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    How many days a week do you train?

    ^^^^^This was supposed to be a poll, but that function is not working on my computer for some reason.
    Last edited by catabolic kid; 01-17-2006 at 09:45 PM.

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    I train twice a day seven days a week. If I feel tired, Ill take off. Once a month probably.

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    4 days a week weights...only 1 cardio, but thats all i need right now

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    Six days

    I've got my workout spread into 5 different days and try to rotate them around so every 5th week I do the same twice in teh same weeks. Sometimes, I'll double a day or two and take two or three days off and eat and sleep.

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    I work out 4 to 5 days a week. I think I would be overtraining if I workout more than that every week.

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    4 day split right now
    Monday-chest/tris
    Tuesday-Back/bis
    Wed-off
    Thurs-shoulders
    Friday-legs

    thats it for me now. I may change my routine structure in a few months. I will experiment with back tuesday and an arm day Friday and I will also experiment with training arms twice a week.

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    3 day week for me at the moment.....

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    Currently doing:

    Monday: upper back, biceps

    Tuesday: high intensity leg cardio

    Wednesday: chest, triceps, shoulders

    Thursday: rest

    Friday: thighs , lower back

    So three days, including one hard cardio session on tuesday which is not weights but works my legs hard nevertheless.

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    5 days

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    6 days, 1 day cardio............

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    7 days cardio
    4 days lifting


    For those that are confused by that yes some days I go twice


    Oldman

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldman
    7 days cardio
    4 days lifting


    For those that are confused by that yes some days I go twice


    Oldman
    I did this training for a show and it worked wonders. Then kept it up throughout the enitre year and am now paying the price. Lost wayyy to much friggn weight/muscle. It's hard as hell changing your diet and training to do cardio 1x week rather than 7. Bulking harder than ever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurz
    I did this training for a show and it worked wonders. Then kept it up throughout the enitre year and am now paying the price. Lost wayyy to much friggn weight/muscle. It's hard as hell changing your diet and training to do cardio 1x week rather than 7. Bulking harder than ever.

    I am cutting right now so this works great for me.. Yes if you are trying to bulk it is way to much cardio and once I meet my goal and go to Bulk I will hang up my walking shoes for while.

    I can imagine it is hard to witch up to only doing one day of cardio, if I miss One day I feel like I am slacking.


    Oldman

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    i do cardio 4days a week and lift once a wk i am cutting right now

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    lift 3 days/week and making the best gains of my life

    cardio: 1-2 times per week right now

    Stats: 21y/o
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    250lbs
    13%BF
    DB incline press: 140X4-5
    squat: 405X5 (this will be goign up soon
    Last edited by spound; 01-18-2006 at 11:52 AM.

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    I use to do,

    6 days/week lifting 2 days cardio/other stuff

    Now I'm doing,

    3 days/week lifting 4 days cardio/other stuff

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    well it varies, but here's my split

    day 1 - chest/tris
    day 2 - back/bis
    day 3 - legs/abs
    day 4 - shoulders/traps
    day 5 - rest

    i try do to cardio at least two times a week somewhere in there.

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    Seeing 4 days in a row makes my optic nerves sting. Poor CNS

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    i beleive i train everyday. 4 days weight training the rest cardio.

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    4 days weights/ 2 days cardio

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    This is an example of a typical week for me:


    Day1: Chest/Calves
    2 warm up set flat bench
    Flat bb bench 4x10
    Incline db or bb bench 4x10
    db or cross oveer cable flies 4x10
    Pull overs 4x10
    Seated calf raises 4x10
    standing bb calf raises 4x10

    Day2: Bi/Tri
    Super set with ez bar 10x curl and 10x skull crushers by 4 sets
    Close grip bench 4x10
    db curls 4x10
    rope push down 4x10
    hammer curls 4x10

    Day3: Off

    Day4: Shoulders/upper legs
    standing military press 6x10
    front raise 3x10
    bent forward on the end of a bench L-laterals 3x10

    leg press 4x10
    squat 4x10
    leg extensions 4x10

    Day5:Back/forearms
    warm up pull ups 2 set
    reverse sit up with plates 4x10
    wide grip lat pull down 4x10 HEAVY
    close grip cable row 4x10 HEAVY
    db rows to burn out or more pull ups

    Wrist curls off end of bench till failure
    or that rope wind up thing

    Day6: Off
    repeat

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    3 day a week modified westside barbell template
    modified GPP due to rehabbing of ACL
    making really great gains w/this program.

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    7 days a week
    5 weights
    2 cardio
    in a 2 on 1 cardio 3 on 1 cardio split

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    3 weights/ 3 cardio..... Growing the best i ever have!!!!

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    4 days weights
    1-2 cardio

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    Another 3 days a week person here...

    monday: tri-shoulder-chest cardio
    tues: off
    Wed: back-bi cardio
    thur: off
    Fri: legs cardio
    sat: off
    sun: off

    Height: 6'1"
    Weight: 188
    BF%: 12
    Gear: Natural
    Last edited by Myka; 01-18-2006 at 07:32 PM.

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    4 days cardio

    and here's my split..

    day 1- chest/ shoulders/triceps

    day 2 -back/ rear delts/traps/bi's

    day 3-legs

    day 4- off

    day 5- repeat...

    if i wasn't "ON" right now my split and frequency would be totally different but i have been doing this for 3 weeks and i feel awesome and make gains everyday so i like it...i'm never in the gym for more than 70 mins

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    6 days work out + 3 days cardio

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    3-4days i find less volume high intensity works the best and you don't over train

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    Quote Originally Posted by heavyrotation92
    well it varies, but here's my split

    day 1 - chest/tris
    day 2 - back/bis
    day 3 - legs/abs
    day 4 - shoulders/traps
    day 5 - rest

    i try do to cardio at least two times a week somewhere in there.
    surprised you havent collapsed yet

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc.Sust
    3-4days i find less volume high intensity works the best and you don't over train
    Couldn't agree more. I was always a volume guy myself and thought there is no way I could make gains training jsut 3 days a week. Well, I decided to try it out and holy shit the gains have never been better. Its like I am a noob again. You never realize how easily you can overtrain until you go to 3 days/week and think wow, i feel great. Notice all the guys on here who say "my gains are going great" etc are the 3 days/wk guys

    Check out Pinnacle's sticky in this forum and scroll down to any of those 3 day /wk routines, they are all great..especially Iron Man HIT

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    5 days a week, no cardio, im such a hard gainer that if i do any type of cardio during bulking, ill drop pounds like its my job, but least to say i can cut in like 3 weeks haha

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    6 days on 1 day off.

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    2 days on, 1 day off. No cardio. Clean bulk.
    1. Quads, Hams
    2. Chest, Front Delts, Calves
    off
    3. Back, Rear Delt, Trap
    4. Arms, Forearms
    off
    repeat

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    You guys doing cardio on off days, you do it the PM? What's your style? Treadmill?

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    just switched to 4 days a week from a 5 day a week split. so far things are goin great with the xtra day of rest. cardio is 3-4 days a week at 30-40 mins. split looks like this..
    mon- chest, tris
    tues- all wheels
    weds-off
    thursday- shoulders-possibly incline chest (weak point)
    friday-back, bies

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurz
    You guys doing cardio on off days, you do it the PM? What's your style? Treadmill?
    When bulking I jsut do it 1-2 times per week, on off days in the PM on an elliptical with a heart rate of about 140 BPM

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    weights 4 days a week, cardio 3x's a week

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    Mon-Fri heavy weights
    Sat- Punching bag
    Sun- All muscle groups with light weights( warm-up for upcomming week )

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    lately i've been finding that when i rest longer days, that i'm sore when i go back and I get bigger and stronger. I'de hate to say that i've overtrained all these years.

    i think i'll cut down to 3-4 days a week only now.

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