1 on, 1 off, or 5 days/week?

[motocrosser]

Do you train 1 on, 1 off, or 5 days/week?

 

[louden_swain]

For me, One on one off.

 

[Atomic Punk]

Neither. M,TUES,...TH, F. I used to go 1 on 1 off though. Sometimes 2 on 2 off. It works well enough. I am of the opinion though that you need to space your time between workout to at least 7 days(especially if you go heavy), so I had to adjust the routines a tad to comply with training eod. Still though, it was nice to go into the gym thinking "get this workout good, and you'll have a nice day off tomorrow".

 

[Singleton]

Take a day off? No thanks!

 

[louden_swain]

Take a day off? No thanks!

I am sure you are robbing your potential gains.

 

[casualbb]

I guess one/one is the most accurate of the two... I do M-W-F

 

[Atomic Punk]

I am sure you are robbing your potential gains.

Ya, REALLY! Singleton, more is NOT better. "Just enough" is wherer you should aim. There is no way you can not be over-training if you are never taking any time off.

 

[Singleton]

If I go in, do my warm up, stretch out, and then do hot/cold in the shower, will that put me into an overtrained state?

What if I do 5 submaximal sets between warm up and stretching?