I have been doing strength training for awhile now, but am getting mixed advice from everywhere I turn--help! I do a lot of free weights, squats and leg lifts and all those moves where you use your own body weight, plus some on a weight machine we have in the garage (like a bowflex). Okay, here is my question: how long do you wait between weight workouts?
I have heard to wait at least one day. Then I read somewhere to make sure my muscles had recovered. then just recently I heard somewhere that I need to do it again before my muscles completely recover, with at least one day in between...if I wait until they recover to do it again, then I lose some of the progress or something I am confused!
Friday I did a 40 minute TurboSculpt workout on ExerciseTV (same workout as the videos, it's tough full body using weights and body weight). I was very sore yesterday, and today I am still really sore in my shoulders (sore from workout, not injury) and my legs have recovered but I can still feel just a little soreness there...it's like I can really feel the muscles when I move, if that makes sense! SO, can I go on and do weights today again, or do I wait until all the soreness goes away? What do I do...so confusing and don't want to hurt myself.