Thread: two major questions about my workout

When I lift in the gym I'm in there for 90 mins usually. On Wednesdays, 2 hours. I hate wednesdays. Then again, I dont do anything really active like jiu jitsu afterwards.

Originally Posted by goandykid

When I lift in the gym I'm in there for 90 mins usually. On Wednesdays, 2 hours. I hate wednesdays. Then again, I dont do anything really active like jiu jitsu afterwards.

2 hours? holy shit, what are you doing in there?

Originally Posted by dontsurfonmytur

Ok, usually my "lifting" portion of my workouts are no more than 45 mins, sometimes even 30 mins minimum. Is this 2 short???

If i lift about 2 to 2.5 hours before jiu jitsu (mild conditioning and drills and than sparring), would that jiu jitsu hinder my workout i had earlier?? i know many people who lift and train jiujitsu/muay thai on the same day and they dont seem to have a problem. They just need a good 1 to 2 hours for resting and a nice meal.

No, 30-45 minutes is fine IMO. It depends on what your program looks like and how you are using your time.

Training shouldn't really exceed 60 min. After that point it starts to become counter-productive.

I workout before jiu jitsu all the time. i feel better working out before BJJ, but it depends entirely on what your doing in your workouts. 90min is excessive

you shouldn't train for more than 45-60min.

Originally Posted by John69

you shouldn't train for more than 45-60min.

depends on what you are doing and what you have to do and how you manage the variables over the course of the week.

ok, i see.
yeah today my lifting was like 40-45 mins, not relaly sure
and i did jiu jitsu like 1 hr after it, i felt GREAT
it was my first day bak in like 2 weeks and still performed excellently.

I sought advice for the same question, and I was told by a trainer that you should do max 4 different excercises, max 5 sets, for each muscle group with no more than a 90 second break in between sets. But you split the muscle groups up according to certain days, i.e., thrusday-legs, friday-core etc..This trainer really loves his job. However long you stay in the gym, make it effecient by having a plan, and keep track by using a journal to keep from under or overtraining. I guess???