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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy
What type of routine are you doing? Your body grows and gets stronger during recovery. If you aren't giving your body a chance to recover it can be counter productive. Most likely the answer to your question what little I have to go on based on what information you provided is no. Don't work the same muscle groups on back to back days.
Generally work the major muscle groups once a week and the minor ones once or twice if you are doing a split workout. I'm not sure if you are doing circuit training, but I'd think you'd still take a day or two off in between workouts.
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Originally Posted by Silock
Generally, you need about 36 hours between working the same set of muscles.
Some muscles can be worked slightly more frequently, like abs and some calf and bicep work. You don't want to work the lower back more frequently than that, unless you're just doing Supermans or something.
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I'm at the beginning of an early mass-building routine which I'm still figuring out the specifics of. Yesterday I did back, shoulders and chest and today I did all of the leg press, leg extension and leg curl. I was considering doing the benchpress again today (since it is probably my weakest lift and the one I want to improve upon the most).
Incidentally, I reaffirmed today what I really already knew: years of being a fat kid have given me pretty awesome legs. It's the first time that I've done lifting with them in a LONG time and I'm already about to max out the machines. I might just have to learn free weights in order to progress, god forbid.