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How often do you train?

How often do you lift weights?

  • 5-6 Days per week

    Votes: 202 21.0%
  • 4-5 Days per week

    Votes: 303 31.5%
  • 3-4 Days per week

    Votes: 310 32.3%
  • 2-3 Days per week?

    Votes: 113 11.8%
  • 1-2 Days per week?

    Votes: 29 3.0%
  • Never!

    Votes: 4 0.4%

  • Total voters
    961
thanks for the info and your opinion
 
I am on a 4 day split with cardio and HIIT on alternating days.

Monday: Chest/HIIT/Partial shoulder (anterior)

Tuesday: HIIT warm up 12 minutes and finish with cardio/Heavy Abs

Wed: Back/Traps HIIT

Thurs: HIIT/Cardio (sometimes followed by speciality muscle training if energy levels high)

Friday: Arms/Partial Shoulder (Medial,Posterior))/HIIT ; extra Ab work if not still sore

Sat: Lagging Muscle Groups/Specialization (Typically Chest or lower Back/obliques)/HIIT

Sun: Rest and Recuperation
 
Routine

There's a newbie in the house!

Finally back in the gym after several years off. I'm 41 6'5" 340lbs and trying to get back to respectable shape. I'm going 3 days on with one off. If anyone has suggestions I will gladly listen as I am not sure if I am allowing enough rest.

Chest/Tri's
Bi's/Back
Legs/Shoulders

4 sets of 10 each body part. Keeping reps up as I don't need any additional size just FAT loss. I workout alone and get this done in about 45 minutes so I don't screw around in the gym. I get in and get out. No time for gossip in the gym. I have always been that way. Actually prefer to workout alone due to time constraints. I have just added the bike to the mix and will work towards 25-30 minutes.

all4diving
 
I say modify to suit your needs and keep it strong and fit.Whatever it takes,even alittle overtraining.But supplement like crazy.
My routine goes:
M-Chest,Shouders,Tri's-Heavy
T-Legs,Back, Bi's-Heavy
W-OFF
Th- repeat Monday-Moderate-Heavy
Fri- repeat Tuesday-Moderate-Heavy
Abs Daily,
Mix it up with Cables,Machines,and freeweights
Some spot training,Half reps Heavy
Do a few hundred meters in the pool,throw in some surfing,running etc.and it works.
I also do alot of Glutamine,Creatine,Vits,Pro-Hormones and Red Meat.Pumping in 250-300 g's of protein daily.Keep Rockin Stay Spiked.
Variations to keep it all interesting,focus on strenght,size will come.
 
day 1: chest shouders back
day 2: abs legs tri
day 3: cardio, mostly mountain biking
day 4: rest

repete
 
Current routine:

Mon- Arms
Tues - Legs
Thur - Chest / Delts
Fri - Back

Cardio (augh!) and Abs added in whenever time allows. Usually Monday and Friday.
 
i train 5days a week and sometimes on sunday.ill do upperbody
one day and the next ill do lower.
 
TRAINING

Back when i was Team Canada for TKD, I trained everyday. Mind you it was mostly cardio hey, and not weightlifting. The only strength excercises i did was lyk squats, pushups, pullups, and ab excercises.

I vote 7 days :DD:D:D:D:D:D::DD::D:D
 
Cardio 6 times a week (per exp. see journal)

weight training 3 days a week.
 
me neither...of course..it is becuase I find a way to piss away my cardio time...
:)
 
well, with me, it's because I'm avoiding cardio for bulking purposes. I could do cardio, but then I"d have to eat even more, which I can't really afford to do. So, I sacrifice the cardio. I'm not fat, I look "okay" and I'm happy with my strength and size gains and how they're coming along. Once I get to a certain level of fatness (hell, maybe that'll never happen) I'll do a cut. I don't stress it though. Plus, cardio just plain sucks and I hate it :D
 
I used to like to run...and now with summer over..I was never a cold weather runner...
Not to sound vain..but I think I look pretty good..overall..but my midsection is sloppy...need to clean that up...
One annoying thing..working at the night club..girls..don't feel up my chest, arms / delts..nope..they go to the belly...the weakspot..annoing..
:D
 
Mon - Chest
Tue - Back
Wed - Rest
Thur - Shoulders/Legs
Fri - Arms/Light Chest
Saturday - HIIT
Sunday - Rest
 
I basically train all bodyparts twice a week except Legs and Shoulders, which I do once a week.

Mon - Chest
Tues - Shoulders/Tri's
Wed - Back/Bi's
Thu- Rest
Fri- Chest
Sat - Legs/Tri's
Sun - Back/Bi's
Mon - Rest

and so on, and so forth...
 
Vai Fan, I would like to know about your training routine. I too workout M-W-F. Wondering how your routine is different from mine.
 
5-6 times a week.......

M - Chest/Tri
T - Legs/Abs
W - Cardio
TH - Back/Bi
F - Shoulders
S - Rest
Sun - Cardio
 
6 Day Cycle

I'm currently on a 6 day cycle that has always worked well for me. I find I require 6 days on all the larger muscle groups and 7 days is often too much, hate to waste a day. The exception is smaller muscle groups, but they get involved during squats, deadlifts, bench, etc... Then I specifically hit them again, so they are rested a little less.

1st day - Chest and Shoulders
2nd day - Back
3rd day - REST
4th day - Arms
5th day - Legs and Abs
6th day - REST

REPEAT
 
MON: Bicep, Tricep, Shoulder, Forearms
Tues: rest
Wed: rest
Thur: rest
Frid: Chest, Back, Abs,Obliques,
Sat: rest
Sun: rest
Mon:rest
Tues: Repeat

no legs work out, and I have no idea how you guys can train on the day after or with just one day rest. cause iam usually still sort two days after i work out.
 
well, as with many others here, I only do one body part per day, and opposing bodyparts in succession.
1) Chest
2) Legs
3) off
4) Delts
5) Back
6) Arms (if not do them with major body part
7) off
By the time I workout the same body part, it is has been a week and no longer sore.
 
Once every 5 days.

Trying Mentzer's method in "HIT the MM way".

It's working, slowly. In 5 months I've grown about .8 inches in biceps, and dropped 12 kilos (about 26 pounds) in weight.

To me, it's great, I train once every five days, 40 minutes per session. Is that cool or what? I make progress every session, either more weight or more reps. It's slow, but it works, and there's lower potential for injuries.
 
How often I train

Used to try 3-day cycles, but was overtraining. Now following advice I've received based on the fact I'm training quite heavily. Trying 7-day cycles. I workout 5 days of weights, 1 cardio, and 1 day of full rest. So far, so good. :thumb: I'm feeling a lot better than I was; my body has time to heal and I don't feel so far like I'm losing anything. I'm on a 3500-4000 cal. diet. Slight weight gain, but seem to be losing fat (my waist is shrinking :D ) However, I tend to get more stiff/sore from the workouts (probably because there is more space in-between), but not too bad.. Hopefully this works out for me.
 
I workout three days a week, do cardio 2 - 3x a week.

Monday - Chest/Shoulders
Tuesday - Cardio
Wednesday - Back/Biceps/traps
Thursday - Cardio
Friday - Legs/abs
Sunday - Cardio sometimes.

I do high intensity for shorter periods. My cardio doesnt really last more than 20 minutes, and I go hard during that time.
 
I work a 5 day cycle....

Day one chest and tri's
Day two back and shoulders
Day three legs and bi's
Day four chest and tri's
Day five back and shoulders
Sat and Sun are days off

I start Monday on the next day in the cylce ie. if Friday I work back and shoulders then on Mon I do legs and bi's, Tues chest and tri's.. and so on and so on. This is great for me because four body parts get worked twice a week, and each week it changs what parts are only worked once.
 
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