By Skip La Cour
Six Time National Bodybuilding Champion
Success Coach
Many bodybuilders don't let the body parts they've trained fully recover and recuperate before training that body part again.
Some bodybuilders mistakenly believe that if they get more workouts in every week for a each body part, they'll get better results that much faster. Although I certainly admire this kind of ambition, it's not going to propel them forward like they think. In fact, this approach will set them back. Exhibiting less effort will actually produce a better outcome than all of that work.
Rest and recuperation from each workout is probably the most important, yet most-often neglected component for effectively building muscle. Rest and recuperation means allowing your muscles to fully recover after each and every intense workout. Only when your muscles have fully recuperated can they be blasted again with weights. That is, of course, if you expect to build muscle in the most effective manner. You certainly can train a body part before it has fully recovered—but that's not going to produce the best results. You are really just wasting a lot of time and effort. You must wait until the muscle heals from the trauma you've caused.
Besides experiencing better muscle recovery, your training will get better. When you train each body part less frequently, you will have more strength during each body part workout. If you successfully overload the muscles with heavier weight, you will stimulate more growth over time.
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Remember that more is not necessarily better. Let the muscle groups fully recover before you blast them again. Train each body part no more than two times a week—and even two times will be a stretch if you train naturally and with true intensity.
