Full body workouts allow you to hit all those muscle groups more than once a week. The average person does not miss a workout, but most people skip at least one day of the week when they work out. You're sending the signal to build muscle and keep that protein synthesis signal above base line. Protinitis spikes start ing a drop then on Wednesday it's back up again. And so adnd, and here's what makes it hard for people to understand, recovery and adaptation are two different things,. ok? So i can beat the crap out of myself and get my body, don't need to recover, but i can also set myself up so that adaptation doesn't happen.