How Many Times A Week Should You Lift?

Written March 31st, 2006 by Tobias in Field Figures, Workouts

Bodybuilding Legend David Draper takes a look at frequency of workout in his latest weekly column:

Some things you can’t abbreviate, rush or combine. Time takes time. Healthy musclebuilding, like birth, can’t be accelerated. The process moves along at its natural designated pace. You just apply the physics and go, little darlin’.

One day a week at the gym and under the iron is not worth much. If you’ve trained before it will keep you in touch and prevent a nasty training gap from becoming an abyss, and, thus, surely save your bottom. It can also be a fun and fulfilling blast of time, but as far as building real muscle — forget it.

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2 Responses to “How Many Times A Week Should You Lift?”

  1. Ray Dotson Says:
    April 3rd, 2006 at 3:32 pm

    Interesting article and definitely a different kind of writing style. Like many others, I don’t have much time each day to work out. I try to spread my workouts across the whole week. That usually ends up being 20-40 minutes six days a week.

  2. tobias Says:
    April 3rd, 2006 at 3:35 pm

    Ray, yeah, he’s different :-) But certainly an authority :-) Your 6 days a week is commendable! As long as you are intense 20 minutes is fine. I used to have a 30 minute workout planned out for 11am when I used to work the night shift that was quick and effective :-)