how much weight training is too much

[seanw]

im just wondering how much is tow much. i hear of these guys training 7 days a week and some 2 times a day. i dont have to work at the moment and i am doing a course so i have plenty of time on my hands.

i do something like this

chest and tries
back and byes
legs
shoulders and traps
chest and tries
day of
back and byes

and so on repeating it all over and over
i also do a little swimming every 2end day and kickboxing 3 times a week

what do you think is this as much as i can do or can i do more.

 

[fallingeggs]

We cannot tell you if that is too much because you are not telling us your workouts/sets/reps. Your question is dealing with intensity and frequency. We know the frequency but not the intensity. A lot of people on this forum (including me) do three full body workouts each week. Yes that is a lot of frequency but then intensity is one of low, medium, or high. If we were to try and do each day at high intensity, we would die… but we do not so we live. People training for the Olympics (or the lifts, like super rice) pull from the floor up to 12 times each week. For my self, I am doing the M/W/F full body workouts and adding in 2 days where I work on snatch/clean and I am doing fine. It is all in the intensity/frequency ratio.

Although that is the more technical answer, I will venture to guess that it is ‘fine’ to do what you are doing. The only thing I would say is you are slightly neglecting your legs… you are doing your Abercrombie muscles (pecs and arms) twice a week but you are only doing your biggest muscle once. Do not be gay.

 

[tay1506]

First of all your just waisting your time. You could spend less time in the gym if u stuck too the core lifts. What your doing will ony take you so far. However for your answer, it is probly not too much. Lets just put it this way when you stop getting stronger for about 3 - 4 weeks rest for a few days. Read and understand the 5 x 5 and put what i said about resting (deloading) too greater use.

 

[blut wump]

Knowing nothing about your routine there's nothing much to comment on.

What do you mean by 'back', for example? Do you do two or three hours of all-out singles, doubles and triples on deadlifts or do you look in the mirror over your shoulder and flex a bit? Presumably somewhere in between but without knowing where in between it's not possible to comment much on your workouts.

Do you have any methodology to your workouts? What are your goals when you hit the gym? Do you strive to out-do past performances or do you just throw some weights around until you've had enough and want to go home?

Do you concentrate on iso work, trying to fit in seven or eight different exercises, or do you concentrate on one compound exercise and work several sets at it?

 

[seanw]

Sorry you are all right i did explain very poorly

but this is it i dont know the names for each exercises but i hope you can follow this.

monday-chest & tries:
i do 3 different chest exercises.
1st set med weight reps 10, 2end set heavy reps 7, 3erd set med weight reps 10
then 3 trie exercises.
1 set med weight reps 10, 2 heavy sets reps 7, 1 set med weight reps 10

tuesday-back and byes
i do 4 different exercises on my back
same sets and reps as above
then 2 on byes
same as above

Wednesday legs
same as above but i do 3 exercises on the top half and 3 on the bottom

thursday
shoulders and traps
i do 3 different exercises on shoulders
same sets and reps as the others
then 3 different exercises on traps
same sets and reps

than a day of, then start at the top again.

im sorry if this is hard to understand. but i have only just discovered this site and loving it. i am also not to good with computers.

thanks for any help fallingeggs i think you are right i will put in a bit more leg work its just a little hard some times i have torn a muscle in my calf from kickboxing at the moment.

 

[silver_shadow]

what are your goals - what do you wish to achieve from the weight training. where are you at now: age, stats (ht, body wt, rough body composition - body fat %), current lifts - flat bench max (and how many reps), squat, deadlift, barbell rows (all without "spotter assistance")

 

[tay1506]

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