When working out, is it better to "specialize" each day or exercise your entire body on every other day?
97794
Specializing will make you look some macho bodybuilder, might not even give you strength, but if you excercise your entire body, you'll look better and you'll probably enjoy it a lot more, specially if you're playing a sport you love.
553020
It's ok to workout a few days in a row, as long as you are training different muscle groups each day. Do not workout everyday of the week, you need days off so the body can recover.\n                  good luck....
836255
You should typically skip AT LEAST 1-2 days between most workouts to allow your muscles to recover and grow. However, I have read that the abdomen muscles can be trained every day.
62695
I would have to say it depends on the physcial constraints and what you are doing.  If you are a sportman, you are not supposed to do it everyday.  If you are having an exmaniation tomorrow, doing it twice today would NOT be a good idea.\n\nAs far as I know, it will not harm a person beyond exhuastation (you feel tired and lost some energy after doing it).  \n\nMy suggestion would be that people should consider individual effect.  If you do it everyday and you feel fatique and you cannot focus with what you are doing, then it is a sign that you should reduce the number of doing it.  But if you are fine with doing it everyday, and you don't have a physical, and mental effect, then it is safe for you.\n\n20 years old man doing it 2-3 times aday would sound reasonable, but men with the age 30s still doing it everyday would be a trouble.  30s people should focus on work and it might be a time to start a real family.  \n\nThat's why I need you to concern for 1)your physical constraint 2)how it could effect your focus on your career or on what you are doing and 3) appropriateness of age.\n\nIf all 3 factors are fine for you, then you may enjoy it as other people do\n\nI hope my answer would be useful somehow =)
1124087
Any particular exercise regime when done over time,stops working 'coz your body stops responding to the stimulation after a certain period,when it gets used to it.The Firm is a good place to begin your "being healthy" efforts but make sure you don't do the same exercise everyday.Variety is the key to stick to your workouts & for your body to have a chance at getting what it really needs.Do The Firm one day,jog the next,jump rope the next day for 30 mins,etc.,and then the firm again the next day. Keep changing whatever you do and eat healthy.Good luck.
521848
I only workout each muscle once a week hard.  You need to give time for them to recover.  Don't do as someone mentioned the same muscle two days in a row that's rediculous.  Once a week each muscle with a hard workout is more than enough.  I have been working out for many years and you do need to change it up every once in a while and mix in new exercises and vary your days around.
770658
It is not entirely true. \n\nFor an average person, it is not good to train the same muscle on consecutive days. Your muscles take 48-72 hours to recover depending on the intensity of your workout.\n\nYou can however work completely different set of muscles on consecutive days and make excellent gains. For eg. chest and triceps on Day 1 / Legs on Day2. \n\nPowerlifters however practice the same lifts (they don't train body parts, but train for lifts) probably every single day. They are professionals, have diiferent diets and schedules, lead completely different lives from us normal people.
32196
Working out is working out regardless of when you do it.  The benefits are the same.  In the morning, I find that my muscles are not loose enough for strenuous exercise.  I prefer mild exercise in the morning, strenuous in the afternoon after I have been walking around and loosened up.  You will get the best exercise if you exercise when you feel the best.
901204
Not necessarily. Depends on how many days a week you workout, and whether you use a split and what kind.\n\n My advice- if you want to permanently reduce DOMS- is to work each muscle more than once every 7 days, ideally every 4 or 5. Why is this? Yes, a muscle is completely recovered when all the soreness is gone. HOWEVER, some muscle fibers hypertrophy and then regress before some of the other fibers are completely recovered. In other words, for optimal gains you can never wait until you are completely and utterly recovered except during periods when you are giving yourself a break from working out. \n\nSo my advice would be to do a lighter workout while you are sore , and make sure that you work each muscle more than once in a 7 day period and eventually you will not have the type of soreness that will hamper your workouts.
855292
all routines work.\n\nthe difference is one routine will get you closer to your max potential than the other
497200
how long/hard do you work per day?  i guess the obvious answer is to make sure you sleep enough and eat enough.  if you do, then you can give it a shot...it's pretty cheap.  it's mainly used by bodybuilders so if it gives them the energy to go through their workouts, it should probably get you through the day.
288793
Muscles need a 24 hour rest period, so every other day is ideal. When you work your muscles you actually cause tiny tears in the muscle fibers and these need time to repair and strengthen. Work upper body one day and lower body the next day.
827483
You are right it is a great start. I go to the gym 7 days a week alternating days between cardio and weights.For the best results you should have both in your work outs. Go slow, keep it fun and change it up so you keep the intensity different for optimal results.
434602
Good form in weight lifting will help you to target specific muscle areas.  This can make your workout a lot more effective especially if you target groups of muscles in one work out and alternate days.
569698
You should do both!  Cardio one day then weight training the next!  Make sure you change your diet too!
658698
if you work out everyday then you almost become immune to it. so leave a day between workouts, then next time you go, increase the load but go slower and do fewer reps at a time. and really take your time doing it to get the most out of each rep. ita about quality not quantity. make sure you warm up too.
972830
In my experience, after an extremely strenuous workout, the answer is for upper body it takes a full day and lower body two days to heal before doing another upper or lower body routine. So, for cardio, I'm assuming you jog or do an elliptical... something that mainly involves your legs. Because your above workout is so upper body focused (with hardly any curls), I think you can safely skip a day and do cardio. If your cardio involves more upper body, thats ok too because it should only take a day to recover those muscles anyways.\n\nRegardless, over time the more frequently you work out the quicker you will be able to recover, so you might be able to do cardio the next. Stick with the one skip day for now. Good Luck!.