Saturday, January 28, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Mid January Ideas
I made some changes to my workout routine. I joined a gym a year ago, and I wanted to train five days a week, but I found myself only going 2-3 times a week. I didn't utilize anything but the pull-up bar and dumbbells until ten months later. I was still doing barbell work at my home gym. I finally started doing all my training at the gym and using the barbells there, but I only went three times a week, because I found it a bit taxing going to the gym early in the morning. Now that I've moved where I'm living, I'm in a situation where I have the chance to go the gym five days a week and time isn't an issue. My first two weeks going five days a week, I did a full body routine 3 days a week and 2 days of running in-between. I experienced a similar feeling to when I only did pull-ups and push-ups. As I ran on the treadmill those 2 days a week, I spied the workout equipment, the bars, the barbells, and I wanted to lift.
I had been avoiding weight lifting five days a week because I felt like I was over-trained on that schedule. My hands would get weaker and heavily calloused and ripped up. My central nervous system would leave me aching on a permanent basis, and my gains actually went down because I wasn't recovering enough between workouts. Since then, my bodybuilding knowledge has greatly increased, and I'm lifting much heavier weights. I've tapered off over-training for a good number of months.
My last routine had only 1 leg training day (although I squatted 3 times a week). I knew that was a large flaw in my training. My legs have developed and have become stronger, but I know they have a long way to go. So I've switched back to upper body/lower body split. I've increased the number of sets several places, and with less exercises on each training day, I'll have more intensity for my lifts. I've slowed triceps, lateral delts, and abs training down to 2 days a week. I've stopped doing dips for the moment. I have a lot of faith in my new program. I'll be squatting like a beast (4 sets each session) and an extra set in good mornings and hack squats. You can see my workouts here as I do them.
I had been avoiding weight lifting five days a week because I felt like I was over-trained on that schedule. My hands would get weaker and heavily calloused and ripped up. My central nervous system would leave me aching on a permanent basis, and my gains actually went down because I wasn't recovering enough between workouts. Since then, my bodybuilding knowledge has greatly increased, and I'm lifting much heavier weights. I've tapered off over-training for a good number of months.
My last routine had only 1 leg training day (although I squatted 3 times a week). I knew that was a large flaw in my training. My legs have developed and have become stronger, but I know they have a long way to go. So I've switched back to upper body/lower body split. I've increased the number of sets several places, and with less exercises on each training day, I'll have more intensity for my lifts. I've slowed triceps, lateral delts, and abs training down to 2 days a week. I've stopped doing dips for the moment. I have a lot of faith in my new program. I'll be squatting like a beast (4 sets each session) and an extra set in good mornings and hack squats. You can see my workouts here as I do them.
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