[dimo]

Hey guys, I have a quick question. With my PhD thesis recently being completed I have found a lot of extra time on my hands. So I have found myself at the gym a lot more often and i'm wondering if its ok to go on this way.

My current splits are

Day 1: chest/tri
Day 2: back/bi
Day 3: shoulders/legs

At the moment I find myself going to gym 5 to 6 times a week, basically from a lack of anything better to do. I eat lean meats + salad 3 times a day and have a protein shake + a carb source also 3 times a day. I also try to get 9 hours of sleep a day.

Any input is much appreciated

[deadlift14]

IMO yes...5-6 days is too much. 3 days (m,w,f) is enough. becuase it gives your body enough time to rest. and just another thing..if you're trying o bulk. eat 5-6 meals a day. 3 is good, for staying in shape. but you never mentioned bulking so i'm prolly just wasting your time reading this lol.

[Pain=Gains]

I agree 100% with deadlift if that is going to be you routine you should go every other day and that would give your body a good amount of time to recover. If you eat right you should see some noticeable gains

[AnimalG]

Be sure to give at least 6 or 7 days rest between working the same body part!

Going to the gym 5 or 6 days a week can be ok as long as you split it out so that each body part gets 7 days rest.

So something like:
day 1- chest
day 2 - arms
day 3 - legs
day 4 - rest
day 5 - back
day 6 - shoulders
day 7 - abs/neck/misc

[wrestlingstalion2]

i do my tris wth back and biceps with chest. i herd along the way somewhere that if you do youre biceps and back n different days. it feeds them nutrients twice in a week. i dont even know if this is true haha. but i like how it works i guess. try it out tho.

[Train4Pain]

I have been searching this site for the last couple of days on this subject. Until I read all about it on here I never had even thought about over training. I have been on a 5 day split for the last two years. Adding variations to shock my body of course but from everything I have seen on here I was over training. My problem is (other than chest day) I lift very hard each set, except I can stay on one muscle group for usually 6 exercises. (prob 20 sets) Could it be possible that I have just increased my stamina to this level or am I simply over training?

[TylerDurden389]

My split is currently:

Monday - Chest and Back
Tuesdays - Quadriceps and Hamstrings
Wednesday - Shoulders and Triceps
Thursday - *Abs, Biceps and Forearms
Friday - Calves, lower back, abs* (I alternate btwn thurs. and fri.)
Saturday - Cardio (not too much cuz I'm already too lean)

Only thing is, I like training 6 days a week and doing the muscles twice a week because I get results and gains much quicker. When I use the split I just listed, it takes a lot longer. I know the feelings in the air is that training that often is overtraining and I'm doing more harm than good, but like I said I get more gains when I train like this:

Mondays and Thursdays - Abs, Back, Biceps and Forearms
Tuesdays and Fridays - Lower back, Quads, Hams and Calves
Wednesdays and Saturdays - Shoulders, Triceps and Chest

I used to get fatigued during the day cuz I was doing too many exercises and too many sets, but I lowered it and now I just do 16 sets for the big muscles (4 exercises 4 sets each) and 12 sets for the smaller muscles (3 exercises 4 sets each). So I typically do 40-48 sets total in a workout.

[dimo]

Seems like a split decision here. Has the whole muscle recovery been properly tested to say how long exactly you should wait between redoing the same muscle group. From what I know off bodybuilding is that everybody reacts differently to different routines, so it should eb possible that people get better gains from doing each muscle group twice a week?