is this overtraining???

[getbig888]

Day 1: Chest/Back
Day 2: off
Day 3: Shoulders
Day 4: arms
DAy 5: legs
Day 6: off
Day 7: start over

i know chest and back are not normally done together but i am doing this to mix things up a little with supersets!
also would legs be ok to do the day before back????/ b/c of deads on back day??
i was just wondering if i am overworking my tri's? i only do 1 press on shoulders and 3 exercises of tri's on arm day.
what yall think?

[getbig888]

if this helps any here is an example of one of my workouts
Chest/Back supersets
1: a. Flat Bench 4X12/10/8/6
b. wide grip pull ups 4x failure
2: a. Incline Bench 3x 8-10
b. Tbar rows 3x8-10
3: a. DB Flyes 3x10-12
b. Lat Pulls 3x10012
4: a. DB pullovers 3x 10
b. deads 3x 10

for arms i use 3 exercises for 3 sets each for both bi's and tri's and only one press movement when doing shoulders

[Malvino]

I wanna use this form to ask a similar question ive been working out for 5 months and i do a similar routine. Im bout 5,10 160lbs

monday - legs, squats, caves, and (the machines that pull up weights behind your leg under your ass)


tuesday - bicep - sholder - forearms, hammer curls, military, wrist twists

wednesday - chest tricept , incline,decline,straight(i rotate 2 of them), pull downs

thursday - stomach , sit ups cable crunches, leg raises,

friday - off

saturday - back, deads, chins, (this movement that you pull a weight up one side of your body while leaning on a bench)

sunday - off

[getbig888]

i think you mean one arm rows on back day and that workout isnt too similar to mine maybe you didnt understand what i posted??

[Hed]

Malvino, you look like you are undertraining, and just doing maintnence.

Getbig888, your routine looks decent. It depends on how fast you heal, your intensity, etc. I do a 4 day split, one day of rest in the 4 days, day 1 chest back, day two arms, day three shoulders legs, day 4 rest. I heal that fast. If i get rid of the rest day, i overtrain. I also do about 8 exercises per day, and 3-4 sets per exercise.

[getbig888]

Hed, that seems like alot but everyone is different. i couldnt train bi's and tri's the day after chest and back

[Hed]

Yea, that was my main point. My recovery time is real fast, esp on a cycle. If i hit the chest back day balls-to-the-wall, ill be sore as hell 24 hours later, 48 hours later slightly sore to almost healed, then i add an extra 24 hours to be sure. Same with any other body part also.....

[getbig888]

yea i get sore as hell in my triceps so i have to take 2 days off before i can do any other press after arms. and i cant work my tri's until at least 2 days after chest

[getbig888]

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[TheNatural3456]

no such thing as over training jmo tho...i usuaully go til i cant any more...then i go a few more...its been workin amazing for me...but i dunno dont wanna give any bad advice bro...

how long have you been liftin?

[getbig888]

5 years/ and i was just wondering if i am overtraining my triceps in that workout.

[Hed]

no such thing as over training jmo tho...i usuaully go til i cant any more...then i go a few more...its been workin amazing for me...but i dunno dont wanna give any bad advice bro...

how long have you been liftin?

He doesnt mean overtraining in a single day.

Overtraining meaning not getting enough rest between workouts for the muscle to heal.

[getbig888]

yea and u can also overtrain in a single day very easily

[stayinstacked]

Personally, I never do any of these exercises on consecutive days, Legs, back, chest, deadlifts. I find that training one large muscle group the day after the other makes overtraining very easy. Especially back and legs more than chest. I would NEVER do back and legs on consecutive days. If I hit them both hard 2 days in a row, it's a given that I'm so wooped I wont be able to stay at work a full day the next day. But thats just me

[Malvino]

[QUOTE=Hed]Malvino, you look like you are undertraining, and just doing maintnence. QUOTE]

I think i agree with you, i hear alot of people talk about how sore they are after a workout. I use to get sore chest now i don't i go for 8 reps and push myself till my face is beat red. The only body part that seems to be sore after a workout is legs and back.

Ive never had sore arms or sholders, maybe stiff for a few hours afterwards. I was wondering if maybe i should go for 12-15 reps instead of 8 would this maybe work my muscles in a different way? Intensity is there, i definitly don't stop when im tired or exhuasted and i always fail on the decline.

[getbig888]

what about triceps??? am i overtraining them in this routine??