Rest: The Mantra to Successful Bodybuilding
Jason Diggs
Muscle building is all about proper workouts, proper nutrition and proper rest. All successful bodybuilders know this secret and benefit from its use.
Many bodybuilding beginners tend to go overboard with their bodybuilding efforts. They want to workout on all the days without taking even a day off in between because they are under the impression that this is the way to a successful muscle building program. However, this is not true.
Bodybuilding is not like other athletic sports where the more often you practice, the better you perform. You do not get benefited from overtraining. Instead, you suffer from pain and soreness or in extreme cases even serious injuries.
You should take rest for about two to three days before you hit the weights again. Ideally, 2 to 3 days of rest is enough between subsequent workout sessions, but the duration may vary depending upon the intensity of your workouts, your age and your health status. Beginners may take a little longer to fully recuperate before they go back to the gym for a round of fresh workout.
Beginners must not drag themselves to the gym inspite of all the soreness and pain they are experiencing in their muscles. The wear and tear of your muscles caused by the workouts can get sufficiently repaired within a span of 5 to 7 days. Therefore, give your body this minimum recovery period to repair and replenish before becoming fully functional and strong.
During your workouts, the trauma caused to your muscles results in a lot of wear and tear of your muscles. This damage to your muscles manifests itself as pain and soreness. When you take rest after a workout session, the trauma reaction in your body triggers a repair response for your muscles, and your muscles repair, recover, replenish and grow during this phase of complete rest. Therefore, never ignore the importance of rest period and remember not to traumatize your damaged muscles any further lest the recovery process gets affected and your muscle does not achieve the desired growth.
However, if you want to workout other parts of your body, and want to use the damaged muscle, you can do so. Because the stress is not directed at the damaged muscle, rather, it is only aiding in the workout.
You can try dividing your muscles into groups and training each group separately using the 'split training? technique. For instance, you can workout your chest and legs on one day and back and arms on the next day. Therefore, you are able to devote ample time to the worked out muscles in your body to recuperate and grow.
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