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Workouts: 6 days/week too much?
    #8864934 -

Hey all -

I just started my workout routine again, after taking the summer off due to an overloaded schedule - and am thinking of increasing the number of days a week.

Currently It is:

Monday- Chest & Back
Wednesday- Legs
Friday- Arms & Shoulders.

My issue with the current program is that there is too much downtime inbetween any given area.  For example, I'll workout my chest/back on monday... but then they're not sore past wednesday... and i have another 4 days to go until I work them out again.

So - to solve this problem, I am thinking of doing minor workouts to keep those body sections active during my off days.  I would space them out with 2 days inbetween the full and the half workouts:  thusly-->

Monday- Full Chest/Back
Tuesday- half Arms/Shoulders + abs
Wednesday- Full Legs
Thursday- half Chest/Back + abs
Friday- Full Arms/Shoulders
Saturday- Half Legs
Sunday- Rest

As you can see, there are 2 full days of rest between days that cover any particular section.  The "Half" workouts would consist of a few basic workouts to cover that section of the body.  Of course, the 'half' days I'd add in my abs routine aswell.

So - i'd like your opinions... Is this too much?  Should I just stick to my basic MWF, or kick it up to this routine (which is what i'd like to do).

Thanks in advance for the help :smile:

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Re: Workouts: 6 days/week too much? [Re: memes]
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i think your original schedule seems good, they need that rest period after weight lifting. if you want to fill the gaps you should fill them with bodyweight exercises, they build muscle too, but not as harshly as weight lifting. you can do bodyweight workouts a couple times a day, every day opposed to weights. just my thoughts.


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Re: Workouts: 6 days/week too much? [Re: LeftyBurnz]
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How many repetitions of bodyweight do you think is sufficient for a day? I've been unable to get to the gym lately and have mainly just been doing pushups/dips/situps/bicycle crunches.

Can you think of any other ones that would work on the chest and core area?

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Re: Workouts: 6 days/week too much? [Re: Redstorm]
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well... im not sure what the minimum requirement would be.... but most people do BW exercises to failure(until correct form is compromised), and then you have the cross fitters who go until complete failure(cant fucking move), i prefer to just go until failure, the rule of thumb is to do 3 sets of each exercise until failure. giving a minute or two in between sets for recovery. and only giving 2-3 mins in between each exercise.  the great thing about this is you dont need to remember how many reps you do or any of that garbage, your body will tell you when youve had enough, and after 3 sets of failure = success :awesome:

list of exercises on wiki:

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    * Burpees
    * Crunch
    * Dip
    * Jumping Jack
    * Press up, or push up
          o Diamond Pushups
                + Similar to traditional pushups, only placing hands together so a diamond is formed between joined thumbs and index fingers.
          o Hindu Pushups
          o Planche Pushups
                + Similar to traditional pushups, except during the entire duration of a set, the hands alone touch the ground, arms straight, legs elevated off the ground straight and together in line with your shoulders, horizontal to the ground
          o One Arm Pushups
          o Plyometric Pushups
                + Similar to traditional pushups, only launching up as fast as possible, so that hands coming off the ground.
    * Pull up, or chin up
          o One Arm Chin up
    * Sit up
          o Russian Twist
                + Secure your feet either by placing them under something or by having a partner hold them. Begin doing situps but when you're in the "up" position, clasp your hands in front of you. Moving only at the trunk, rotate to one side. At the end of your range of motion, quickly reverse the movement and rotate to the opposite side. Repeat in a rapid fashion for the full number of reps.
    * Squat
          o Squat Thrusts
                + Stand with feet together. Squat down and place your hands on the floor next to your feet. In an explosive movement, jump feet backwards into a push-up position, jump feet back between hands and stand up. Add intensity by adding a jump after you stand up.
    * Pistol, or one-legged squat
    * Handstand Pushup
          o Face wall then do a handstand, facing away from wall, feet resting against the wall. Bend your arms so your body drops halfway, then straighten back up. Repeat for 10 sets.
                + Alternately, drop your body down halfway then hold for 30 seconds in stress position.
    * Lying Hip Swing
          o Lie on your back with the legs pointed up, arms on the ground extended to each side, Maintain straight legs and swing your legs all the way to the left and then all the way to the right. Stop just short of touching the ground with the feet.
    * Leg Lifts
          o Lie on your back with your hands under your buttocks. Lift your feet about six inches off the ground, legs held together. Spread your legs as wide as possible, while keeping legs off the ground. Move legs back together. Return to rest position. Repeat for 20 reps.
                + As an alternate, keep feet off ground in stress position for 30 or 60 seconds.
    * Mountain Climbers
          o Assume pushup position, with hands on floor with shoulders over hands. Tuck one leg under torso with other leg fully extended. Keeping weight on balls of feet, as quickly as possible, "climb" alternating legs back and forth in a jogging-type motion.
    * Grasshoppers
    * Side Bends
    * Box Jumps
    * Roman Chair
          o Stand against wall. Slide halfway down wall, as though you were sitting down, if there were a chair. Thighs should be parallel with ground with knees bent 90-degrees. Hold your                  arms out, straight, so they're also parallel with floor. Hold position for 60 seconds.
    * Pike Press
    * Reverse Bridge
          o Lie on floor, face up, arms extended over head. Make a bridge so your back is arched and your body supported by arms and legs. Maintain in stress position for 60 seconds.
                + An alternate is to assume same position, then gently balance on head so that body weight is supported by head and legs. Maintain in stress position for 30 seconds.
    * Front Levers
    * Back Levers
    * Planche
    * Reverse Planche
    * Iron Cross variations (including inverted, Maltese, and Victorian)
    * Rainbows: move the body from a reverse planche through a hand stand to a planche or the reverse.





for chest i would highly reccomend hindu pushups or dive bombers, or both. change up the variations of the pushups from wide, close, diamond, fingertips and elevated, also handstand pushups are awesome for your shoulders and chest.  pullups/chinups are awesome for the back, chest and arms.

you already have a decent core routine, i would suggest adding leg lifts, v-ups and coffin situps to your workout, L-sits with a pullup bar are awesome too.

one piece of advice, switching up your routine and adding new workouts frequently will help you build better, it prevents your body from getting used to one routine, and when it does that your growth stagnates. hope this helped! im pretty knowledgeable with BW workouts so dont hesitate to ask.

p.s. feel free to do a BW workout more than once a day if you have the time and energy and are not sore enough already. and be sure to get enough protein right after your workouts as well. you have approximately 30-45 mins after a workout to absorb optimal levels of protein.


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Re: Workouts: 6 days/week too much? [Re: LeftyBurnz]
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thanks for the advice guys.  Perhaps I'll substitute concentrated bodyweight workouts in the place of my 'half' workouts on the off-days.

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Re: Workouts: 6 days/week too much? [Re: memes]
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i doubt youll be anything but satisfied.  i love the burn of a heavy bodyweight workout. i feel more completely drained and worked than after lifting weights.

one weight exercise i really do like though is with a standard barbell with weight of your choice(heavy but not too heavy), i like to use around 40lbs for this, i think theres a name for it, but i cant remember it.

start with barbell on ground, crouch down to grab it, keeping your back straight, lift with your legs only and stand up straight, curl bar upwards to touch your chest, then lift it all the way above your head, drop back down to chest, then down to standing position, then squat back down and let it come close to but not touching the ground. thats one rep. now do it in perfect form at a nice speed, but not so fast that your form suffers.  do this to failure. rest 2 mins. repeat. rest 2 mins. repeat.

i guarantee that will whoop you at the end of a regular bodyweight workout if youre not already. im talking crying for your mommy.  :bitch:


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Re: Workouts: 6 days/week too much? [Re: LeftyBurnz]
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over or underhanded grip on that exercise?

I would imagine overhand, but figured i'd ask to be sure.

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Re: Workouts: 6 days/week too much? [Re: memes]
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over. i should have mentioned it.  :crazy2:


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