A great place to start is making a calendar and scheduling out all the workouts you plan to check off for the week. Certified strength and conditioning specialist and YouFit Health Clubs master trainer Philip Cruz recommends you aim for at least three workouts a week on nonconsecutive days.
"If you choose to work out more often, plan on changing up the intensity of the workouts so that your body can recover after a tough workout," he tells POPSUGAR. That means if you just tackled a day full of lower-body exercises, like squats, lunges, and deadlifts, you'll want to balance out that workout with a lower-intensity cardio or yoga session to help with recovery.
Cruz also cautioned that if you do work out on back-to-back days, you shouldn't train the same muscle group intensely on both days, so your body can recover and come back stronger.
