4 days a week??

Im thinking about working out 4 days a week now  here is what i did before

sunday         
squat
bench
oh press
oh tri
rows
curls

tuesday
dead
incline bench
oh press
rows
oh tri
curls

thurs
same as sunday


im thinkin about doin it sunday monday tuesday and wensday then rest till sunday ... im waitin on my order size on right now so i wanted to step it up i guess i dano any suggestions

you are training the same muscles TOO much.    when will your muscles be able to HEAL/GROW if you're hitting the same ones with more and more work day after day?

for example.. you mentioned flatbench on sunday, followed by incline bench on monday.


that is NOT what you should do.  This is more than likely going to be detrimental to building muscle, and will probably hinder you from making gains/growth.

working out 4 days a week is fine, i do that myself... however, you might want to try some type of split routine if you do.

for example,  sunday could be back/biceps
monday could be chest/triceps

off tuesday

wednesday = legs/shoulders

friday = same as sunday



do you see my point.    most people get into the habit of thinking that you grow IN the gym.   this isn't true at all.   you grow outside the gym,  during your resting days.  you grow while the muscles heals from the microdamage you gave it during your workout.

REST DAYS are very important.     if you hit the muscle over, and over, and over, and over repeatedly...   you're pretty much just hurting yourself.

i think i've made my point.

My name is FOX.... and I approve this message.

yea i understand what u mean... thanks

ORIGINAL: TheSilverFox

you are training the same muscles TOO much.    when will your muscles be able to HEAL/GROW if you're hitting the same ones with more and more work day after day?

for example.. you mentioned flatbench on sunday, followed by incline bench on monday.


that is NOT what you should do.  This is more than likely going to be detrimental to building muscle, and will probably hinder you from making gains/growth.

working out 4 days a week is fine, i do that myself... however, you might want to try some type of split routine if you do.

for example,  sunday could be back/biceps
monday could be chest/triceps

off tuesday

wednesday = legs/shoulders

friday = same as sunday



do you see my point.    most people get into the habit of thinking that you grow IN the gym.   this isn't true at all.   you grow outside the gym,  during your resting days.  you grow while the muscles heals from the microdamage you gave it during your workout.

REST DAYS are very important.     if you hit the muscle over, and over, and over, and over repeatedly...   you're pretty much just hurting yourself.

i think i've made my point.

I don't think the routine he was doing before was bad. It was basically a 3 day fullbody workout, with  a day or two of rest in between each workout.

I don't think that working out sunday to wednesday is a good idea. You should get at least a day off in between workouts. I would stick with doing S, T, and TH or a M/W/F.

What do you want to get out of your next routine, size or strength?

Old Lifts: Bench-335, Squat-455, Deadlift-495
New lifts: Bench-375, Squat-545, Deadlift- 585

Strongest 17year old on DBB

size!.......

ok here we go this is what i got
 
sunday
workout
monday
run
tuesday
workout
wensday
run
thursday
workout
friday and saturday off...  and i just got a pool so ill be doin alot of laps to

ORIGINAL: Ryan Hooper

Im thinking about working out 4 days a week now  here is what i did before

sunday         
squat
bench
oh press
oh tri
rows
curls

tuesday
dead
incline bench
oh press
rows
oh tri
curls

thurs
same as sunday


im thinkin about doin it sunday monday tuesday and wensday then rest till sunday ... im waitin on my order size on right now so i wanted to step it up i guess i dano any suggestions

you'd be taking too much time off.  that's bad

and like silverfox said, you're doing the same muscles wayyyyy too much

so what should i do??? where do i fit in the cardio... and i only got a bench barbell and dumbbells and lat pull down bar... so i have to work around the exercises... got any suggestions??? (the 3 day workout i was doing i got from here)

i suggest a 3 day fullbody workout.  this way you have 4 days to rest/heal, and you can do cardio on those days if you wish.

you can do a sunday/tuesday/thursday and take off the other days to rest.. .or a mond/wed/friday if you wish.

that is what i would suggest

My name is FOX.... and I approve this message.