Muscle movements and muscle pairing must be done in a way
that allows each body part adequate rest and recovery while still allowing you
to hit the gym the next day. It is important to understand that when you are in
the gym training you are breaking down the muscle, and the recovery time out of
the gym is when your muscles repair themselves and grow. You must set yourself
up for success by adequately splitting up training every muscle group across
the week while maximizing rest time for each body part. That means not training
two upper-body "pull" movement muscle groups on consecutive days or
two upper-body "push" movement muscle groups on consecutive days.
This also means using lower-body muscle days to break up the days you are
working upper-body as these movements typically do not incorporate upper-body,
giving those muscles a day off.
An example of a 4 to 5 day split that allows for adequate body part rest:
Day 1: Back and Biceps (Pull and Pull)
Day 2: Lower-Body, Quads Focus, Calves (Lower Body)
Day 3: Rest
Day 4: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps (Push, Push, and Push)
Day 5: Lower-Body, Hams Focus (Lower Body)
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