So that i could lift every single day. Dang I dunno what's happened. I've been lifting consistently now since the middle of October (first time i've ever been consistent w/ weight training). All of a sudden past couple of weeks I can't friggin get enough. I HATE off days. I'm on a 3day split mon wed fri and OMG the weekends suckkkkkkk. When it's saturday I wish it was monday. So here a week ago I was like screw it I'll split all my body parts up so I can lift like 5 days a week. Not even caring whether this is the super scientifically proved way to crush weight and be a friggin monster animal of lean mass and 10000lb bench press. Atleast I only have to suffer not being at the gym 2 days a week. Ok...kinda hyper. Just got back from the GYM :D

On a side note. I was in the locker room this morning. Went to weigh myself. Wanted to give myself a kind of starter point cause I hadn't weighed myself since I started lifting. Figured I probably hadn't made much if any weight gain. Well hey whatya know. I've been 155-160 for as long as I can remember. In fact if memory serves me correctly I've never weighed myself over 158. Oh and I usually weighed myself w/ like all my clothes plus shoes on. So ya, I weigh myself w/ just boxers and on an empty stomache. 163.5 baby. w00t.

Ok i'm done.

Thx for tolerating this post.

I agree man ever since I started bulking I just can't get enough of the iron, I get absolutely psyched because I know It's near time to challenge myself. At first I did 3 days of lifting then I bumped it up to 4 and I'm also seriously considering pushing it to 5 this week (I figured I could get away with that being as I'm still rather young).

So that i could lift every single day. Dang I dunno what's happened.

You can become a monster of recovery. It's something you can put in your program. And then you can lift every day and feel great.

BUT: if you don't rest the muscles, they might grow more slowly, and strength might increase more slowly than otherwise. Rest is a key part of most kinds of training.

Does that fit with your goals?

If so, then go for it. There are great health benefits of attaining a high state of endurance training.

If you are fit and dont have hardgainer genetics you should be able to train more than 3 days/week. Some people get problems with overtraining and can´t train more than that. But people with different genetics shouldn´t follow advice from them. If your body and progress tells you that you can benefit from more training you should do it, IMO. Specially if you think the training is fun.

And I dont think you need to be a genetic freak to train more than 3 days/week and recover properly. Average or somewhat better than average genetics should be enough. It also depends on your fitness level. You can build up your bodys ability to recover from more and harder training. Of course there is a limit for that that depends on genetics. But that limit is often much higher than people believe. Alot is possible to do with the right training and diet and a plan that works for you.

:gl:

so hey ... what does it mean if u dont get sore. Like I did get sore when i first started lifting weights, but now .. i will bust my ass and push as hard as i can and i dont get sore at all the next day... a little tight but really no soreness. Does it mean I'm a genetic freak monster of recovery? I hope so :tucool:

so hey ... what does it mean if u dont get sore. Like I did get sore when i first started lifting weights, but now .. i will bust my ass and push as hard as i can and i dont get sore at all the next day... a little tight but really no soreness. Does it mean I'm a genetic freak monster of recovery? I hope so :tucool:

That is of course a good sign. If you dont get sore or feel pain after the training it at least means that your body can endure it and recover well enough to not starting to get hurt.

But you must also measure progress. You should get stronger and your muscles should grow. This is of course also very important.

But if progress is good you should of course continue to train the way you do..
It´s possible that you have better genetics than average and much better than typical hardgainers. Some people do. :cool:

I hope that's the case :tucool:

let me ask another question on the topic of soreness. I spent 4 months in china training in martial arts. Workouts were more conditioning type. Acrobatic shit...jumps....kicks and punches and what not. And i was sore for pretty much the entire 4 months. Obviously there is a difference in training this way and lifting weights. Is it possible to respond well to one (weightlifting) and bad to the other (martial arts type shiz). Like I previously said. When i first started lifting a few months ago I got sore....not terribly but I got sore. Now, few months later. I'm lifting harder and more often and not getting sore AT ALL. While in china i was sore as shit for 4 months straight. and damn that sucked.

Oh and one more thing. Sorry to keep rambling on. If I end up not progressing in strength and making weight gains. What could be the problem here? Doing intense weight sessions not getting sore and not making gains. In the event that this turns out to be the case.

let me ask another question on the topic of soreness. I spent 4 months in china training in martial arts. Workouts were more conditioning type. Acrobatic shit...jumps....kicks and punches and what not. And i was sore for pretty much the entire 4 months. Obviously there is a difference in training this way and lifting weights. Is it possible to respond well to one (weightlifting) and bad to the other (martial arts type shiz). Like I previously said. When i first started lifting a few months ago I got sore....not terribly but I got sore. Now, few months later. I'm lifting harder and more often and not getting sore AT ALL. While in china i was sore as shit for 4 months straight. and damn that sucked.
Your body has a chance to adapt to weight-training as you do the same routine each week. With martial arts, you are constantly changing multiple variables and the body does not have a chance to adapt. The body gets sore when it's forced to do something completely different, but soreness is not necessary for growth, consistent progress is. Adaptation is not a bad thing -- it's the mechanism which muscular growth and strength is based on -- but, when you don't constantly force your body to adapt to greater demands, you stop improving.

So, is it better to constantly change exercises? It depends on one's goals. If you treat exercises as skills then perhaps yes. But, constant change makes it harder to quantify progress, so, if your goals are body composition, size, or strength related, it would be better to stay with a set routine and concentrate on progressive improvement. Even so, most trainees will change some of their exercises every 4-8 weeks.