Help: Weight Lifting Gurus

[Danimal]

I went to GNC and picked up some Whey protein. The worker there gave me a sample of some pre-work out and I took it 20 minutes prior to lifting. I took a protein shake after my work out yesterday, now today I don't even feel sore but I can feel my muscles a little "tired". Is this normal? Should I skip a day or two to lift again?

Whey protein is all well and good, but the average American consumes 3 - 5 times as much protein as their body can process already. It has its place, but when you are starting out, I would not bother with protein. It is an extra expense and chances are you are just crapping it out.

Ok, so if you did chest, shoulders,and triceps, i would say wait a day and then do legs. wait another day then do back and biceps. Rest two days and start over. Even though you dont feel sore i wouldn't workout the same muscle group again for atleast 3 days.

This is the right idea. Combine your workouts into groups of muscles that work together. For example: Chest and Triceps (arm pushing day 1), leg pushing (day 2), Back and biceps(Arms pulling day 3), leg pulling (day 4) and combine shoulders, core, forearms and calf's into as many of the individual workouts as you can. This does not mean that you do them all back to back, but just that you have a balanced scheduled rotation that you keep so that you build equally all muscle groups. You should not start working out a muscle that is already sore. You increase your chance for an injury, and will not realize any strength gains until the muscle has healed so you can not progress. It is a waste of time.

There is no set amount of time between workouts, just that you wait long enough for the muscle to heal so that it is stronger the next time that you use it.