I have a lot of extra time because I am a stay at home mom. I have chosen Mon-Wed and Fridays as my weight days. Sometimes I will do my tape in the morning and then later on that night I feel like doing it again. Is it okay to double up on the same day as long as I keep the rest day in between?
Doubling up
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Fit_mommy
Cathlete
I think Carole is suggesting to not do weights twice in one day at all...that if you'd like to work out again come the evening, to do cardio instead...
Ofcourse, if you want, you can do an upper body only work out in the a.m. and then a lower body only work out in the p.m. (or vice versa) this way you are not touching each muscle twice in the same day but rather doing one group thoroughly in the morning and one in the evening...a perfect way to do this would be to use pub/plb and do the full work outs-one in the morning and one later in the day. HTH.
Ofcourse, if you want, you can do an upper body only work out in the a.m. and then a lower body only work out in the p.m. (or vice versa) this way you are not touching each muscle twice in the same day but rather doing one group thoroughly in the morning and one in the evening...a perfect way to do this would be to use pub/plb and do the full work outs-one in the morning and one later in the day. HTH.
nancy324
Cathlete
The exact same workout? It doesn't make any sense. I think that if you feel like doing it a second time the same day, you probably didn't do it right the first time. You probably need to go heavier on your weights or use better form.
If you want to work out a second time in a day, then I suggest what Wendy said. Do a different weight workout for a different muscle group, or do cardio.
If you want to work out a second time in a day, then I suggest what Wendy said. Do a different weight workout for a different muscle group, or do cardio.
cwsoxfan
Cathlete
I do double work outs, too. Not all of the time, but I never work the same body part. If I do weights, then later I'll do my cardio. Or if i have done legs in the AM, I'll do upper body in the PM. Sometimes it helps with little ones to break it up. I can only get up so early these long summer days.
HTH - Dallas
HTH - Dallas
Like most everyone, I don't do the SAME workout twice in one day. That'd put me at risk for overuse injuries. If I want to work out twice, I'd do cardio in the morning and weight work (or core work) in the afternoon, or lower body in the morning and upper body in the afternoon. Never the same body part twice on the same day. Also, I don't double up on my workouts all the time. That is very stressful on the body, even if I double up only three days a week. The fatigue eventually catches up. When it does, I get diminishing returns from my workouts. There are only certain times of the year when I do this, and even then, I don't stretch the doubling-up period further than three weeks.
Pinky
Pinky