amurphy

I was thinking about changing my routine from 3 days a week to 6 days a week. my normal workouts last around 60mins and was thinking of changing this to 6 x 30 min workouts. i have all equipment i need to work out in my house. new baby and work commitments would make this routine easier, but want to know you think?

i would concentrate on one body part each workout.

my routine is:
Mon- chest/tri/abs
Wed-back/bi/abs
Fri-shold/legs/abs

cheers

nathanlowe

I would stick to your current routine as your giving yourself a days rest inbetween. You would be overtraining by going 6 days a week.

davetherave

surely going to the gym more often, allbeit for less time would be more of a problem? even though in total you are spendign the same time per week in the james

how were you thinking of splitting them up to get the 6? (legs, shoulders, back, chest, bi, tri?)

nathanlowe

Forgot to ask.
Height, Weight, Body fat ?
Goals ?
Sets and Reps on each exercise ?

warren_1987

mate stick with one routine for a while when begining. so many times it was my downfall when i started. if i didnt see change after 2 weeks id consider changeing and carryd on like that. you cant decide weather your routine is working unless you give it sufficient time to make a difference.

i wouldt give bi and tri a whole session to them selfs btw if thats what you wer thinking.

i know its been mentioned that overall time in the gym is same but its how you work them, ie when you do your hest you will also hit other musces mainly your tri and back with bi ect so i would advise just stick with 3 times per week to begin with, and get them comp in there, since i started deadlifting and dips my arms have come on very well, i only do 2 sets of 10 curls a week for my arms as they get hit hard with chest and back work outs.


remember mate muscles grow outside the gym
gd luck fella

davetherave

also, if the split was as i suspected (in my 1st post) certain areas could/will get hit numerous times

eg 1, triceps
hit on tricep day, shoulder day, chest day

eg 2, shoulders
hit on triceps day, chest day, shoulder day, legs day

as above, what is you're current routine? (ie what exercises are you doing)

i found splitting legs and shoulders into two days helped

amurphy

should have mentioned!

i have been training 2 years and i did a similar routine last year doing 6 days a week for 12 weeks though i was training for 60 mins a session and i did gain good size, this was when i had plently of time off the booze just before the baby arrived.

i was thinking of doing the same routine but not as long!

chrisj22

May I ask why you are thinking of increasing your training days?

It's quite a jump so there must be a reason for it.

amurphy

looking to change my routine so it suits my work, new baby etc and if were to do a 30min workout it wouold suit. i just want to increase size gradually, with a strict diet and not put to much body fat on, so hopefully reduce some bf with a few cardio sessions a week also.
i am 6ft 2, 190lbs with about 17%bf

all exercises are 3 sets x10 rep increasing weight every week, keeping form correct and exercises chnage every week so never doing the same work out

Mon- chest 4 exercises incl,decl,flat, fly and finnish with 2-3 tricep, skull crushers, kick backs, v pulldowns and some ab work
wednesday- 4 back exercises, chins, lat pulldown,bent over raise, lower back work etc and finnish with 2-3 bi, ab work
fri- shoulders 4 exercises, shoulder press, forward raise, up right rown, shrugs etc, with 5 exercises on legs and some ab work.

looking to do the same amount of work out over a 30 min period rather than 60 mins., push one day pull the next day
so
mon- chest
tues-bi
wed-shoulders
thurs-back
fri- tri
sat-legs

cheers

chrisj22

Have you ever tried 5x5 training to add size? I think that'd suit you well. You could do cardio on your non-training days (dependent on recovery)

irwit

You'll be hitting your biceps twice a week and triceps 3 times a week, Personaly Id say try it out but does look like too much, its also not just about resting your muscles its rests you cns (centeral nervous system) and its gonna be battered weight training basically every day none stop!

Chris4Pez

I personally dont think that you would be over training by training like this but tbh i would train SMART if your gonna train like this try having a look at this link

http://www.ast-ss.com/max-ot/maxot_workouts.asp

if you look at it and read it properly it will tell you how to train on these days and also how to do it properly at the same so i would take a look if i was you!

hope this helps!

Big_Dan

I did the same as that last year, gained a fair bit of size, and shaped up a hell of alot , but i nonly trained for 45mins at the max !!

in my opinion do what works for you mate !!

Chris4Pez

Agree with this, there are that many different training methods out there that you have to do what suites your needs as long as your doing something and your not over doing it and at the same time as long as your diet is spot on and your getting enough rest then you should be fine

Big_Dan

Arrr ye thnx chris4pez , also your diet needs to be in check to make some good gains and also kep gaining, just remember , when training bigger body parts keep a border with 3-4 exercises, and when training smaller body parts aka biceps+triceps , keep a border of 2-3 exercises,
But remember, more is not always good !
remember if your training 5-6 times per week , after a few weeks week, i would de-load all the days and maybe cut it down to 2-3 days for 1-2 weeks, or maybe have a week off, soo that your body can repair and rest