Training 7 days a week

gregoire_ · 2019-02-15T22:36:27+00:00

Listen to your body. If it hurts, stop. Make sure you’re eating enough to support that kind of volume

SimplyFishOil · 2019-02-15T21:57:39+00:00

It's only overtraining if you're in pain but you keep going. Our bodies are built to run long distances, hunt, and defend ourselves every single day just like our early hunter gatherer ancestors did.

Just listen to your body when it tells you to stop exercising and you'll be fine

vandaalen · 2019-02-15T22:35:07+00:00

if you feel like you can handle it there is no problem. overtraining is mostly a myth in the way that most people confuse being tired with being in overtraining. overtraining is a serious condition which can take months to heal out properly.

if you listen to your body and are honest about what you are hearing, you should have no problems. you can usually feel if something is off and it's not lack of motivation, but your body seriously needing rest, which is making you feel tired.

i can usually feel it lates as soon as my first lift. it just doesn't feel right and I know I won't break any records that day.

curb it and give yourself one or two days of rest then. oftentimes this is also on-setting sickness like a cold. let your body heal properly then and everything is fine.

to sum it up: act self-responsible and you should be good.

Terdmuffin · 2019-02-15T21:45:38+00:00

If you're progressing and not accumulating overuse injuries then it's probably not too much. However, you might not realize it's too much until you have tendonitis or shin splints or something.

FixYourselfFirst · 2019-02-15T22:09:26+00:00

Your training doing what? Stairmaster? Shake Weight? Arm Curls? a specific lifting routine?

Lifting heavy weight, you need around 48 hours for that muscle group to recover and rebuild. So you could do a routine like:

Session #1 - Chest
Session #2 - Back
Session #3 - Shoulders
Session #4 - Legs
and Repeat

Google "body split workout" for specific examples. Also consider 1-2 down days each week. You will need to eat a ton of calories, 3000-4000 a day. And get 8+ hours of sleep every night.

Don_Draper27 · 2019-02-15T22:58:42+00:00

Unless you're clinically addicted to training or a professional athlete, I'd suggest you try and tone it down. You may suffer from "new years syndrome" which is when people get motivation to want to workout so they try and burn 500+ calories on the treadmill every day and eat only one 500 calorie meal.

These people burn out in less than a month and end up losing more progress than they gained in the short unrealistic sprint they just suffered through.

Even athletes take a day off to rest. And if you're not taking any supplements then that's telling me that you're ignorant about what your body needs to build muscle and burn fat. Do you know your macros? Do you know when you should be taking BCAA's? You should study up more and train smarter.

boy_named_su · 2019-02-16T00:30:07+00:00

There are two phases to worry about. Your BULK and your CUT

7 days a week for 2 hours a day is way too much for a BULK. Your bulk should be 3 or 6 days a week. 1 hour max. For 8-12 weeks or however long it takes you to plateau hard

Your CUT can be 7 days a week, multiple hours per day. On my cut I lost 45 lb in 60 days. Did a short course triathlon every fucking day and ate 1200 calories. Lift to maintain strength only. Your cut should be 2-3 weeks long, though your first cut can be longer if you're a fatty

You're 6 feet tall and 175 lb, so a little underweight I'd say

Beardy26 · 2019-02-16T03:28:55+00:00

Sounds like your concerned that your heading down the addiction route. Seek balance, bro ... find other things in life that interest you. intense, two times a day, 7 days a week does not sound like balance....

As with most things in life, moderation and consistency in fitness are the keys to success.

Too much of anything can be a bad thing, and there is no need to do more than the minimum needed for maximum results. It is important to realize that overtraining in fitness not only doesn’t deliver faster and better results, but it can lead to injury and burnout.

Many trainers have it and don’t recognize it. Overtraining happens when you do not allow your muscles or body the necessary time to recover. We all know that the muscles don’t grow in the gym.

You only stimulate the growth in the gym with progressive resistance training. The growth happens outside of the gym, but only provided we get enough of the necessary nutrients in and rest properly. It can sometimes take up to 72 hours before a muscle has rested properly.

Growth is a long process of training, feeding and resting, repeated over and over. People with overtraining will feel listless, tired and will actually start losing size and strength. The solution is pretty simple: take a week or two off. Increase your carbs slightly and your protein. Within days you will notice your muscles looking fuller. When you start training again , give your muscles enough rest.

Give each mucle group at least 48 hrs rest before hitting it again and take atleast 1 day per week off. Train smart. Stay strong.

ba77ab · 2019-02-16T04:05:40+00:00

If your diet and sleep is perfect then you’re probably good.

You’ll know when you need to reign it in; demotivated for workouts, poor sleep, irritable, not completing workouts, muscle soreness beyond 48hrs etc.

Personally for me that would be way too much. But I don’t know your experience level and if your natural or not.

Atheist_Utopia · 2019-02-15T21:44:25+00:00

HurricaneHugues · 2019-02-15T22:53:00+00:00

Why don't u work or go to school 6 days a week too?

RunawayGrain · 2019-02-15T21:50:35+00:00

Yes.

Title	Training 7 days a week
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Date	February 15, 2019 9:37 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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