OK, here’s my quandary.

Most fitness experts say that, as regards weight lifting, you should alternate days–either doing a full-body workout every other day, or by alternating upper body and lower body workouts.

Now, I get how that works, and why it works, is your goal is to bulk up. But if your goal is to actually get functionally stronger, doesn’t it make more sense to do a little of everything every day?

Consider manual labor professions. Those sexy, dirt-and-grime encrusted construction workers who used to come into the Subway when I worked the lunch shift weren’t taking every other day off. The ultimate fighter (now Mixed Martial Arts, but this was several years ago) who came in so addled he could barely finish his order–he was probably altnernating days. But for a functional, normal-human, nicely toned body, I contend that it makes more sense to perform a sensible workout every day rather than kill yourself every day.

So that’s what I’m trying. We’ll see how it goes.