daily lifting... too much?

[not_big_enuf]

Is it truly overkill to lift daily but cycle between arms/chest and legs ?

For instance

MONDAY
Arms/Chest

TUE
Legs

WED
ARM/Chest

THURS
Legs

FRI
Arcm/Chest

SAT
Legs

SUN
off

With cardio every day after workouts and abs also included in workouts.

Technically I'm giving that body part about 48 hours rest by alternating days. Just wondering if I'd be tearing down what I was doing the day before.

FYI -- I'm sort of following this routing now... wondering if I'm overdoing it.

[basil]

Uhm, yes, it is very much overkill. You should hit a bodypart once, maybe twice a week at most.

Muscle is built in between visits to the gym, not at the gym.

[MixmasterNash]

Plus, you're wasting your time.

Where's your back workout?

If you're not doing deads and pullups, you're cheating yourself and wasting even more time.

For 98% of people, 3 hours a week lifting in the gym is completely sufficient.

[not_big_enuf]

Thanks for the advice. Will definately follow it. Just seems like I never get sore like I used to. I'm increasing weight and seem to keep doing so. Though perhaps more frequency was the way to go.

I'll drop down to a more traditional schedule.

[not_big_enuf]

I typically do back with arms... i'm definately going to have to modify things here.

[not_big_enuf]

how about cardio? i always do 30-40 minutes on the treadmill each night AFTER working out. that can't be bad, can it?

(am i going to get scolded twice in the same day?)

[MixmasterNash]

Thanks for the advice. Will definately follow it. Just seems like I never get sore like I used to. I'm increasing weight and seem to keep doing so. Though perhaps more frequency was the way to go.

I'll drop down to a more traditional schedule.

You don't get sore anymore? GOOD. That means you're body is properly adapting to lifting. Soreness is not an indicator for hypertrophy. As long as you're progressively increasing your weights, you're fine.

In a similar vein, doing very high rep exercises to get "pumped" isn't particularly useful for hypertrophy either.

[txterry]

:withstupi

[Kiaran]

I actually get sore everytime if I lift one muscle group per week. However, the wierd thing is, if I work a muscle group 2-3 time per week, I no longer get sore. Is this an indicator that I should be doing muscle groups twice per week maybe?

[not_big_enuf]

I definately don't do low weight/high reps. That's never done crap for me as far as gains. I can't get my wife to follow that advice though....

[MixmasterNash]

I actually get sore everytime if I lift one muscle group per week. However, the wierd thing is, if I work a muscle group 2-3 time per week, I no longer get sore. Is this an indicator that I should be doing muscle groups twice per week maybe?

Soreness is neither good nor bad in this respect. If you get sore every week, and yet are still increasing your lifts, that's fine. If you don't want to be sore, perhaps lift more frequently, if that works for you.

[not_big_enuf]

I just want to make sure I'm giving my body enough time recupperate. I like to lift every day, it energizes me and makes me feel better, but that the same time, I want to make sure I'm maximizing what I can do for it. If I'm not letting it rest enough then it's no good. Still, I seem to be progressing with my current schedule, but I'm questioning if it's truly any more effective than lifting less and letting my body recover more.

[superdeathflame]

I work each body part 3 times a week, but only for 1-2 sets a time. If I workout 3 times rather than 1-2, but keep the total number of sets per body-part the same, does it make a difference?

I find that the more often I workout, the less sore I am. Perhaps my body stays used to it rather than deconditioning. I don't work to failure either.