Thread: Overtraining?

I think your first workout listed is 100x better than the second.
Mon: chest/tri
Wed: back/bicep
Friday: Legs/Delts
this looks good, you could do legs on Saturday esp if you hit them hard.
I do a similar workout to this and mine takes 45 min max, list your sets and reps, I think 75 min is a bit long.

I usually do 1 Warm-up set, and 3 normal sets. Warmup I do 20 reps of basically no weight (stretching), normal I do 8-10 reps.

Am I wasting time doing 4 sets? Should I do 2 sets for maximized workouts?

Thanks,
- Jared

Originally Posted by tannywild

I usually do 1 Warm-up set, and 3 normal sets. Warmup I do 20 reps of basically no weight (stretching), normal I do 8-10 reps.

Am I wasting time doing 4 sets? Should I do 2 sets for maximized workouts?

Thanks,
- Jared

How many sets per workout and per muscle?
I do 2 warm up sets for chest then 9 working sets, then 1 warm up set for triceps and 5 working sets. So basically not counting warm up sets,3 sets bench press, 3 sets incline Db press, and 3 sets cable flys..3 sets skull crushers, and 2 sets triceps rope ext+ 2 sets laterals of 20-25 reps for a light deltoid workout....just for an example of my chest and tri day.

Not including my warmups, basically here's my chest/tri day..

3 sets bench press
3 sets dumbell incline fly
3 sets dumbell decline fly
3 sets cable crossovers (upper chest)
3 sets cable crossovers (lower chest)

3 sets tricep pushdowns
3 sets tricep extensions
3 sets tricep kickbacks

Too much?

Originally Posted by tannywild

Not including my warmups, basically here's my chest/tri day..

3 sets bench press
3 sets dumbell incline fly
3 sets dumbell decline fly
3 sets cable crossovers (upper chest)
3 sets cable crossovers (lower chest)

3 sets tricep pushdowns
3 sets tricep extensions
3 sets tricep kickbacks

Too much?

I think that is too much esp if you are not juicing. You should drop 2 of the fly movements and one triceps exercise then you will have a good workout..
3 sets BP, 3 sets Db incline fly or press....I would do the press, 3 sets cable crossover....mix this one up if you want high/low .
Triceps you need a power movement...Dips, skull crushers or close grip BP...pick 1 and do 3 sets, then 3 sets of triceps extensions of some kind.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I think that is too much esp if you are not juicing. You should drop 2 of the fly movements and one triceps exercise then you will have a good workout..
3 sets BP, 3 sets Db incline fly or press....I would do the press, 3 sets cable crossover....mix this one up if you want high/low .
Triceps you need a power movement...Dips, skull crushers or close grip BP...pick 1 and do 3 sets, then 3 sets of triceps extensions of some kind.

Whoa, I actually agree with you.

So basically drop a few exercises that overlap, and work it out that way... Few more questions...

How many days should I do abs? and what the hell is a skull crusher? :P Sorry to sound newb, but the truth is, I am.

Thanks,
Jared

Wait a sec, thats where you have your arms extended all the way out, bring the bar to your forehead, then back up to full extension?

Originally Posted by tannywild

Wait a sec, thats where you have your arms extended all the way out, bring the bar to your forehead, then back up to full extension?

yes