Taking Breaks Between Workouts
I had a swimming workout at the pool on Saturday, then a workout on Sunday at the gym (treadmill/bike and machine training), today it was the pool again. Tomorrow, our schedule calls for another intensive 1-2 hours at the gym… My muscles hurt at this point, especially the arms and legs (ok, tummy too, which doesn’t leave much else, does it?). I wonder if I should press ahead with another heavy training session tomorrow, or maybe it’s time for a rest.
Doing some reading about it. I see that the recommended rest time between intensive workouts is 2-6 days according to one resource. Another article indicates that professional body builders train each muscle only once every 7-9 days! They did mention that these pros have very heavy sessions. They think an amateur would do well with working each muscle twice a week.
Then again, I also found an article about a research that showed better results with training the same muscle twice a day! However, reading further down the article, they also suggest resting that muscle for 3-7 days following that double workout, so I guess we’re still talking about long rest periods per muscle.
Now, I am not sure if swimming is considered training a muscle or not. We currently have 3 workouts at the gym, with swimming on everyday that we’re not on the gym. The more I am reading, the more I think I’ll stick to brisk walking as tomorrow’s training session!
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