How Often Should You Workout?
This is a question that comes up ALL the time when talking to people. And I completely understand why people are confused about this because nearly everybody you talk to has a different opinion.
You talk to one person and they say only train 3 days per week so you don’t overtrain yourself and end up lowering your metabolism and injuring yourself.
Then you talk to someone else and they say the body needs to be moved every single day to keep the metabolism up and that it’s how we were designed.
So here’s my take on the subject:
Like nearly everything else when it comes to fitness, this all depends on YOU. It depends on your nutrition, your lifestyle, your goals, what you do in the other hours of you day, and a variety of other factors.
Athletes can work their butt off nearly everyday of the week and don’t seem to get hurt.
Why?
Because they eat perfectly and spend up to 2 hours after exercising to help their body’s recoup.
Other people can only work out for 3 days per week because if they do anymore they seem to get even more tired than if they didn’t exercise. And that’s simply the way their nervous system is set up.
It Also Depends On What You’re Doing…
Another huge factor is simply the type of exercising you’re doing on those 3 days. If you’re just going for a jog or hitting up the treadmill, you can probably do more than 3 days per week.
But if you’re training really hard for 30-45 minutes doing strength training with a lot of multi-joint exercises…that might be all you need to do.
Because after all, your diet is the ultimate determining factor in how lean you get. You’d have to workout for over an hour everyday 5 days per week in order to lose 1 pound per week. But if you simply cut 1 or 2 things out of your diet everyday, or fasted once or twice a week, that same amount of fat could come off with no extra exercising.
All You Really Need To Do Is Experiment…
Try working out 5-6 times per week and see how you feel. Do you feel more energetic, or sore and tired? Does working out that much fit your schedule? Do you enjoy working out that much? These are just a few of the questions you should be asking yourself.
Because when it comes down to it, it really is all about experimentation. I can tell you to do something but if it isn’t congruent with what you want or how your life works, it’s not going to work for you.
So if you’re worried about how much you should workout, just experiment with it.
There is no right or wrong answer, it all depends on YOU.
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