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These — every day vs once a week — are both extremes. Muscles need around 24 hours to restore but already start to “cool” after around 2 days. Problem is that
by piskov 4y ago
These — every day vs once a week — are both extremes.
Muscles need around 24 hours to restore but already start to “cool” after around 2 days.
Problem is that nervous system needs at least 2 days to recuperate (if we’re talking about any meaningful workout with free weights for lifting, bench pressing, squalts, etc).
So one should balance these two recoveries: too long — muscles will cool back down, too short — nervous system is not restored which quickly leads to squeezing yourself out and easy illness due to weakened immune system.
So 72 hours are the golden interval both in terms of recovery and practicality so one doesn’t live in the gym.
- ImPostingOnHN 4y agowhat is the physiological mechanism you're describing with the slang, "muscle cooling down"?
- someguydave 4y agoOne could ask a similar question to nearly every poster on this thread. Excercise and nutrition are very bikeshedy topics.
- ImPostingOnHN 4y agoI suppose its true, indeed one could ask any number of questions about any number of things in the world mine was about 1 specific thing though
- piskov 4y agoI’m by no means an expert in the field, so short answer is I don’t know. It’s probably connected with muscle protein synthesis which in trained people peak in 24 hours and basically goes back to basal level after 72 hours [1] After that, without exercise, all gained muscle growth starts to negate. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1474228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1474228/