Lifting weights EVERY DAY?

Question:

I like lifting weights. I currently do upper body one day and lower the next. But my lower body has never been the problem. My legs have always been big and muscular. My upper body is what I need to work on. I want to lift weights every day, and have a 24 hour rest period. I take creatine, so my muscles don't stay sore for long. By the time I wake up my muscles feel fine. I also take protein shakes and eat very well so I personally think it'd be fine to work out every day. What do you think.

Answers:
Muscle is not built while you lift, it is built after you lift. When you are lifting you are actually tearing your muscles. After your done lifting is when your muscles begin to reform, and also where sometimes more muscle is formed. If you were to lift the same muscle groups every day the muscles would be torn to often. They would not have enough time to reform. This would mean that not only would you not gain muscle but you might even lose it!

I suggest that you have atleast one day of rest before working on the same muscle group again. This does not mean you cant lift for a day, it just means you cant work those muscles for a day. You can lift every single day if you work your lower body while your upper body is healing and your upper body while your lower body is healing.

Good Luck!

No. Your muscles need time to rest and recover in between lifting. Without an adequate rest period you run the risk of injury and you won't get the results you want. You want to rotate the muscle groups you work each time you lift, and try to get into a schedule where you have several days of rest each week. For example, do two days on, two days off, one day on, two days off. It's always a good idea to work out opposite muscle groups on the same day (i.e. triceps and biceps) since the key is balance. Also, you want to lift until you physically cannot do another rep, not just until you feel the burn.

Lifting weights EVERY DAY?

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