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I've been lifting for a couple of months, Mon-Wed-Fri, no problem.
I changed jobs and now I'm thinking about changing it to Sat-Wed-Sun — I am a lot busier on weekdays now.
I know it will impede my progress.
I know it's not optimal.
But I don't mind too much, becuase I'm expecting it not to matter that much.
Will it be fine? Should I expect progress to be really slow? Or would it be best to lift Sat-Wed and keep Sunday for prehab?
It will be fine. Your body needs time for recovery especially if you're a beginner then it's best to have 24-48 hours gap for the muscles to recover.
It's not optimal, but you'll do just fine for an amateur/hobbyist.
The reason it's not optimal is you would want a maximum of 48 hours of rest in between working the same muscle group. I'm guessing you're doing bodypart splits? In that case there will be a lot more than 48 hours in between the workouts of the same muscle groups (up to a week probably).
Doing a push and pull split with these trainingdays will probably work best, you should give it a go!
You'll be fine. Try to work out different muscle groups on Saturday and Sunday to allow your muscles to recover. A push pull split is a great routine for your training frequency
