Current Events > I know you're not supposed to work out every day...

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But would it be really be so bad for me to do a few sets of curls or something every day?
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LookANinja posted...

But would it be really be so bad for me to do a few sets of curls or something every day?

it's not really bad. If you do that, you'd be promoting more of endurance training. Military does this all the time. But if you want to increase muscle strength and get that buff aesthetics to look yourself in the mirror and boost your ego, you better take time off to rest.

I guess i gotta just up my sets on my workout days.
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Feel free to do light workouts for active recovery purposes only

I work out every day, you should exercise every day... just don't work the same muscles every day. You can work the same muscles like 3 times a week though. I do push/pull/legs/push/pull/legs/skills & mobility

The over emphasis on recovery is broscience
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Fat dude: Im recovering. Its the key to fitness.
Pro wrestler: I spend hours in the gym every day.
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Pepys Monster posted...

Fat dude: Im recovering. Its the key to fitness.
Pro wrestler: I spend hours in the gym every day.

Hours in the gym every day doing heavy compound lifts is not recommended or advisable for the average person. You literally tear your muscles when you are increasing their size. Your body needs a window of time for them to recover. Are those same pro wrestlers taking anabolics and HGH?

You can work out every day, just do different muscle groups.

Cleo_II posted...

You can work out every day, just do different muscle groups.

Exactly... you can work out every day. Just don't workout the same muscles every day like the OP wants to do.

Can you increase the size of your biceps by working them out every day? You can make minimal gains, read as not noticeable, but also will feel like crap every day. Your triceps are a bigger muscle OP. Do those kick backs, pull downs, and skull crushers!

If your bicep workout is stimulating enough to make you grow then doing it everyday is detrimental, yes. If you're just doing a few curls for fun then you're not exercising with enough intensity to stimulate anything.

Pepys Monster posted...

Fat dude: Im recovering. Its the key to fitness.
Pro wrestler: I spend hours in the gym every day.

No actually, strong people emphasize that you grow when you're NOT training and that you need ample rest.
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Pepys Monster posted...

Fat dude: Im recovering. Its the key to fitness.
Pro wrestler: I spend hours in the gym every day.

There are fat wrestlers
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