4 on 3 off?

[BiggKay]

right now i work out mon, tues, wed off, thur, fri, sat and sun. off, now my schedule will be changing and with work and all ill be only permitted to work out on mon, tues, wed, thur, fri off, sat off, sun off. now if i hop on a cycle is that ok to have the 3 days off in a row?

[G-S]

Yep. And, if your training hard, you'll need em.

[bigjim33]

what GS said

[SHOOTFIGHTER]

I'd work out every day

[Aragorn]

Originally posted by SHOOTFIGHTER
I'd work out every day

I'd foresee overtraining with this...12 week (usually) of working out with no rest...unless you aren't really working out it would be detrimental to your gains.

3 days off is totally fine as long as you're going balls out the rest of the time and taking care of yourself on the days off.

Aragorn

[G-S]

Originally posted by SHOOTFIGHTER
I'd work out every day

And your gains would suffer. REST is the 2nd biggest factor in your gains.

[bigjim33]

yeah...you grow when you rest, which is why sleep is so important

[Massive1]

Three day break is no problem bro. I say keep the diet in the check the whole time though.

[jack hust]

sounds fine to me

[Krush]

I was working out every day and my 19th day into my fina cycle, (75mg ED), I was only up 8 lbs. So I re-thought my schedule and took 3 days off. I went in the gym this morning, I'm up 4 lbs! Bench went up too. GS is right.

[G-S]

There is a big misconception with these "magazine" workouts. Ya know, the ones in Muscle and Fitness, and mags like that. MOST, if not all, will result in the trainee doing serious OVERTRAINING. It took me 4 years to figure it out, and I still had to be coaxed into doing less, and resting more.

Unless you have genetics that are out of this world, which 95% of us don't, you need to really watch the volume of your training. 3 days a week is PLENTY, with 4 days rest.

[bikertrash]

Originally posted by bigjim33
yeah...you grow when you rest, which is why sleep is so important

very true!!

[BiggKay]

ok sounds good fellas...thanks

[bigpimpc]

4 days is fine if you bust your ass in the gym!

[Juicemonkey101]

Originally posted by Gettin Stupid
There is a big misconception with these "magazine" workouts. Ya know, the ones in Muscle and Fitness, and mags like that. MOST, if not all, will result in the trainee doing serious OVERTRAINING. It took me 4 years to figure it out, and I still had to be coaxed into doing less, and resting more.

Unless you have genetics that are out of this world, which 95% of us don't, you need to really watch the volume of your training. 3 days a week is PLENTY, with 4 days rest.

couldn't agree with you more!