hit the same musle two times a week.

**yazy10** · 04-07-2009, 05:31 AM

i use to do one body part a week. chest, arms, shoulders,back and legs. then some guy tolled me to hit the same muscle twice a week.
i would do chest by itself then back and bys, shoulders and tries and then legs by them selves. is this a good idea because i did some researcher and found out that the second muscle part cant preform to its max. is it better to do a muscle a day or do two muscle a day but only 3-4 exercises pre muscle.

**Packard** · 04-07-2009, 06:57 AM

I like to do one heavy workout and one light workout per week.

I find that letting the muscles recover for 7 days will sometimes leave me achy after a workout.

If I do a light workout in between I avoid that achy feeling.

My light workouts have the same number of sets and reps but with weights 25% to 40% lighter than normal. It should feel pretty easy. It is part of the "rest and recovery" phase and is not designed to build muscles but to allow a more beneficial recovery.

**Gazhole** · 04-07-2009, 08:27 AM

Training in terms of body parts is inferior anyways. As for doing everything twice a week, quality is more important than quantity. Enjoy the extra rest because you grow outside the gym, not doing more work in the gym.

**kyoun1e** · 04-07-2009, 08:39 AM

I'm considering going the "heavy" and "light" twice per week for couple reasons:

1. Joints and all heavy
2. Mix strength rep range (4-6) with hypertrophy rep range (8-12)

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