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7707mutt question real quick.

goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2003/12/09, 11:55 AM You recently gave me your workout plan and it is for 3 days but I am having trouble staying motivated. Like I want to work out on m/w/f but I usually end up skipping a day and doing like t/w/f. I would like to expand it into 5 days would you be willing to rewrite it into 5 days for me? thanks
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/12/09, 11:58 AM Send me what I gave you to my email here at FT and I will make one up for ya -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL!
goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2003/12/09, 12:00 PM Ok email sent.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/12/09, 12:27 PM One other question I do not like working a bodypart more than once a week. occasionaly I will do 2 days for a lagging part. But that usualy never happens or is like a regualr part of my workout. So what exactly are you looking for in a 5 day workout plan? Simplest way is to take one bodypart per day: monday chest, tues back, wed arms, thursday shoulders, friday legs. Just follow the workout I gave you for those body parts on those days. If you want to workout sat and sun then just add those days is and leave 2 days off during the week. If you want a plan where you lift 2x a week for each bodypart, I do not make those up.... -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL!
goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2003/12/09, 12:41 PM Basically to keep my motivation up because 3 days isnt hacking it I would like a monday-friday scheme and take the weekend off. I find myself less motivated and actually off of my diet on my off days dont know why probably laziness. Im trying to overcome that by trying to workout at least 5 days a week to keep me busy and keep me on track.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/12/09, 12:52 PM Ok then take the schedule I just gave you and try it, tweak it if you need to I have chest and shoulders as far apart as i could as well as back and legs to make sure you can fully hit each part hard. Make sure that since you are doing just one bodypart you workout hard but not over train....let me know how it goes. -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL!
goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2003/12/09, 01:10 PM I havent received it yet. my email is goldengloveschampmt01@yahoo.com thanks.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/12/09, 01:25 PM here it is: monday chest, tues back, wed arms, thursday shoulders, friday legs. Just follow the workout I gave you for those body parts on those days. If you want to workout sat and sun then just add those days is and leave 2 days off during the week -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL!
Firehawk734 Posts: 295 Joined: 2002/07/31	2003/12/09, 06:59 PM I think its a great idea for you to want to try working out every day of the week goldengloves. I do weightliftin 3 days and cardio 3 days a week, alternating days, and I find that it helps me stay right on track with my diet and everything. I figure, if im going to bust my ass this hard and slack off on my diet, im doing it for nothing...and thats just not acceptable. I commend you. Mutt is a brut just like i am hehehehehehe, he'll get your ass strong real fast ;)
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/12/09, 07:17 PM The number one thing for anyone working out hard is to find that "threshold" that they can recover from. Just because Arnold S is doing a workout that is making him grow like a weed, does not mean you can do it and have the same results. You need to be smart, there are literally thousands of workouts out there, not to mention ones you can make yourself, but you need to know your bodied limitations. You need to experiment and find the right amount of exercise you can recouperate fully from. You HAVE to learn your body!!!! -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
Jdelts Posts: 1,218 Joined: 2003/10/19	2003/12/09, 07:33 PM Yes, Great Post BB1FIT!!!! I am asked the same questions over and over by people in my gym, "what do you do, and what do you take?" I have been saying this-(what you said in your post) to people for years and they think I just don't want to give away any secrets to my training. Thats why when I post a comment on this site, I try not be subjective and not tell people a 'universal' approach to training. There is no universal approach, everyone is different. -------------- WISE MAN SAY: ONLY FOOLS DON\'T LIFT
goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2003/12/10, 11:19 AM Thanks for the support but I have one more question ok when I worked out 3 days a week I did like 6-8 exercises on each day but if I go to 5 days I will only be doing about 3 exercises per day or so. Will I still make gains by doing not a whole lot even though im working like 1 body part a day?
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/12/10, 01:14 PM If I may intercede here, don't mean to step on your toes Mutt, but I believe this merits bearing out for a new trainee especially. I urge you to read and then re read my post above. It is imparitive that you learn what is right for you. Try what you are given(I don't know what it is) and see if it works for you. If you feel you can do more, then try it. If you start getting lethargic and feeling like you don't want to go anymore, then you are doing too much. If on the other hand, you are recovering fine and feel great, then feel free to add a bit. There is as jdelts says no perfect workout for everyone. Again, I must tell you, learn your body, use instinct, find the amount of work that is right for you. We all have different recovery abilities. Noone can tell you what yours are, we can only guess by what you tell us, you have to be the judge in the end. ============ Quoting from goldengloves: Thanks for the support but I have one more question ok when I worked out 3 days a week I did like 6-8 exercises on each day but if I go to 5 days I will only be doing about 3 exercises per day or so. Will I still make gains by doing not a whole lot even though im working like 1 body part a day? ============= -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/12/10, 01:50 PM Good post BB and yes my toes hurt! Just kidding. I have said many times that what works for me is not going to work for another and that you need to try it out to see what happens. That is how I have gottes the gains I have is by trying a lot of different and sometimes dumb things..that is how we learn! -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL!
goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2003/12/10, 02:12 PM Before I came on fitness trainers when I use to hit the gym w/ a few buddies of mine. I would spend almost 1 hour 1/2 lifting and I still wasnt exhausted infact I felt great and the next morning I woke up I felt energized. But at this time I dont have the time to workout that long and hard. I want to make gains but I think at any level I seem comfortable working at. I've worked out for 30 minutes to 90 minutes and still felt the same. It's weird but I went onto the 8 week program 3 days a week and cut down mass in my stomach and my arms look a tad bit more muscular. But I still have the flab their on my stomach :(. Of course I blame that on a bad diet but Im on the right track now. My meals usually consist of seafood or chicken sometimes I will cheat and have a steak or a hamburger on the foreman grill w/ no bread.I also eat a considerable amount of pasta as well. I realize each body is different but before when I use to lift for like 60-90 minutes I felt great Im just skeptical of lifting for only about 30 minutes a day (majority of it changing the weights) and getting great results.
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2003/12/10, 02:18 PM Sounds like you may be doing something wrong if you work out for 30 mins. to 90 mins. and still felt the same. To me, that just doesn't jive...unless the content of the workout is entirely different. Note that it's all about quality, and not necessarily quantity. -------------- **_Robert_** Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2003/12/14, 10:18 AM Ok here is how I laid the workout through the whole week Monday Chest Bench press Incline Bench press Flyes Tuesday Back Bent over bb rows Deadlifts Lat pulldowns Wednesday Barbell curls Preacher dumbell concentration curls Alt. Dumbbell curls Hammer Curls Dumbbell kickbacks Skull Crushers Press Downs Thursday Shoulders Barbbell front press Lat Raises Rear lat raises Shrugs Friday Legs Squats Deadlift Leg extensions