# Weightlifting questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifting-questions/268120>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 8, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifting-questions/268120 "2004-10-08T00:11:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifting-questions/268120/21 "2004-10-08T17:08:53Z")

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[Rows.](http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/BackWt.html)

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifting-questions/268120/22 "2004-10-09T03:40:26Z")

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> [@velvetjones](#):
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> I dont think that 24 hours is enough recovery time, especially if you’re working to failure/exhaustion.
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> Which is why if you’re training upper body every other day it should be different muscle groups. Arms and shoulders on the first upper body workout day then Chest and Back on the second UBWO day then back to Arms and Shoulders for the Third UBWO day. Switch every other week so that over a 2 week period you’re working each muscle group 3 times in two weeks.
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> You can do the same thing with the lower body workout so that your workout week would look something like this:
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> Monday: Arms and Shoulders  
> Tuesday: Quadriceps and Hamstrings  
> Wednesday: Chest and Back  
> Thursday: Gluteals and Calves  
> Friday: Arms and Shoulders  
> Saturday: Quads and Hams
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> Switch it up the second week.

Where exactly did I say _24 hours_? 36- 48 isn’t 24. Is it?

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