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  • October 17, 2021 at 11:16 pm #149595
    Scott Babbage
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    I’ve been training 7 days a week for close to a year now besides the lockdowns with covid. I make good results and feel fine doing so but noticed that all the programs have mostly 2 rest days per week, even the Olympia prep one. Is there a benefit to these rest days or would you fill the rest days in with catching on lacking muscle groups and non-symmetrical muscles?

    October 18, 2021 at 10:28 am #149923
    BryceBahm
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    October 18, 2021 at 5:45 pm #150270
    Scott Babbage
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    BryceBahm wrote:

    Oh ok I get what you mean. All well to do at the moment but there will come a time where my body won’t be able to keep up and I’ll need to introduce rest days more commonly. Do the big guys cycling for Olympia and IFBB have rest days aswell? Or do they run 7 days a week heading into comp and then focus on proper recovery with rest days in the off season?

    October 19, 2021 at 1:03 am #150527
    Simo Matikainen
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    Scott Babbage wrote:

    Oh ok I get what you mean. All well to do at the moment but there will come a time where my body won’t be able to keep up and I’ll need to introduce rest days more commonly. Do the big guys cycling for Olympia and IFBB have rest days aswell? Or do they run 7 days a week heading into comp and then focus on proper recovery with rest days in the off season?

    Most people even pros dont train 7 days a week, or atleast shouldnt. Its individual but generally everyone needs day off to let your body recover more. Here and there you could do something like 7 days a week but it isnt really a long term option.

    October 20, 2021 at 8:02 am #151596
    Joe
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    Scott Babbage wrote:

    Oh ok I get what you mean. All well to do at the moment but there will come a time where my body won’t be able to keep up and I’ll need to introduce rest days more commonly. Do the big guys cycling for Olympia and IFBB have rest days aswell? Or do they run 7 days a week heading into comp and then focus on proper recovery with rest days in the off season?

    October 20, 2021 at 9:48 pm #152172
    Scott Babbage
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    Yeah that sounds great, really appreciate it Joe! Definitely wanting to compete in a few years once I’ve got the size and conditioning down so I’m spending alot of time learning about recovery now from this app. Thanks again

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