Work Out Every Day or every other day?

hey,

i got a small workout bench at home. Right now, Im trying to work out my upper body. Every other day I do around 30 to 45min (benchpress, lat bar pull down, and just some dumbell bicep curls)

You can see Im not doing too much. Is it okay to work out everyday?

Every other day for the same muscle group.
Or everyday if the muscle groups are different.

Try alternating upper and lower body every other day.

Depending on what your goal is and how much weight weight you work with, you can either do it every day or take 1 - 2 days off inbetween.

If you're after light toning of the muscles, you can do it every day as long as you don't use too much weight and you do many sets/reps.

If you're after bulking up, then take a day or two break in between. You're probably doing fewer reps (8 or 10) with very heavy weights (80% of your max) and do enough sets until failure (ie. muscle seizes).

When you're bulking up, what you're actually doing is making micro tears in your muscle fibres. When these tears heal, the new muscles are bigger than the muscle fibre that was torn. So you'll need a day or two for the muscle to grow back.

Definitely I think you can workout everyday, as long as you listen to your body.

Certain activities are more injury prone (such as running), so yeah listen to your body.

But definitely I think its important to balance weight training and cardio.

I always find it impressive how many guys work up the motivation to spent countless hours at a gym, but really don't pay any attention to cardio... I think cardio does MUCH more for overall health, and will only grow more important as we grow up.

I run every day except on Monday when I take a rest. I alos go to the gym 6 times a week.

Mon - Arms
Tues - Chest
Weds - Shoulders
Thurs - Legs
Fri - Back
Sat - deadlifts and then stair climber for an hour

Originally Posted by cipher

I run every day except on Monday when I take a rest. I alos go to the gym 6 times a week.

Mon - Arms
Tues - Chest
Weds - Shoulders
Thurs - Legs
Fri - Back
Sat - deadlifts and then stair climber for an hour

You run AND lift weights 6 days a week Are you a professional athlete?

I need 3-4 days after a workout for my muscles to repair. Is this normal?

Originally Posted by Hugh Grant

I need 3-4 days after a workout for my muscles to repair. Is this normal?

ya , i think so ... do cardio in between ... or other muscle groups

Originally Posted by cipher

I run every day except on Monday when I take a rest. I alos go to the gym 6 times a week.

Mon - Arms
Tues - Chest
Weds - Shoulders
Thurs - Legs
Fri - Back
Sat - deadlifts and then stair climber for an hour

You do Legs and Back workouts on consecutive days? And then deadlifts (which is a back workout, unless they're stiff legged) the next day?

Originally Posted by xanatos

I always find it impressive how many guys work up the motivation to spent countless hours at a gym, but really don't pay any attention to cardio... I think cardio does MUCH more for overall health, and will only grow more important as we grow up.

Cardio isnt really all that important.

As long as you eat right, and workout right, cardio isnt really a necessity. And how does cardio do 'MUCH' more for overall health?

Originally Posted by KennyX

You do Legs and Back workouts on consecutive days? And then deadlifts (which is a back workout, unless they're stiff legged) the next day?

I see nothing wrong with that. Deadlifts are for your lower back and he's probably working out his upper back and lats the day before. It's doable.

Originally Posted by KennyX

Cardio isnt really all that important.

As long as you eat right, and workout right, cardio isnt really a necessity. And how does cardio do 'MUCH' more for overall health?

You have no clue what you're talking about do you? Cardio and warming up is very important for your workouts and overall health.

Originally Posted by B40

You have no clue what you're talking about do you? Cardio and warming up is very important for your workouts and overall health.

Where exactly did I say that warming out before workouts wasnt important? And by cardio, I was assuming he was talking about running, etc...

In that case, no I dont think it's a necessity if you're working out hard already.

But then again...I guess I have no idea what Im talking about. So B40, why not educate me since you're so smart? Tell me what you get out of running, etc... that you wont get out of normal workouts (free weights, etc...)?

Originally Posted by KennyX

But then again...I guess I have no idea what Im talking about. So B40, why not educate me since you're so smart? Tell me what you get out of running, etc... that you wont get out of normal workouts (free weights, etc...)?

Well one thing is the same endorphins. You'll also get a better work out for your heart and lungs than you would from free weights.