lost my legs again

[SoreArms]

So I have a knee injury that is going ot keep me from doing legs for a while. I was just getting my strength and motivation back after an ankle (on the same leg) and than a tendon injury. So far not a good year for me.

I'm going to change my routine to all upper body for a while. Since I'm not going to be able to do any cardio and will be very sedintary for a while, I am going to cut calories and carbs way down. Also, since I'm not going to eat enough to grow, I'm thiking of changing form a heavy weight, low rep scheme, to lighter weight, high rep scheme.

I was doing morning cardio 3x per week, on non lifting days. I don't want to just not do nothing because of the injury so I want to develop some kind of light/aux morning routine, 30-45 mins. long, where I can work everything except legs. I wan to do things like pull ups, chins, dips ,abs, fore arms and whatever else I can't think of. I am still going to be lifting in the PM so how should I do this so that I don't over work my arms?

Does the following look like overkill, will it over work my arms? Any other suggestions?

Monday
AM-Pulls ups, dips, abs, forearms
Tuesday
PM-Chest
Wednesday
AM-Pull ups, dips, abs,forearms
Thursday
PM-Back
Friday
AM- Pull ups, dips, abs, forearms
PM-maybe arms
Sat
AM or PM- Arms (if not done on Friday)

 

[SoreArms]

copied from training to chat board

 

[jh1]

Ur Fat.

 

[MrMuscle]

Dont your gym have those upper body cardio machines?
If not, start working a speed ball for cardio (punching)

 

[SoreArms]

they have one anciant upper body cardio thing, it sucks ass

no speed ball at home or the gym, maybe I should look into getting one though. I wonder where I could put it in the house though.

 

[Y_lifter]

I saw a dude in a full boot walking cast doing upper body last year due to a blown ackilies (sp?) ...

Motivation for me to see him hobble from machine to machine

 

[Smurfy]

dude you dont even train.

 

[supersizeme]

Any other suggestions?

Monday
AM-Pulls ups, dips, abs, forearms
Tuesday
PM-Chest
Wednesday
AM-Pull ups, dips, abs,forearms
Thursday
PM-Back
Friday
AM- Pull ups, dips, abs, forearms
PM-maybe arms
Sat
AM or PM- Arms (if not done on Friday)

i love you man, but this is one of the top ten most god awful splits i've seen put together on this site. the inability to train legs doesn't mean you now don't need to worry about recovery time. this is like when i benched monday, wednesday and friday back in high school and maxed out every other workout.

rework it so that you're not doing pullups 3 times a week, one of which is followed immediately by a back day. pullups train the back by the way. that's essentially 4 back workouts in a week. same thing with dips and chest but to a lesser extent. where is your shoulder training?

 

[SoreArms]

I thought of them more as conditioning than actual training, but I get what you're saying. Thanks for reminding me about shoulders.

how about

Monday
AM-Pulls ups, abs, forearms
Tuesday
PM-Chest
Wednesday
AM-abs, rotator cuff crap, forearms
Thursday
PM-Back
Friday
AM-dips, abs, rotator cuff crap
PM-maybe arms/shoulders
Sat
AM or PM- Arms/shoulders (if not done on Friday)

 

[SoreArms]

dude you dont even train.

thanks for the motivation

 

[jerseyart]

Sorry about the bad luck man. That sucks

My best for a speedy recovery

 

[supersizeme]

yeah that's a lot better. what did you do to your knee?

 

[Moderate_THIS]

bro... do a circuit training style, 1on, 2off, 1on, 1off, for the entire upper body... lighter weights and short (if any) rests between sets. you can still obtain a nice physique... from your pics that I have seen you have ample size already

 

[SoreArms]

yeah that's a lot better. what did you do to your knee?

stretched ligaments, small tear on cartiledge