Over Training!

[dznutzxxx]

Hey all. I will start by telling my exprience/stats.
I am 20 yrs old, I have been lifting off and on since i was 15. My max bench press ever was 255 x 8, and hammer curled 55lb x 8. Squats and deadlifts were always behind. I am 6'1" 250lbs with some extra bf.
I did one 10 week cycle once of 10 week enanthate, and 2 week on prop at the start of it. Over 6 weeks I had already put on 30 lbs not sure what muscle/fat % as i was eating every 2 hours, go to mcdonalds for 2 double big macs, then 2 hours later id be STARVING TO DEATH like i needed food so bad or i was going to die.

a couple month after cycle I lost my supplier and lost my weight lifting motivation. My friend recently got a membership to the same gym and that makes me feel like going seeing i have somebody to go with. the problem is this guy thinks he has to spend 2-3 hours lifting weights to make any improvement. ive tried to tell him its only counterproductive. he is like 6'4 and 140 lbs!

Anyways, is there ANY use in going to the gym that long? i want to start training again but I think it may be a waste to go for 3 hours and just starve my body into eating my gains

 

[putin]

Actuall training shouldnt take more than 1hr.

 

[tman55]

6'4" 140 and working 2-3 hours per session?

1. Improve his Diet
2. Stop Over Training

 

[nekronom]

Some sessions take me 2-3hours.
10' warmup
50' Legworkout (squats, squats and some squats and a couple of other things)
40' easy cardio
20' pool
30' sauna

so all together over 2 hour.

 

[gottabadrash]

a simple workout should look like this
10min warmup (mandatory)
40-60 min lifting
30 seconds abs (bench press works your abs)
10-30min cardio if you want

 

[dznutzxxx]

Help me develop a good routine for getting back into lifting.
I'm trying to figure out whether its best for me to do some full body workouts for a couple weeks for muscle adaption, or whether to jump straight into my old bulk routine.

 

[Eze]

Cardio... what's that?

BTW, your time in the sauna really doesn't count as "workout time".

 

[Smallguy]

Help me develop a good routine for getting back into lifting.
I'm trying to figure out whether its best for me to do some full body workouts for a couple weeks for muscle adaption, or whether to jump straight into my old bulk routine.

look at pulling bigs simple workout or the 5X5 workout posted here

 

[Vigilance]

lol...you guys are crazy. 2-3 hour workouts?

Your workouts don't need to be any longer than 45-60 minutes.

 

[dznutzxxx]

look at pulling bigs simple workout or the 5X5 workout posted here

Why would the 5x5 routine be good for muscle adapation?

 

[nekronom]

ok, agreed, sauna is not part of workout.

cardio=cardiovascular
wathever helps to clean the muscles from acidity after the workout.

But you know what I am asking myself:
Athlets (like runners, 100m, 400m, 800m or 1500m, or ice speed skaters) they all have great bodies and what is known, they all train like 20-30 hours a week.
Now, I am asking me what they do all that time. It can not be 20-30 hours off intensiv training.
I never found a training programm from thoose athlets (they usually dont tell, kind of secrets) or they only give some very general facts.
I guess that in all this 20-30 hours of training, things like regeneration stuff, like sportsmassages, are included.

Or does anybody have a training programm from a 100m runner???

 

[AngryMuscles]

strict diet and steady training, I guess...
I know overtraning won't get you anywhere but stressed out...been there done that!