Jo:


>> I focus exclusively on multi-joint movements like the squat or
>> deadlifts once a week, maximum three workouts during a two week
>> period. That's my recovery capacity and Arnold won't be able to tell
>> me otherwise.
>>
>> My workouts, which consist of three core movements, last about thirty
>> minutes; I'm very sore the next few days.


I am not Arnold and don't practice bodybuilding, but this seems to
illustrate the dilemma:
-with too short resting periods, your body doesn't recover,
-with too long resting periods, your muscles don't adapt and you are
sore for 3 or 4 days.

Something that I used to practice every day was the so-called "iron
board" posture: "lie" on your back, legs straight, feet and head
slightly above the ground. This takes only 3 minutes a day, and
whenever I worked on my abdominal muscles (no more than once a week),
they didn't hurt at all the next days. This apparently means that a
few minutes a day is enough to maintain the muscles between heavy
workout sessions (again, I don't know if this applies to bodybuilding).


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