Redgav

I need advice on how best to mix weight training for size/strength, with karate training twice a week. I don't want to overtrain the muscles and lose the gains I've made, or hamper future gains.

At present I train body parts once a week as below

Sunday - Chest and arms
Tuesday - Legs
Thursday - Back and shoulders

I have just this week restarted karate after a break of 4 years. Training is twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays.

So my initial thought was to drop the legs day as they will get a good workout at karate anyway, and train like this-

Sunday - Chest and arms
Monday - rest
Tuesday - karate
Wednesday - rest
Thursday - Back and shoulders
Friday - Karate
Saturday - rest.

I've picked up loads of very useful tips from this forum over the last three years so need advice again. Many thanks.