The Importance of Active Recovery: Balancing Rest and Workouts for Peak Athletic Performance

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SUMMARY: Emphasizes the importance of structured resistance training, such as weightlifting, three times a week, while Speaker 2 advises doing as many workouts per week as possible for consistent results over a longer period of time. Speaker 1 believes that structured training is key to achieving optimal results, more frequent workouts lead to better overall fitness. Consistency is crucial for achieving desired results.

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  • Be consistent with a strength training program 3 times per week, adding 1-2 other activities.
  • Tailor the weekly workout routine to what the individual finds enjoyable and sustainable long-term.
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HOW MANY TIME PER WEEK SHOULD I WORKOUT? You know, this is a question I get a lot, and I understand why. I think the perfect, ideal thing that allows you to get adequate rest and recover, especially if you are someone who is a family person, you have a family, you have a career that’s demanding, you should probably be working out three times a week now that’s structured, weight lifting, resistance training, that sort of stuff.

 I think you should sprinkle in one to two other activities throughout the week, things like yoga, things like I play basketball, something that you like, something that’s playful, something that is opposite of weightlifting. And maybe it’s a cardiovascular thing. Maybe like to bike ride, maybe like to play tennis or pickleball.

 

But I would say working out structured resistance training is three times per week. Typically you’re the one to break it up into, you know, push, pull, rotate, total body, total body, total body, whatever that looks like. You can break it up into total body strength, total body power, total body endurance or metabolic so there’s multiple ways to do it, but you have to, most importantly, create and find a program that you are going to stick to and be consistent with that’s all you can do is do as many workouts per week that you can be consistent with, and that will get you better results over a longer period of time. Hope this helps. If it did drop follow. And please SHARE.

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Optimal Workout Frequency: How Many Times Per Week Should You Exercise?

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The ideal time for exercise depends on individual goals and preferences. For males, peak testosterone levels occur around 3-4 pm, making it optimal for weight and resistance training, as well as recovery. However, personally prioritizes early morning workouts (5 am, two days a week) due to schedule constraints, emphasizing the importance of consistency.

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  • Consistently work out early in the morning 2 days a week before family/work obligations

  • Male  should aim to train 2-3 hours after waking up or in the late afternoon/evening when testosterone peaks

  • Choose a workout time that avoids last-minute cancellations due to tiredness or other interruptions

  • Avoid late night workouts close to bedtime to maintain sleep quality

  • Leave feedback in the comments about whether the advice was helpful

What is the best time of day to work out? This is a question I get a ton of, and it kind of varies and depends for your goals, right? So someone like myself, I never wanted to work out in the morning, but my current schedule does not allow me to really sacrifice anywhere but five in the morning. So that’s what I’m doing two days a week, very consistently.

But if you’re a male, you should probably be training about two to three hours after you wake up, or later into the evening, around three to 4pm this is typically when our testosterone is at its highest peak, which allows us to obviously get more weight and resistance training, have more endurance while we’re doing the exercise, but also to recover faster and better immediately post exercise. But regardless of who you are, you need to pick a time that’s going to work for you consistently.

Because if you’re somebody who can easily talk yourself out of a workout later in the day because you’re tired and other things come up, then you have to prioritize it early in the morning, and that’s currently what I do. I think you know, once you get into family life, once you’re someone who has a career, has a family, you have to do it when you know nothing else can possibly interrupt. And I don’t recommend doing it at 10pm at night, because that’ll inhibit your sleep quality. So I definitely like to tell people, best time of day to work out is the time, you can consistently do. And for most people, especially with families is early, early morning, before anyone else is, if you found it helpful. Please let me know in the comments. Enjoy. What is the best.