Thread: Lifting at night...Positive or Negative?

3-5x a week with weights is all you should do

lift whenever you can. i'm sure there is some sort of optimal time relative to one's sleep cycle when you are hormonally optimized for training, but the difference is so miniscule in results that its not worth the effort if its more convenient at other times. if he was an olympic contender or something, then sure this could make a difference but for 95 percent of us it is all BS and worrying about it is more catabolic than just going in and doing it. just make sure he eats something before going to sleep, and after his post w/o shake.

Don't overanalyse.

He just needs to make sure that he leaves enough of a gap between the end of his workout and the time that he goes to sleep. The 3-4 hours following a workout is a crucial time for nutrient absorption. If he trains, slams back a shake and then hits the sack right away he'll be missing out on a very important time period. Not to mention it will probably make falling asleep alot harder.

As long as that's taken care of he should be fine. I usually train around 7:30pm and it works well for me.

if he's lifting every day, he's overtraining. doesn't matter what time of day he lifts though.

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

if he's lifting every day, he's overtraining. doesn't matter what time of day he lifts though.

not necesssarily, I mean yes there should be at least ONE day off per week, but there are other factors to consider...if he were doing large volume work-outs every day then most likely that would LEAD to overtraining, but you can break up the volume and hit bodyparts twice per week using a 6 day split without overtraining.

Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

not necesssarily, I mean yes there should be at least ONE day off per week, but there are other factors to consider...if he were doing large volume work-outs every day then most likely that would LEAD to overtraining, but you can break up the volume and hit bodyparts twice per week using a 6 day split without overtraining.

fair enough.

rephrasing: it's is totally unnecessary to lift everyday and he may be running the risk of overtraining.

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

rephrasing: it's is totally unnecessary to lift everyday and he may be running the risk of overtraining.

what if you are on a heavy cycle of anabolics?

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

fair enough.

rephrasing: it's is totally unnecessary to lift everyday and he may be running the risk of overtraining.

Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio

what if you are on a heavy cycle of anabolics?

sneaky little man.