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In the case of beginners
and intermediates, people
who have not yet reached the
level required for their bodies
to have learned to put all their
functions to recover from
serious training, this training
poses a challenge to their
organism. It’s not easy. Of
course, if we measure the
body’s ability to recover from
training, including glycogen, it
is evident that training 6 out of
7 days a week will send you
directly to stagnation in your
progress. Therefore, for these
groups, even if what you are
looking for is only the recovery
of glycogen, it does not work
out for you to train 6 times a
week. Hence, the ideal training
frequency is usually 3 to 4 days
a week for these two groups.
And for advanced athletes, it
would also be theoretically
possible.

Nonetheless, in the case of
advanced people, those who
have their bodies more
prepared to solve the
problems that arise from hard
and challenging training, we
could find the few who would
adjust to the six-day-a-week
training with steady progress.
And if you push me even
further, I will talk about the
fact that this group is 65-70%
made up of women, thanks to • Women have, as mentioned, more possibilities, because they
the fact that they recover tend to have a slower metabolism and this implies less
sooner. Even so, it is very risky consumption of carbohydrates = glycogen during training. Our
to train six days a week. Still, training fundamentally involves the types of white muscle fibre
there would be several groups that use glucose as fuel, but in a smaller percentage the red
of people who could do it so, muscle mass that uses fat is also involved. In women with a slow
including: metabolic rate this percentage increases. Hence they recover
glycogen better.
• In the fitness/bodybuilding • If you are young, that is, men between 20 and 35 years old and
classification, only the women between 15 and 30. That is the age of fullness of bodily
advanced, those who have functions, since not only does recovery imply understanding that
had a minimum of 3-4 years the body synthesizes glycogen again at a high rate, but also the
of serious training and who endless bodily functions you need to maintain overall health and
have gained a minimum of performance. For this to work out, the hormones, bodily
10-15 kilos of muscle mass, functions, nervous system and general health must be at 100%.
could take advantage of And in this case, young subjects have greater hormonal
training 6 days a week. production.

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