Current Events > New to lifting. It's not something you wanna do daily, right?

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Ive gotten conflicting advice. Some folks have told me you can do it once daily, while others have said it should be every other day or maybe 3 days per week

I can't imagine daily being good for you. In anything.

Lift one day, cardio next day, lift next day, rest. Repeat.

Generally you wanna give your muscles a day of rest. If you lift daily, you'd want to split the workouts into muscle groups on certain days. Like one day is upper body then the next day is lower body.

Yeah, a day of rest is the general rule. You could do it daily if you work out different muscle groups each day, though, but I prefer every other day.

Correct, your muscles have to recover to get stronger. Working them every day isn't helpful. You can use the off days for cardio exercises

I do three days a week

Day 1: Legs and ass and abs
Day 2: Back and biceps
Day 3: Chest and Triceps and abs

Cardio or rest in between.

I used to lift heavy five days a week for about a decade and after a while I started to feel like shit.

Only lift three days heavy and four conditioning days now. I feel much better.

Try something like this

https://youtu.be/f1bQGEZsPrA

Speaking of cardio, is it wise to do cardio and lifting in the same session? The past couple of times Ive been to the gym Ive started with 20 minutes on the treadmill before transitioning over to weights

BlueBoy675 posted...

Speaking of cardio, is it wise to do cardio and lifting in the same session? The past couple of times Ive been to the gym Ive started with 20 minutes on the treadmill before transitioning over to weights

Definitely

Well it depends on your level of effort. Are you running sprints on the treadmill? If so, don't do that first.

Another stupid question: is it better to consume protein before or after a workout?

Sorry, this is all new to me. I only just started dieting and exercising a month ago and Im already down 17 pounds in 1 month. I just started the gym this week

BlueBoy675 posted...

Another stupid question: is it better to consume protein before or after a workout?

Sorry, this is all new to me. I only just started dieting and exercising a month ago and Im already down 17 pounds in 1 month. I just started the gym this week

IIRC protein comes after workout to help muscles recover.

TaylorHeinicke posted...

IIRC protein comes after workout to help muscles recover.

Good to know. I knew protein was important I just didnt know when

BlueBoy675 posted...

Speaking of cardio, is it wise to do cardio and lifting in the same session? The past couple of times Ive been to the gym Ive started with 20 minutes on the treadmill before transitioning over to weights

I pretty much always do cardio and lifting together. It is better to do a brief (5 min or so) warmup on cardio, then do all your lifts, and finish w/ your long cardio at the end. You don't want to be exhausted from your treadmill run and then try and do a full lift routine, you won't lift as much.

As far as lifting splits go, there are a ton of different plans out there and they all work pretty well. If you are new to lifting, pretty much any plan out there will work for you. I personally prefer to do one muscle group each day: Chest/Back/Shoulders/Arms/Back/Legs/rest day.

For protein intake, all that really matters is how much protein you get throughout the day, whether it is before or after a workout has very minimal impact.