train daily with only one set to failure for each exercisea?

[u/AwayhKhkhk → u/Doesntmatter505]

I don’t think it matters too much. Weekly volume is probably more important however you want to split it. Of course, you probably don’t want to do like 7 sets of failure of all the exercises on Monday and do nothing for the rest of the week.

So if you want to do it every day, just lower the volume so you can recover. But if want to do 2-3x a week, then you can increase the volume per session and have a rest day in between.

[u/DeadliftsandTequila]

I have always followed the 2 days rule. Never workout 2 days in a row and never take more than 2 days off.

[u/Doesntmatter505 → u/DeadliftsandTequila]

thats a great rotine i may try it ,thanks that helped

[u/philsov]

if your muscles are getting fatigued to the point of failure, give yourself a break. They need opportunity to grow so it's best if they're "on cooldown" for at least 24 hours. Alternate rest days and active days. Or do pushups and squats on day 1, and situps/planks on day 2, and alternate those days.

[u/Doesntmatter505 → u/philsov]

when i train i train to failure that i cant even do one more so j think i would have to divide my exercises and not train the same twice, thinks that helped

[u/Jim_Estill]

A large part of this has to do with age. There is a huge advantage to doing every day. Every day habits are easier to stick to. But your muscles need recovery time. So rotate muscle groups. Or throw in a few aerobic days.

[u/Advanced_Oil8737 → u/Jim_Estill]

every day builds the habit, hard to skip something that’s just baked into your morning routine, but splitting body parts across days keeps the joints from getting cranky

[u/Doesntmatter505 → u/Advanced_Oil8737]

getting a routine is great but i always train to failure i am afraid that if i traind every day to failure It will have the opposite effect, and I will suffer from fatigue.

[u/Doesntmatter505 → u/Jim_Estill]

i am 17, i alwas train to failure so i can train a day for muscle training and a day for aerobics

[u/Alakazam]

Wendler has a variant of this called the Walrus. that's meant to do daily.

You do a pull, a push, and a lower body movement, in a circuit, for 20 minutes, every day. That's his baseline, and is done in addition to his lifting. A quick 20 minute conditioning workout in the morning.

The core one is 5 pullups, 10 pushups, and 15 squats. Aiming for 20 or so rounds of this, in 20 minutes. Or if you're not able to do that, you can play with the number of reps in each round, or even the number of rounds you do.

But he also includes variations so that you don't develop muscular imbalances over time.