6 days a week?
Hey guys I'm 16 years old and have been doing gym for about a year now. The holidays are coming up and I'm thinking about working out 6 days a week to look a bit better for next year, should I do this?
Thanks!
Had you said, I'm 16 and would like to know if I should train 6 days a week? My reply to you in a word would be no. Not because it can't be done, but rather because there may be better and smarter ways to train, at 16, and at an older age.
However you did qualify your question in at least two ways. The first been the time factor, being the school holidays, which is roughly an 8 weeks period, and the second thing was that you just wish to look "a bit better". And perhaps the third qualification being 16 years young. I'd say you've got a lot to learn through the experience you would go through yourself , instead of simply following what others may or may not dictate to you.
So now my reply to you is yes, go ahead and experience the high frequency style of training that is 6 days per week. The short period of time won't kill you, on the contrary, you may learn something, and hence, be in a better position to answer that question for your own self next time round.
Had you asked whether at 16 (or older), if you should train 6 days a week with no definite time of how long this type of frequency would take, I would have said there are more than simply your muscle fibres that you would need to take into consideration when it comes to recovery and growth. Here, I'm referring to your systemic bodily exhaustion and recovery, and not some individual muscle or even some muscle group. Furthermore, choosing the sport of bodybuilding (instead of Olympic weightlifting), many if any a bodybuilder ever pays attention to the periodisation system, where by its simple virtue, would save your CNS from frying.
I'll leave it here for now, and wish you a time where experience would be gained over these 8 weeks or so period of time,...all the best.