Ok.. you guys have been great.. but what is "RESTING" exactly..

[crazyjoe380]

Ok..


MON: MUAY THAI

TUES: WEIGHT TRAINING

WEN: MUAY THAI

THURS: WEIGHT TRAINING

FRI: NOTHING PARTY TIME CLUBBING

SAT: MUAY THAI

SUN: WEIGHTS


IS THIS REST???

MEANING IS REST CONSIDERED NOT LIFTING WEIGHTS? WELL BESIDES SLEEPING... I KNOW.. BUT WILL IT AFFECT THE WAY MY MUSCLES CAN DEVELOP IF THE NEXT DAY AFTER WEIGHTS I DO MUAY THAI..???

SOMEONE HELP ..

[Biker]

Rest is time off from training. Time of from lifting, from Muay Thai, etc. Rest is also sleeping. If you feel fine and you are not tired, feeling burned out, then you are probably getting enough rest for you. Someone else may need an extra day or two off.

Doing Muay Thai the day after lifting CAN affect muscle growth. But that all depends on you personally. As long as you keep seeing gains, stick with what you are doing.

[Guest]

You don't get stronger when you lift weights. You get stronger when you are resting afterwards. This isn't just semantics, it is something worth remembering.

Personally I NEVER train the day after a weight training session in any way, shape or form.

[holte2]

example, say on monday you workout your biceps, then resting would be not doing anything that would fatigue them, hitting the bag a few times on tuesday is ok but not going crazy...does that make since?

[Builderofmuscle]

I workout 5 days a week, twice a day, sometimes once a day and sometimes three times a day. My routine changes from week to week, depending on how I feel. I basically follow a peaking cycle: beginning with very low frequency to going all the way up. You can check my training under Insanity Workout Program 1.

I basically use this notion: If a muscle is sore, don't work it. If my abs are sore from the day before, I'm not doing a single crunch. If, on my chest and bicep day, my biceps are still sore, but my chest isn't, than work your chest, but not your biceps. Remember, some movements are compouns, which mean when you do a fly movement, you also involve your biceps. So it's ok to do the fly movements, if my biceps is just a little sore, but if it's still raging, then I'l just pressing movements.

sAME THINg with my training. If my lats are sore, i won't punch. I may just do backfists, and kicking. The reason for this is A) i don't want to overtrain, and B) I don't want to injure myself.