Working out everyday with no fatigue... something seems wrong???

[JoeSchmoe05]

For the last two weeks I have been working out everyday for an hour after coming home from work, usually training the same muscle groups (although I vary the workout a little). I usually end up doing both upper and lower body, and I do my best to fatigue each muscle group completely until I can no longer do any more reps. Yet, I find the next day I can do it all over again. This somehow seems wrong... each muscle group should only be trained 3 times a week yet I find myself able to do it all 7 days, without ill effect.

Could I not be pushing myself hard enough? Should I still back off to 3 days a week?

 

[MindOverMatter]

Your body is designed that after you physically exert it, it will half-recover by the next day, and allow you to work it out again.

However that doesn't mean that you will grow. In order to grow, muscles need time to repair. By putting them to use the very next day, and not giving them any rest, they don't get that time.

 

[Warboss Alex]

Originally posted by MindOverMatter
Your body is designed that after you physically exert it, it will half-recover by the next day, and allow you to work it out again.

However that doesn't mean that you will grow. In order to grow, muscles need time to repair. By putting them to use the very next day, and not giving them any rest, they don't get that time.

As above. Muscles only grow after they've fully recovered.

And if you're not sore or anything the next day, I doubt you're training with the intensity you COULD be training at .. (soreness does vary from person to person however)

 

[onelife]

just a warning, up untill two days ago i was training hard 6 days a week and am now bedridden with the flu which means at least 4 days off.
go to hard and you will **** your immune system.

 

[vanwilder]

ffs soreness does not mean you had a good workout. and dont work everyting out daily. you just keep re ripping your muscle without time to heal it.

each muscle has a certain time it needs to heal. calves(24 hours)taking the least time and lower back taking the most(72 hours).