Is my brother true on this workout question?

My brother said that if you have been weight lifting for like a couple of months without stopping and follow your workout plan consisitenly then once in a while you need to take one whole week off without weight lifting then by next week if you go back in the gym you'll feel stronger and better than before, is this true because i have been weight lifting for like months of consistency and haven't had a long break (one week) and I have been on the same weight for quite some time and today i couldn't lift my normal weights cause i just feel weak. should i take one week off or no and is my brother true about his story? thxIs my brother true on this workout question?
Your brother is right that you do need to give your self a break but moreso, you need to change your routine in order to brerak thru your plateaus. Your body will adapt to what you give it - the same workout schedule every week - and therefore you will not experience the gains you expect. Change you exercises and/ or the order of the exercises about every three weeks and you will see very little plateau effect. Give your body a one week rest about once every 3 months at least for a full recovery. You will notice the difference.





Some of your description above tends to lean toward looking for the following also:





-- overtraining


-- not allowing enough recovery time before working a muscle group again





Good luck!!Is my brother true on this workout question?
Yes your brother is correct. Working out with weights tears down the muscle. Proper nutrition and rest help build it back up. However, a workout routine should be between 8-12 weeks of intense training, followed by a week of rest (moderate cardio 2-3 times that week). This helps to give your muscles a bit of a break before you start the process again and tear them down to build them up.
When you lift weights your muscle pulls apart slightly and then when it repairs itself it doesn't fully close which is how muscles become larger. In order for the muscle to repair itself you need to let them rest. According to the website below you should only lift three days a week, but i think if you can handle it you could get away with lifting four or five days a week.
most probably u might have hit with a plateau. Your bro is absolutely right. Most people who lift will take a break from gym just get fresh start again....and most of them will get benefited from it.... above all, muscles grow when u rest, not wen u r in gym
I've never heard of that, I have always heard that you should work different parts of your body on different days to give the previously works areas time to heal, but do it consistently without long breaks.

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