Is it healthy to go to Lift weights everyday or work the same muscle everyday?

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My friend and I were havinging a massive debate about this I kept on telling him you can go to the gyn everyday or work the same muscle everyday... He keeps doing 30 reps on everything I'm like DUDE YOU CAN"T BUILD MUSCLE LIKE THAT!!! I told him to select a weight that he can do at least 5-8 reps with N he said I sound stupid for saying that WTF? I Felt like Slapping him

Georrgem · Accepted Answer

I don't necessarily say it would 'destroy' you muscles, but it's certainly not healthy. I'm currently studying to be a physical therapist and from what I've learnt about exercise therapy, is that too many reps and too many sets takes the training into endurance training (meaning he'll be able to lift weights for a longer amount of time).
The strength training is active for the first few reps and sets. Tell your friend to lift weights that meet his one-repetition max (the heaviest he can lift). Tell him to do three sets of three reps. This is called overloading, where the body has to adapt to an overload, which means it needs to build muscle and strength to adapt to the heavy weights. Once he finds that lifting his one-repetition max weight becomes easier, tell him to up his weight. Hope it helps

stardust101 · Accepted Answer

Funny as it is but I can build muscle very easily. You only need a day or two break. Depending on how much you can lift, you want to lift what you can that is slightly easy because of all the reps you will be doing. It's not just about how much you can lift in the smallest time frame, it's about endurance and keeping up with reps to 3-4 sets. After 3-4 sets, I know I will feel it and then I allow I body to take a break after 2-3 days.

ShocknAwem · Accepted Answer

If you work the same muscle non-stop your not giving it time to rebuild itself. I go to the gym 6 days a week with a one day break. When i go i work a different muscle everyday
Day: 1 legs
Day 2: Triceps/biceps
Day3: Back
Day 4: Full body
day 5: legs
day 6: abs
day 7: break

- Sometimes i switch it up, and lots of people have different week set-ups. But i suggest not working one muscle non stop throughout the whole week. You can destroy your muscles as much as you want or one muscle but you need to give it time to take a rest so it can rebuild and you can see GAINZ.

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

You can lift most days, but you need to split your workouts right. Unless you're taking an anabolic steroid, you need 5-7 days for the muscle fibers to rebuild. That's the whole concept, the weight training breaks down your muscle, and it rebuilds stronger. But if you don't let it rebuild first, you're not maximizing the efficiency of your workouts. There are schools of thought that contend that "structural support" muscles, like your lower back, abs, and calves can be trained more frequently, which I somewhat believe in, but I'd still say more than 2x a week for those is overkill.

Octavius · Answer

No it's not good. Think of building muscle like getting a cut. When you workout your muscles tear at the microscopic level.(the sore feeling you eventually get is the inflammation from those tears). When you get a cut it takes time to heal. But if you keep recutting that wound it never heals. Muscle growth is from the muscle building new fibers where the tear happens enlarging the muscle. But that rebuilt new muscle never happens if you keep re tearing it without it getting a chance to heal.

Also high reps means he isn't lifting a heavy enough weight. He is building endurance maybe but not strength or mass. Usually for strength training you never want to go above 12 reps there's a few FEW that I go up to 20 reps with. Ideally 8 depending on the exercise (like the bench press 8 reps is the highest you really want to go)

Sojex · Answer

You need to give muscle groups some time to repair so no, you shouldn't work the same ones every day.

As far as reps go, it entirely depends on what you're trying to do. Low reps, 3-6, with heavy weight, about 80% of your 1RM, is what you'd do if you're trying to build muscle mass. Higher reps with lower weight, about 55% of your 1RM, is what you'd do if you wanna get toned and build endurance.

Looks up "Soviet Muscle Workout" or "Russian Weight Lifting Scale" and you'll find artlices that explain it. Here's a good one for you: www.muscleandfitness.com/.../soviet-science-brute-muscle-workout

SmoMan · Answer

You can go every day but if you work the same muscle every time they will not have to to build up before you break them down again. An easy way to do it is chest and arms one day, back and legs the next, and then core and cardio the third. That way you get everything in there and still give your body time to recover.

xobrowneyedbeauty · Answer

you can go everyday but it's best to take a rest day. but you also shouldn't work the same muscles everyday because they need time to heal. when you lift weights, you're tearing the muscles and they have to rebuild themselves so you are correct with 5-8 reps of the highest weight you can lift without injuring yourself, but you should never work the same muscles everyday. alternating between legs and arms each day and then taking a day off is probably best. :)

RasAlGhul · Answer

1st of all no u can't gain muscle mass trainning everyday the same muscle.
the muscle need rest and recover at least for a day.
how many reps you do doesn't make you grow more or less. more reps get riped and low weight get mass its a mith.. what makes you grow its the food u eat and the rest u give. one problem overtraining u maybe thing u do it but i wil lsay u dont.. when u do it maybe some day i nthe future you u fell it.. and bodys are diferent.. some react better with low reps orther not. so understand your body and dont judge others. learn with your mistakes and with the mistakes others make

Mustachekitteh · Answer

You can't work the same muscle everyday. You will end up pulling something. It's best to work 1 muscle group, then a different one, and keep switching it out like that. Then have 1 day for either a rest or active rest. But you need those breaks to let the muscles repair themselves first.

dartmaul15 · Answer

yes, highly trained peopel can, asuming they have a solid and finely tuned diet.

The average person needs 1-2 days of restitution. That's why most sane trainers recomend focusing on muscle groups. That way you can rest one muscle group while training the other.

Jxpxtxr · Answer

Well, theoretically your muscles will only really start growing/increasing in mass the day after the workout so by working out the same muscle groups everyday you're kinda doing an unnecessary amount of work instead of just skipping a day after every workout to end up with the same result..
Of course there's always a danger to overuse/strapasise a muscle but then again isn't the crazy amount of unnecessary work far more annoying? ;P

Takada · Answer

Some time is needed to repair muscle, so he needs at least one day of rest every week. Otherwise, he won't make optimal gains. There is no time to rebuild the damage he's done by lifting.

Also, if he can do 30 reps, then the weights he's using are too light. He needs some resistance to build muscle. He should aim for 5-10 reps per set and no more than that. Otherwise, it's pretty equivalent to cardio, which does little to nothing for building muscle.

Other_Tommy_Wiseau · Answer

you gain muscle by your muscles rebuilding micro tears. i do (sorry, did) arms, abs and chest on mondays and thursdays and did legs and back on tuesdays and fridays. it worked out fine for me. low reps high weights on monday/tuesday and high reps low weight on thursday/friday

OrdinaryGentleman · Answer

The most ripped, buff guys I know workout everyday. Make sure you eat enough.

Doing more reps builds endurance and tones the muscles. 4-8reps build mass and 8-15 builds endurance and tones.
Muscles are rebuilt when you sleep a majority of the time. It is best to alternate between the two

Drast · Answer

Yes and no. Most people are way to quick shout "overtraining" and while it does exist, most people never reach that point. The problem with training the same muscle
Everyday is it leads to muscular imbalance which effects performance and aesthetics. So yes you can train everyday without actually overtraining, but it is not wise to hit one muscle group consistently over others.

Xelebrum · Answer

Unless you consume large quantities of protein every day and take both pre & post workout supplements to aid in recovery, no it is not healthy because your muscles will eventually start breaking down more than they build back up.

Punisher72 · Answer

I personally train 6 days a week but it's because I'm a elite athlete but a normal person really should prob only 4 days but I never work the same muscle 2 days in row other than legs cause I run all week long

RichardTheFrog · Answer

I know this is against popular opinion, but I got big once doing pushups every day...

LaBellaNena415 · Answer

It's healthy to workout everyday, however it's not healthy and not very safe to workout the same muscle everyday. Wait at least 4 days before training the same muscle again

skullly · Answer

I believe the only muscles you can workout everyday without damaging them, are your abb~muscles. Anything else needs a day in between... Especially if you go hard on your workouts.

Anonymous · Answer

If you want strength you can do the same every day with a light weight or just a couple of reps. But if you really want results and especially if you want muscle mass then you need to do a good workout and then miss a couple of days. After a good workout you destroy the muscle and then it takes a few days to fix and grow back stronger. If you did it every day you would just keep destroying it before it could fix

roxyreigns · Answer

dude - rest days. they're a necessity. if you don't let your muscles rest, they won't actually become stronger.

hthrilla · Answer

I have the same thought as you do. I allow time for muscle to build back up. I work other muscle groups on off days.

apple24 · Answer

NO!!! are you retarded? You'd start destroying your muscles or thats what I have heard.

tony72722 · Answer

You have to let your muscles recover to grow. Your friend is retarded.. tell him to read a book.

Tkd233 · Answer

you need a rest. Eventually you are gonna injure yourself

Deluxe · Answer

You need at least one day of rest. That's when the muscles grow. Your friend is doing it wrong as well though.

sjoes006 · Answer

Every other day at most and I alternate upper and lower body.

TatyanaTheEmpress · Answer

No, you need rest every 2-3 days... so that your muscles can regenerate.

Kuraj · Answer

If you are doing more reps than 12 you are doing nothing for gaining mass.

ConsultantIsBack · Answer

If you break down the same muscle every day how can it ever recover, and rebuild?

MarkTwain · Answer

I'm a dancer and we dance everyday, and we are as strong as pro athletes .. ? dunno?

9mfeo · Answer

You need to give yourself a day or two to rest in between weight training sessions so that your body can heal.

Anonymous · Answer

4 days a week at the gym is good doing a different combination of body parts each day never working the same more than once a week.

OldTimeFlicksChick · Answer

yeah you shouldn't do that.

Jager66 · Answer

only if your taking steroids or something.

Marstalk · Answer

Depends on diet and what exactly he is doing.

Anonymous · Answer

Leaen about having rest days.

Anonymous · Answer

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