Liam

Hi all!

Just wondering if i'm going to burn myself out with this workout

Monday - Upperbody

Tuesday - Legs

Wednesday - Upperbody

Thursday - Legs

Friday - Upperbody

Saturday - Legs

Sunday - Off

Every day i do about 30-1hour walk in the morning before breakfast and then some cardio after my weights at the gym.

I have a good diet, 6 meals a day high protein intake.

I'm not going to go into exactly what workout i do, as im not 100% set on one atm i'm still trying different tactics. But i do all my upperbody on the same day and all my legs on the same day.

I see alot of splits on here using Push Pull Legs etc but i'm very new to this and just think doing a general workout at first would be easier for me to follow.

Any comments helpful, nothing sarcy.

Love

Liam

Just to add i'm 18 full of energy and i spend all day on the couch watching Tv etc (not doing much exercise) So when i go to the gym is all my exercise

ah24

Yes i think thats too much if your training hard.

If your doing an upper/lower id do:

mon = upper
tues = lower
wed = rest
thurs = upper
fri = lower
sat = rest
sun = rest

Remember, less is usually more.

ah24

That makes no difference. If your stripping the muscle down and not giving it chance to repair properly then training the same muscle again its going to lead to over-training - reguardless of whether or not your a lazy cnut outside the gym

Liam

Yer but im so bored going to the gym is something to do and its fun. + hot girls go there!!!!!!!!!!!1

ah24

Split it up further then. Or go and do seperate days for cardio and core.
Being bored shouldnt be a reason to go and over-do it. If you feel it will benefit go ahead, but unless your workouts are scaled down by quite a way to most peoples i wouldnt train that way - just my view.

ParaManiac

Liam,out of interest,how are you funding your life of riley?

big

I predict that you will.

However, there is only one way to find out...

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Liam

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Liam

Decided to have today off other than a 45min walk before breakfast.

My legs are feeling so weak, i trained them yesterday for the first time in almost a year im still hobbling lol. Arms feel abit tight from monday so by tomorrow should be rearing to go!

ah24

So what are you doing? You sticking with what you originally said or are you taking our advice and lessening it?

Liam

I'm going to do

Upper + cardio

Lower + cardio

Off (walk in morning)

Upper + cardio

Lower + cardio

Off (walk in morning)

The only thing is i need to work around the fact my gym is closd on a sunday, which is really annoying.

ah24

Is sunday an off day to then as you only have 6 days on there?

Liam

yes has to be

Conrad

4 days a week is ample mate. Rest days are crucial otherwise you will make no progress at all. You grow out of the gym not in it. I trained 4 days a week in my last routine and since changing to a three day training week ive made better gains. Ok...the change of regime and introduction of new excercises has helped bust through the plateau but the increased rest has also contributed i feel.
its a common belief if muscle soreness has eased, you can train that muscle group again. However, tests conducted in the states have shown that your muscles are still recovering from exercise even though DOMS has receeded.
The study tracked a group of men who took part in an intense leg workout.
Although the men reported no soreness after 3 days, tests showed that the muscles showed signs of damage for up to 5 days after exercise. Muscle strength was also reduced for almost one week after training.
One of the most common reasons for lack of results in the gym is overtraining. If you train your muscles before they have recovered fully, they won't be able to adapt - which means little or no progress.