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Title: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: ZEEK on April 04, 2006, 08:32:48 PM
I have a buddy of mine in the gym,everytime i see him he is always working his chest.I go to the gym 5 times a week and everytime.he's doing chest.I asked him arent you suppose to rest those muscles?
he say's the more stress and strain you put on them the harder they will get.
AM I LOST? or am I doing my workouts wrong.
he' pretty big.
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: dawakaman on April 05, 2006, 07:41:37 AM
he's an idiot. Maybe he's on drugs, that's why he's big.
do not train your chest 5 days a week.

peace
d
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: absent on April 05, 2006, 07:46:55 AM
No, he's not pretty big.
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: ZEEK on April 05, 2006, 08:06:22 AM
he's big and ripped
he says to me that he doesnt go for lifting 300 or 400 lbs
he goes for more reps at a small amount of weights.he says he does a hundred reps
for his chest.
i dont know? i know i work chest 2 times a week if i can.
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: pumpster on April 05, 2006, 08:21:05 AM
A natural will gain even on a strange program like his. He'd have achieved more with less effort if he'd trained properly.
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: ZEEK on April 05, 2006, 08:48:19 AM
thats crazy
I guess everyones different
i have to bust my ass, and im still tring to get up to 195lbs
im at 185lbs i eat like i never seen food before
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: Cold on April 08, 2006, 10:09:05 PM
well my training partner (NPC competitor) and I train chest 7 days a week. Chest is my best body part. Go figure.
Having said that, I use very low volume training. I only do a couple warm up sets then 1 or 2 all-out sets.
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: brianX on April 08, 2006, 11:53:35 PM
I train chest 2-3 times a week, 10 heavy sets per workout.
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: ZEEK on April 09, 2006, 07:36:08 PM
so if you pay special attention on a certain muscle

there isnt any problems?
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: SLYY on April 09, 2006, 08:14:16 PM
Once a week is more than enough for a large muscle group like chest. 
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: benchthis on April 09, 2006, 10:46:48 PM
i train chest 14 times a week  ::)
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: gtbro1 on April 09, 2006, 11:05:24 PM
Everyone knows you grow when you rest..lifting weights tears down the muscle and recovery builds it back up stronger than before.So think about that...if you train a muscle every day...when is it going to recover and grow?
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: brianX on April 09, 2006, 11:14:13 PM
if you train a muscle every day...when is it going to recover and grow?

The other 23 hours of the day. ::)
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: SLYY on April 09, 2006, 11:49:06 PM
The other 23 hours of the day. ::)

In that case....i will do a full body workout everyday!


I will be the biggest Motherfu*ker on the planet!!!!
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: gtbro1 on April 13, 2006, 06:09:34 AM
The other 23 hours of the day. ::)

yeah. lol
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: Cold on April 13, 2006, 06:51:51 PM
if resting was so important, i'd do 100000 sets in one day then take the whole month off and be the biggest guy on earth.

can be said both ways.

trials and errors. for me personally i prefer extremely high frequency. sometimes i train the same muscles twice in one day. no that's not a typo. the way i see it is, if i can go into the gym and lift at 100% strength, then i'm going. like Shawn Ray said, there is no such thing as over training, only under-recuperation.
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: triple_pickle on April 13, 2006, 09:04:50 PM
he's big and ripped

he would be even bigger and more ripped if he did chest seven times a week.
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: SLYY on April 13, 2006, 10:12:55 PM
he would be even bigger and more ripped if he did chest seven times a week.

Hell....do it twice a day...7 days a week.....if he did that, his chest would make Ruhl's chest non-existant....
Title: Re: working out same muscle all the time?
Post by: gtbro1 on April 14, 2006, 08:09:17 PM
if resting was so important, i'd do 100000 sets in one day then take the whole month off and be the biggest guy on earth.

can be said both ways.

trials and errors. for me personally i prefer extremely high frequency. sometimes i train the same muscles twice in one day. no that's not a typo. the way i see it is, if i can go into the gym and lift at 100% strength, then i'm going. like Shawn Ray said, there is no such thing as over training, only under-recuperation.

Well what you said sorta suports the idea of needing enough rest between workouts.Yeah,you are right no such thing as overtraining only under recuperation...but MOST people cannot recuperate fully overnight(without gear) but if you can then more power to ya.