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Old May. 15/08, 09:48 AM
jayawhite
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Too Much Time Between Lifting?

Can having too much time between lifting be detrimental to your results? I have a set of 10 exercises I used to do all in one workout period. I worked out M, W, and F, because I know you're supposed to have time to recuperate between workouts. However, it was a long workout, so I split it into two workouts. I've been lifting every other day, so I do five of the exercises one day, skip a day do the other five exercises, skip a day, and repeat. This means there are three days between workouts of the same set of exercises.

I wouldn't mind lifting every day, because each workout is now shorter. However, would this be bad, because I wouldn't be allowing enough time between workouts? Granted, each of the ten exercises works different muscles, but I'm sure there is some overlap in some of them.

Am I losing any muscle-building/fat burning gains by lifting every other day, which means there are three days between each exercise group? For example: M: group 1, W: group 2, F: group 1, Sun: group 2, etc. That means there are three days (T, W, and Th) between the exercises I do in group 1.

Here are the exercises I do:

Group 1: bench press, lunges (w/ dumbbells), back press, standing calf raises, one-arm dumbbell rows.

Group 2: upright rows, squats (w/ dumbbells), triceps dips, lying leg curl, curls (biceps).

Thanks in advance for you advice/thoughts on this.
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