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Off days ...cant ...stand ...resting Pikey
So I'm a novice 'hard gainer', and I'm alternating large-group push/pull workouts on Mon, Wed, Fri, followed up with some targeting stuff just to wear my chest triceps or biceps out (vain, I know, but its helpful to see progress). I'm also eating as much as I can stand to.

My off days are torture. I want so badly to work out every day, but I'm afraid it will counteract my gains.

Can I at least do something little like forearm curls on my resting day without un-doing my heavy days work?
>> Anonymous
Making gains is just as much about resting as it is working; pushing yourself into overdrive is about as counterproductive as you can get unless you're doing androgen-enemas weekly.

Seriously, while your drive is commendable, you gotta take some days off. Don't deprive your body of that.
>> Anonymous
I DON'T SEE ANY SQUATS
>> Pikey
ok, I'll find a way to chill... Thanks for the advice.
>> Anonymous
>>164622
Good idea; again, its good to see drive like that in someone, but if you keep up a crazy workload, you'll start to look more like a Kenyan marathon runner than Charles Atlas. Good luck.
>> Anonymous
Why do you have off days? I lift weights 3 times a week and do muay thai the rest. I only rest on sundays.

Soccer players train every day and play a match every week, that's why they are awesome.
>> Anonymous
>>164634
Well the generic nigger sprinters look pretty toned, then.
>> Anonymous
>>164644

Because building muscle requires rest days to allow the tissue to be rebuilt.
>> Anonymous
>>164650
You can just excersise trough muscle pain though. There's no significant drawbacks other than pain.
>> Anonymous
>>164644
Sometime you should look into case studies of athletes - I know a little over half a year ago I stumbled upon one which recorded the level of overtraining of different types of athletes, and soccer players were only below swimmers. It took swimmers 4 weeks of total rest before their bodies reverted to normal stress levels and were building new muscle tissue again. This is also why soccer players aren't huge.
>> Anonymous
>>164659
Addendum to this post: "new muscle tissue" meaning "adding mass"
>> Anonymous
>>164661
Adding mass is counter productive in most sports regardless.
>> Anonymous
>>164659
Well for me, too much muscle mass means too much weight, which means i do not stay in my weight class. Also, too much weightlifting without flexibility training makes you slow and cumbersome.
>> Anonymous
>>164686
there is nothing better than weightlifting for speed and flexibility.
>> sage
>>164702
that is, if your not doing it wrong like 85% of the people
>> Anonymous
>>164702
Swimming.