Is doing pushups and squats every day a good idea to change up my strength training routine?

[Prof_Don]

I usually go to the gym to do strength training and cardio, three days a week (working the full body in strength training) and i wanted to change my routine; the gym routine was starting to get stale for me.

I'm a endo-meso bodytype and have plenty of muscle mass; I training to increase muscle endurance and cardio stamina. Currently for my strength training I do 25 body squats and 40 push ups (10 pushups using using 4 different stances) with no rest between each exercise, every single day with no rest day, been doing this for two weeks so far.

It is always said to take rest days with a training routine; that is the modern construct we are in with health and exercise.

So I'm asking: Are "rest days" that really necessary if one isn't lifting heavy weights for their strength training? Can someone safely do a low weight-high rep routine like mine?

doing pushups and squats every single day with no rest day is safe to do; keep your routine

doing pushups and squats every single day with no rest day is safe to do but i dont recommend it

no i don't recommend doing pushups and squats every single day with no rest day; high risk of injury

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[PiuBelloAmante]

Is it safe i think so, i think your body will eventually adapt and those "Light exercises" won't really affect your body anymore

but it think you should try to increase volume or weight and take rest days
Rest is essential in building muscle since you train your whole body in one day

If you dont ever want a rest day (which i think is the way to go, to see actual results)
You will have to do a split i. e. day one:Upper body Daytwo: Lower body day 3:cardio
and then keep repeating this cycle

[Anonymous]

How many sets do you do? (Or is it just 25 squats total, and 40 push ups total?)

I'm not sure about rest days, I do them every second day, but I'm doing more than you I guess.

[Prof_Don]

One set of 25 squats and 40 push ups

[Opinion Owner]

Why do you only do one set? (I'm not particularly knowledgeable on this, but that seems a bit odd to me.)

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for MHG.

[electromagnetic]

It's safe to do so, but I don't recommend it. It doesn't give your body enough time to rest. Set up a workout day. Monday straight cardo and core. Tuesday: Leg day. Wednesday: weight training... it gives your muscles enough time to rest and stretch out. Otherwise you're just overworking them.

[AmandaLynn1930]

you won't make any gains that way, but its not unsafe. just not smart.

[Roostah]

To make gains. Eat lot of carbs. minimal cardio, and masturbate a lot.

[sp33d]

Are "rest days" that really necessary if one isn't lifting heavy weights for their strength training?
Yes, you are not a perpetuum mobile. Your body needs time to recover. If you don't have rest days you will only hurt yourself.

Do push ups on one arm, I started doing that and it's a lot more effective, puts more strain on your back and also helps with balance training.
10 pushups per one stance is too few, though. If you started like that, it's ok, but you should progressively increase the load. Start with 10, experiment with 15, stick with 10 if 15 is too much. After a while, try 15. So on and so forth.

Right now, you doing this routine every day does not help you that much. Leave a day in between and start progressively increasing the workload. If you won't let your body recover you will risk injury.

[nakedalligator]

You need to have some rest days, though you could definitely have more then 3 workout days if your just doing high reps,

And if you are having less rest days, up your calories to make up for it.

[SkaterDude]

you need good amount of protein and high calorie diet , squats burns lot of calories throw in some dead lifts too

[Anonymous]

I would be doing much more than just push ups and squats so I'm working all of fhe muscle groups as well as targeting the areas that I want to improve the most

[Gommers]

Starting Strength. Look up the program and start eating as much protein and as little fat as you can get your mouth around. 6 months you'll be strong enough to start aesthetic training.

[ihatethiswebsite]

It'll be more endurance than strength if you do those without weights. I heard its recommended to take one day a week for rest but without weights I would say it's fine to not have a rest day.

[SamuelB]

You're not going to see any benefit doing body weight squats

[Anonymous]

It will most definitely help than doing nothing.

[JamielovesKU]

If anything Im sure it would help :)