Full Body Frequency

[caleb]

Al,

If I’m doing a full body routine hitting pushups, pullups, squats, bridges, and inversions, what are your thoughts regarding doing this four days a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays? Or should I keep it to a standard three day full body approach on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays? I intend to keep sets to no more than three per exercise and progress in the movements.

 

Caleb

[Robby Taylor]

It all depends on your ability to recover. The goal isn’t to work out as much as possible, it is to improve quickly. So if 3 days a week (43% of days) means you are strong and can go hard every workout, but after a couple of weeks doing 4 days (57% of days) you start to feel a pang of tendonitis, you will have to find a balance; you could try every other day (50% of days).

[burtchellr]

I love going full body 4 days a week (M/T/TH/F), but I have to alternate intensity to allow it. For me, I’ve found high, med, med, high to work best.

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