Over 1 hr work out bad?

[Flacco]

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25
203 lbs
6'4"
On week 4 of... week 1-10 Deca 250mg week 1-12 500 Test E

My question... I've heard alot of people say that working out for over an hour is actually destructive to building muscle. I have been limiting my workouts to 1-1.3 hrs. In past cycles, I never looked at the clock, and just excercised till my muscles felt like noodles. I've always gotten good results that way. As I said, for this cycle, I have been limiting my workouts. I am wondering what the real benefits of limiting workouts are. My goals are to put on mass.
When I work out... I'll, stretch... do a warm up set, and then 2 or 3 sets of 6-8 reps for my max. I'll hit every muscle group that I'm working out that day. Then, before I leave, I'll do one more low weight, high rep set for each muscle, until failure.
My schedual is like this... Day 1 Chest/tri/legs Day2 Back/Bi Day 3 Chest/tri
Day 4 Back/Bi/Legs
So I'm hitting upper body EOD and Legs E 3rd day. While on cycle, This has worked well for me. Off cycle, I would never work out the same muscle more than twice a week.
On my Leg days... I'm working out alot of different muscles which can take up alot of time. Including legs, I could be in the gym for 2 hrs no problem. Am I doing something totally wrong if I decide to stay in the gym that long? I figure as long as my diet is in check, and I'm eating enough, I'll grow. I am reluctant to change my training routine/schedual since I have had great results. I would like to start spending more time in the gym again because I feel like I could be doing more... especially on cycle. I am always open to critic/opinions/advise. I should also note that it's not a goal of mine to look like a pro body builder. I'd like to get up to 230-240 and maintain. Thanks everybody.

[kelevra]

IMO
Approx 90% of the guys I see in my gym over train.
I dont think it has so much to do with time as volume of training
certainly you could spend too much time there, but i think anyone who is doing much over 9 sets for small body parts (chest, bi's, tri's etc etc) is over training.
and for the bigs i do 12-14 for back and 9-12 for legs.
Even throwing in about 10 mins of cardio 3x weekly after small body parts, I'm still out within an hour 15min.

[t-gunz]

i do a lot a of sets. i dont see how you can spend an over an hour in the gym. (not including PWO cardio if you do so)

just make rest breaks shorter

[l2elapse]

i personally think over an hour is pushing the limit

[Bigd89]

I usually train hour an a half 4 days a week. I train for strength and mass so rest for two minutes each set.

[t-gunz]

^^ thats where the 2-3 min rest breaks make training longer. but overall you are not doing any more sets. most of the time less..

all comes down to rest breaks really

[Bigd89]

^^ thats where the 2-3 min rest breaks make training longer. but overall you are not doing any more sets. most of the time less..

all comes down to rest breaks really

I go by my heartbeat, right before it slows down to normal. Lift.

[t-gunz]

well either way how you do it mate. it works if that you in your avi

so i take it you have a heart rate moniter?

[pebble]

It depends on the training methodology.

If you are doing 10 sets of 3 reps for 2 exercises you could easily be there for 1.5 hours if you are trying to focus on strength. It takes 3 minutes between sets to restore 90% of your ATP PC stores (primary energy source for this rep range) and about 5 minutes to resynthesis to 97%. If you want to be getting the maximal overload you can use you should be resting for that time period.

[Flacco]

Thanks all

[CMB]

IMO
Approx 90% of the guys I see in my gym over train.
I dont think it has so much to do with time as volume of training
certainly you could spend too much time there, but i think anyone who is doing much over 9 sets for small body parts (chest, bi's, tri's etc etc) is over training.
and for the bigs i do 12-14 for back and 9-12 for legs.
Even throwing in about 10 mins of cardio 3x weekly after small body parts, I'm still out within an hour 15min.

This can be true but I do a 5-day-split with 2 days off. Its working great for me.

[Reed]

No its not

Like said previous its all about your training methods and diet related as well

[kelevra]

This can be true but I do a 5-day-split with 2 days off. Its working great for me.

I do 5 & 2 as well, couldn't imagining haveing to do something different.

[bass]

me too, train two days, rest one day, train two days, rest two days. working great for me, and i am in the gym for about an hour!

[CMB]

5 day split - 2 day rest, is IMO the best. Just focus on one muscle and destroy it once a week consistently with proper diet and lifting you WILL make gains.

[RotorHead]

Im usually there for 1.5 to 2 hours... but thats just because i enjoy being there and its a get away.

[cro]

me 2 , 6 days a week lately.4 kids at home sometimes this is the mental break

Im usually there for 1.5 to 2 hours... but thats just because i enjoy being there and its a get away.

[DFRELAT]

I think that one hour max thing is one of those gym myths that just won't die! It all depends on how you're training and what you're training for. Years ago when I was training for strongman we'd work out on average an hour and a half to two hours in the gym 5 days a week. Was lots of volume and always heavy with good breaks between sets. And that's not counting the extra event training too! Did that for a couple of years and we never overtrained. And believe me when I say these werent workouts for pussies! But if for example your doing some intense conditionning work with intervals and tabatas, an hour is more than enough!