5… or 6 days a week?

[williamw]

Does anyone notice a qualitative difference in their results / workouts if they go to class 6 days a week as opposed to 5? Or do you find that that extra day of work is largely superfluous?

 

[drmirabilis]

@williamw I got stronger when I dropped a day. It’s like my muscles never had a chance to recover properly.

 

[bagr4]

@drmirabilis 2 days off?

 

[drmirabilis]

@bagr4 Yeah. If I did something like a hike or long walk I’d only do cf 4 days that week.

 

[williamw]

@drmirabilis I wonder if you weren’t eating enough protein to begin with? I’m just starting to track my protein intake, and I’m realizing I was typically NOT hitting my .7-1g protein per 1 lb of body weight target by eating what I thought was a diet with plenty protein.

 

[williamw]

Not sure why this comment got a downvote… it was an actual question, not an attempt to somehow throw shade (if that’s how it was interpreted)

 

[tanasee]

@williamw Didn't downvote but protein is only a tiny variable of proper recovery. Even quite overstated in my opinion. It just feels quite bro-sciencey to believe that protein must've obviously been neglected

 

[williamw]

@tanasee I didn’t say that was obvious at all. Again, it was an actual question. And that number comes from multiple sources I’ve come across, and is referenced in an NIH article (read section 2.2): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6566799/

 

[tanasee]

@williamw You went from "not recovering properly" to "consuming too little protein?". That's what I was referring to. I'm not saying that protein doesn't play it's part, your source does provide good info. But e.g. adequate calorie intake or training volume, like OP was stating, are more significant

 

[williamw]

@tanasee And funnily enough OP still hasn’t answered my question!

 

[kathyisongodsmission]

@williamw 4 and a nice strength day to work on stuff you aren’t good at in CrossFit.

 

[nedi]

@williamw It's really dependent on what's getting programmed. Personally I have a hard time not being active each day, but on the same note I've recognized I'm only good for 2 or 3 days of strength/high-intensity work in a row, after that I can definitely feel myself being sluggish and ineffective if I do workout, and often becomes a junk day (I was there but don't think I gained much). Mainly best thing to do is track how you're feeling each day to get a sense of what works/doesnt.

 

[thefallisshaw]

@williamw 6 days a week would most likely kill me