Building, Soreness and Basketball. I'm confused!

[dontchaknow]

I'm new to this forum but the reason I joined it is that much of the information posted in the articles on this site are right on. I wish I had found this a few years earlier instead of stubbornly taking 3 years to find out by experience. For example, I know form over weight, eat often, eat lean, eat nonprocessed foods, eat good fats, drink water, etc.

Okay, here's my question/confusion: After I lift, I usually get sore for a few days and I dont work out that part of my body until its completely healed. But at the same time, I do want to play basketlball in between healing and lifting. In my experience, if I did play basketball during the healing process, I barely saw any growth. So it seems to me that if I want to grow the most, just lift and heal. If I want to play ball, I should just not waste time working out that week. I would like to do both but not if playing ball is impeding my growth. Is this accurate?

 

[tomuchgear]

try mixing it up set a day to play ball to give your body time to heal dont know what your training split is so thats the best advice i can give and also dont know the intensity of your ball game. like is it two friends dicken around or shirts vs skins hardcore balls out no callin fouls?

 

[dontchaknow]

Not quite no calling fouls but closer to that than just friends dicking around. Usually full court intramural games with set teams or casual play with 3 on 3s. I usually go pretty hard when I play ball.

As for lifting, I usually hit two major muscle groups before repeating the same muscle groups again. I dont have a set routine, its pretty much what I feel like doing that day. I know a fair amount of lifts so I usually take my pick. I stick to free weights and lift till concentric failure, about 6 reps. I don't like to stay more than an hour in the gym or I get bored.

The problem is that a day is usually not enough to heal the soreness. I just want to know if I play ball with high intensity between lifting sessions, will it impede my growth (because I am not letting myself heal)?

 

[tomuchgear]

well you have to look at the muscles involved in the sport triceps, lats, shoulders, diffrent muscles in your legs. so giving them more time to heal may not be a bad idea. but if you pick a more consistent lifting schedule your gains will be better and more maintained get your self a solid program with set days as for exercises it is good to mix things up but make sure you are not overtraining your muscles either

 

[dontchaknow]

Since I stopped playing basketball so I've seen a good amount of gain. It's just that I want my cake and be able to eat it too.

 

[HialeahChico305]

Since I stopped playing basketball so I've seen a good amount of gain. It's just that I want my cake and be able to eat it too.

I've also played full court games on my resting day before and saw it took longer for me to recuperate ( I also noticed less muscle growth) then when I din't play ball. Its hard to play basketball with a sore body so eventually I just dropped it. Limit your basketball playing time and concentrate on resting your body 100 %.