how long does it take for muscles to recover back after a workout of weight training?
it says that u shouldn’t workout every single day coz u need to let ur muscles to recover or heal back. so how long should the recovery or healing process take after 5 sets of intense weight training
2 days on….2 days off. To let your muscles heal/recover.
24 hours to 48 hours after a hard workout, most people begin to experience soreness in the body parts trained. This is called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, or DOMS.
DOMS is caused by tiny microscopic tears that occur in the muscle as a result of high intensity exercise (such as weight training, intense cycling, etc). After the workout, the muscle begins to rebuild itself (provided it is allowed enough time and nutrients to recover). This is the rebuilding process which creates new muscle that is bigger and stronger than before. In other words, your muscles are growing. Your muscles grow when you are at rest - not when you’re at the gym.
Weight Lifting/Training Exercises to Tone Arms, Workout Biceps, Triceps, Chest & Shoulder Muscles
March 14th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
the right thing 2 do is split workout.either 2 days and day off ,or 3 days and day off..sometimes muscles need more time to recover ,specially if you are a serious lifter.
off season you need to work as heavy as you can each muscle once a week.one day workout ,and one day off.
cutting fase you wanna work hall body within 3 days and day off
to burn fat and add details to your muscle .
if you are just working for fun..at least rest each muscle you worked 48 hours.
good luck
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March 14th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Depending on how long you have been training, how old you are, how fit you are at the time of training, and the last time you trained the major muscles used in the particular set you recently performed, rest for that muscle group should be at least one day but preferably 4-7 days. Examples include chest and tricep exercises on Monday of week one, and then back and bicep exercises on Wednesday, finishing up with legs on Friday. The next week (week 2) would have you performing chest and tris on Sunday, back and bis on Tuesday, and then legs on Thursday. You should be performing at least 20 minutes of high intensity cardio on the days you are not weight training and then reserve one day a week that you are not doing cardio and also are not weight training strictly for rest.
If you are out of shape, you will know how much rest you need based on how sore your muscles are. If you are in very good shape you will know how much rest you need because the next time you work the same muscle groups, performance should be at or above what it was before i.e. you shouldn’t feel tired.
Even professional weight lifters will schedule for an entire week of training off in between switching exercise tactics so as to avoid over training.
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March 14th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
the time is different for different people….
i mean if u have just dtarted it then it takes lotss of time…and if u have been doin ths for years then it taked less time!
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March 14th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
2 days on….2 days off. To let your muscles heal/recover.
24 hours to 48 hours after a hard workout, most people begin to experience soreness in the body parts trained. This is called Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, or DOMS.
DOMS is caused by tiny microscopic tears that occur in the muscle as a result of high intensity exercise (such as weight training, intense cycling, etc). After the workout, the muscle begins to rebuild itself (provided it is allowed enough time and nutrients to recover). This is the rebuilding process which creates new muscle that is bigger and stronger than before. In other words, your muscles are growing. Your muscles grow when you are at rest - not when you’re at the gym.
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http://www.dailymuscle.com/2006/03/31/muscle-soreness/
This is where I got all the info.