Would you say i'm overtraining

[mach-1]

I would like to know if you guys think i'm overtraining. I work out 4x/week. My routine is chest/biceps-mon. legs-tue. back/tri-thur. shoulders/forearms-fri. abs-mon,thur,sat. The reason I think i'm overtraining is because I do alot of exercises and sets per bodypart. For example for back I do 9 exercises at 3 sets for each exercise. Thats 27 sets at 6-8 reps to failure. Then I jump to triceps also 9 exercises, 3 sets each, 6-8 reps to failure. It takes me a total of 2 hours. I rest between 1-2 minutes between sets. I pretty much do this for every bodypart. The thing is that I always feel good. I don't have the overtrained symptoms.

 

[Arnold]

Yes. The routine is fine, but lower the volume, less sets per body part. Also, your work-out should not take more than one hour.

 

[seyone]

chances are that if you don't feel like your overtraining your not, or at least your not yet. if you are not careful it may lead to that so be careful and take the suggestions that Prince offered. lower yer volume.

 

[KANE_VICIOUS]

when you say that workout should not take more than 1 hour is that for the whole workout or just one body part, cause i exercise each muscle for a full hour and i am seeing great results

 

[seyone]

when he says one hour he means for the whole workout.

 

[Arnold]

Yes, I mean the entire work-out. You may see results temporarily, but ultimately it will lead to overtraining, if you're natural that is.

Why do you think it's necessary to spend a full hour on each bodypart?

 

[Scotty the Body]

I would also suggest you lower your volume down, you may not be overtraining but you'll get more out of your workout if you lower the volume and increase the intensity.

I would think if your able to last 2 hours that your probably not lifting to your full potential and just going through the motions.

 

[Bigtex111]

Your volume is tremendously high and probably could be cut back without detriment to your gains. In fact, you may see more gains if you get back down to 18-20 total sets instead of the 27 that you are doing now. I work high volume as well but not that high and I'm 39 and still seeing gains. Natural.

 

[elvn]

yes. lets talk about this one-hour I hear many BB say that they train one body part/ hour but realistically, even if I dropped my sets really low and took 3 minutes torest b/t sets, I still don't think I could go past 45 minutes for one body part. Even legs where I have lots of stamina start to break down a/f about 45 minutes.
And I'm really not a proponent of resting for a that long b/t sets. 2 minutes max if I'm going heavier in order to still feel the burn.
Anything more and the muscle is getting to laxed in my opinion.
You guys?

 

[Arnold]

I hear many BB say that they train one body part hour

pros on drugs might.

 

[rjp]

Yes. Cut back to 2-3 times per week and reduce the working sets to 1 or 2 per body part. You need more rest than you think.

 

[rks1969]

What "9"exercises are you doing? You couldn't possibly be getting the most you can from each of them.In the 6-8 rep range you should be pretty well spent on the last couple reps.Do you include DEADS in your routine anywhere?