Thread: Back to the gym

Originally Posted by fortheu22

I recently took off 4 months from the gym (injury, job). I was 175 before I took the break and now im at 205 (little gut and handles). Im gonna try and go 4 - 5 days a week and work 2 major muscle groups per day. Now my goal is to get bigger period. Now that I have this extra weight how should I do my cardio and any suggestions on anything would be appreciated. Ive started back on my healthy eating ways oatmeal, meats, potatoes, veggies, pretty much whole foods. I take protein , GNC mega men sport vitamin, and fish oil. Just need some feedback

It's your money but I wouldn't be wasting it on GNC vitamins when you can basically get the same thing at Walmart, or wherever, a lot cheaper. I'm sure if you posted up your whole workout routine there are plenty of people who could help you out with it. Saying you workout 4 -5 days a week doing two muscle groups at a time is sort of vauge...

Monday - Bi's / Back
Tuesday - Legs
Wednesday - off
Thursday - tri's / shoulders
Friday - Chest
Saturday - off
Sunday - Full body

Originally Posted by fortheu22

Monday - Bi's / Back
Tuesday - Legs
Wednesday - off
Thursday - tri's / shoulders
Friday - Chest
Saturday - off
Sunday - Full body

If never seen a split like that with a full body on one day. I'd probably take it out and start the cycle over on Sunday, but that's just me. I'm sure you'll get a lot more varied opinions on it and advice from people more qualified than me.

Originally Posted by fortheu22

Monday - Bi's / Back
Tuesday - Legs
Wednesday - off
Thursday - tri's / shoulders
Friday - Chest
Saturday - off
Sunday - Full body

First of all, welcome back to the game! As it was mentioned, there is no point of having only one day full body workout, I would take it out. Personally, I don't like to do chest workout the day after my shoulder workout, I try to do them with at least three days in between because you will tax your tricep that way. Also, try to do some sort of cardio either in the morning or after your workout, try to do that three times a week.as per diet, visit fitday.com and see your macros. For your training I would do something like this:

First day: chest and tricep/followed by cardio
Second day: legs*
Third day: off
Fourth day: shoulders and traps/ cardio
Fifth day: back and bicep/ cardio
Six day: off
Seven:off

* try to avoid cardio on legs day