Thread: Paranoid work-a-holic

well its probably time for a new routine,... and definately less frequent workouts... try working out 3-4 times a week... the gains always come fast in the beginning and slow down as you continue.. however maybe if youd give your muscles more time to recover you will rediscover more frequent gains in strength and mass... post your routine for more help from everyone on the board

Yep you need to give your body rest and time to recoup. All your doing is tearing down. You will never grow that way!

Currently, a week of working out for me looks something like this.

http://www.davedraper.com/advanced-workout.html

These three days, I follow the workouts shown, varying them constantly to avoid routine. I exclude the aerobics though, since I am already playing basketball for my high school and get plenty of aerobic exercise doing that. One thing though. This schedule is supposed to run as follows - 3 days on, 1 off, 3 days on, 2 off. I cut out one of the two rest days at the very end of this schedule, so my calendar looks more like this - 3 on, 1 off, 3 on, 1 off. I don't know if this is too much or not. But, I'm desperate and sure do want to see some gains again.

Judging by the workout your referring to, your probably working out twice as much as needed. For instance, Day one chest, your already doing 12 or more sets on day one only to repeat that very same routine on day 4. Way.. Way... Way too much. The reason your probably not growing any more is due to over training.

Try taking the same exercises and breaking down into a four day split. Exercise each body part one day a week and see what happens.

For me, total sets per week per body part are:
Legs 9
Chest 9
Back 12
Traps 6
Bis 6
Tris 6
Calves 6
Abs 6

Just a couple of thoughts. Good to have your aboard