Skyliner

For instance I have an arm workout today, but my arms are still kinda sore. Not extremely sore, but kinda 'tight' and tired. Should I still proceed with my arm workout despite feeling the ache?

If so, will that be overtraining? And what are the consequences?

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Charger

Yep. You will start going backwards, you will actually get weaker.

If you are still sore that should tell you that you have not recovered from your last work out. Now I have been REALLY sore before such as legs and to relieve the soreness you can do a LIGHT workout and this will actually relieve the soreness but to do another workout would be overtraining in my book.


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Skyliner

Thanks Charger. But will overtraining cause a person to lose size or stunt his/her muscle growth?

Cause yesterday was my Chest Day and my triceps are kinda sore, but I trained my chest anyway. I know it's already over, but I need to understand in order to prevent anymore mistakes



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gopro

Sky,perhaps you are not grouping your bodyparts optimally.What is your current routine?

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I Are Baboon

Know what I hate? When your thighs are sore from a previous legs workout, then you go to the gym to do your chest workout. You sit on a incline or flat bench, pull up a set of 60 lb dumbells for presses, and balance them on your thighs before starting. Of course, you forget that your thighs hurt until the weight from the dumbells hits them. OUCH! You don't make that mistake twice.

Skyliner

gopro: I'm now back on bulking, hopefully to put on at least another 10 lbs (20 being best). My current routine is...

Mon: Chest/Back
Wed: Legs
Fri: Delts/Arms

A little problem is that if Friday's workout is too effective, than the resting in Sat/Sunday might not be enough for my arms to totally recover for Monday's intense workout. However, it's just some minor soring so I didn't really care much, hopefully it's OK.

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Prince

Try grouping chest/tri's/shoulders & back/bi's. (my favorite routine)

so:

Mon: Chest/tri's/shoulders
Wed: Legs
Fri: Back/bi's

the only problem might be a sore back from leg day (squats), then working back on Friday.

Do you have to do the Mon/Wed/Fri work-out? Can you work-out on other days, such as the week-end?



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Charger

I agree with Prince 100%. Only difference is mine is (Chest/tri's/shoulders,) (Back, bi's) (Legs) I go every other day instead of a certain day.

As for stunting your growth. If your goal is size and mass I would say yep, it will hold you back. You may be able to work a muscle twice a week but YOU MUST split up your routine so you can recover.

When you first start training you can get away with overtraining simply because you are not lifting as much weight. As you progress and the weight moves up you need more time to recover.

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Skyliner

Prince: Yeah, I can train on weekends too, preferably Saturdays. Is there any modifications I can do?

Charger: Phew, I'm indeed bulking up. Now I'll never train any muscle group as long as it is sore, cause I don't wanna waste my effort. I'd already made this mistake a few times (training even when sore), and no way I wanna repeat it anymore. Thanks for telling

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gopro

Hey Sky.Can you workout on a 4 day per week schedule?Something like mon/tues...thurs/fri.If yes,here is a very effective schedule I have been using over the past year...MON:lats,traps,low back.TUES:chest,biceps,forearms.WED:Rest.THU:quads ,hams.FRIelts,triceps.

I have found this schedule to allow for the best recovery and gains.It allows you a day or two off before working the bodies' largest muscle groups,back and legs.Give it a shot.You will not be dissapointed.

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gopro

OK..I don't know how a smiley face got into my last post...however,fridays workout should read delts,notelts

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Maki Riddington

*** Yes you can proceed with your arm workout. I would suggest not to work them as hard as you previously did.
You will not be overtraining them.
Just don't do it all the time.


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Sky

The bottom line is, if your current workout is working for you then keep doing it bro! It's true that some muscle groups respond the best when they're grouped together but that's just a rule of thumb. There is no magic formula when it comes to this stuff, you just have to find out what works best for you and then go for it! Why do you think that there are so many workouts out there, because usually one single workout won't work for everybody.

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