okay correct me if im wrong! most people usually lift weights and then do cardio after they work out or vice versa! cardio then weights, right??? why is mine over training just because i choose to seperate cardio from weight so that i can have enough energy to train hard on cardio alone and then weights?? how can that possibly bwe overtraining when people usually put those two TOGETHER MAKING THERE WORKOUTS VERY LONG?????????????phatboy said:
t.t said:
t.t said:
my protein is at least 25-30g protein each meal. i do one table spoon of flax seed oil daily or mct oil. sometime during the day one table spoon of all natural peanut butter. as far as simple carbs i drink one cup of gatarade with breakfast which is 1.5 hours before gym and drink the remaining gatarade throughout my workout with weights. three or so different exercises per muslce in sets of 12 12 8 8. so total of twelve! i work out about 1.5 hrs including abs and warm up. i lift as heavy as i can. i do rotate protein sources. i eat chick, ground turkey, cod, salmon, occasionally steak such as top siorloin or new york strip. carbs come from oatmeal, yams, or brown rice., and protein drinks. yes i did go to a nutrionist for the diet im on. its very clean and seems to be working. i think it might be over training. because ive always trained twice a day and sometime three!! im not injured i just let my body rest. i just started doing 12 12 8 8 for my reps. i was doing 8 6 5 but i needed to change up and this week im SOOOOOO sore!!! so i havent been able to hit all my musles twice. i can see that i need to lessen that because im not recovered when its time to retrain them. im going to try what another person suggested on the forum. tell me what you think?? monday weights tuesday cardio wednesday weights thurs cardio friday weight saturday cardio. sunday offAzrail said:hey t.t.
yer sample diet looks very clean (nice) but w/o any stats it's hard 2 say anything definitive
I can ask ya general q's such as; pro intake around 1.5g/1lb of BW? 20-30% of total cals from EFA's (essential fats)? balance from carbs (complex best pre & simple best post) - I presume ya got 2gether with a nutritionist or did some research (based on your clean eating), etc.
And IMHO, it looks as if you're overtraining (u mention taking a week off to rest up but not d/t injury?). I only say that based on your sample - not sure of type & # of exercise used per bod part but a quick glance (@ your w/o frequency) hints that either you would have super-recovery ability or be on Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) (which I know yer not on or IMO even need).
And again, some general q's; mostly compund movements? goin hard & heavy (for you)? sets, resp? total duration of each iron session >1 hr?
Again, yer sample diet is the key (I'm sure hoping you rotate food choices), and if yer losing about 1lb a week, then you should be on track (else steadily tweak the carbs ↓ till ya hit 1lb of fat loss avg./wk)
Slow & steady wins the race young grasshopper
t.t said:
t.t said:
def. allows for way more recovery - see how your bod responds (as your lifts should ↑ q wk as you progressively get stronger - yer tracking all yer #'s right?)
