6-day split (don't laugh)

"Shane" <[email hidden]> schreef:

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Ok, first a little introduction: I am a 6'3" 200 lb. 29 y/o male...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!

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Pete

"Shane" <[email hidden]> schreef:

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I came up with this before doing much reading on the weightlifting
newsgroups. Before I did that reading the only problem I saw with my
workout (and a not-insignificant one at that) was that I was doing
deadlifts the day after squats -- working the legs two days in a row,
for a total of four times a week! Since reading on the newsgroups,
however, it seems to me that an even bigger problem is that this
workout is fundamentally SUICIDE!

Its not THAT bad.
It depends on your ability to recover.

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Is there anyone who thinks I might
be able to make this work? I still like the exercises I have picked,
so I thought of initially modifying it to be a 3-day split by just
doing the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday workouts. That gives plenty of
rest to each muscle, and it still lets me work every major muscle of my
body on a weekly basis. But I might outgrow this before too long.
Does anyone have any advice on other ways I could salvage my original
workout without killing myself? Or should I abandon the split
philosophy in favor of the full body workout?

No.

You want to workout every, right? A 3day split is the best option then.
Your workouts might be fine if you do 3 heavy sets each exercise. NOT going
to failure.
If that is too much, try 2 sets. Or 3-4 sets with less exercises.

Maybe you should skip the deadlift, and focus on 2 rowing motions and one
pulldown.
Or 2 pulldowns and 1 rowing motion...

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Pete

Shane said:

Ok, first a little introduction:

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After trolling around

Do you mean that in the most literal sense? Do I have a hook in my
lip?

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on http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html for a while I came up with
the following push-pull-misc 6-day split workout:

Monday
Treadmill - 20 min
Bench press
Squat <snip>

You bench and squat on the same day?

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Tuesday
Treadmill - 20 min
Seated row
Deadlift <snip>

You don't lead your workout with the deadlift?

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Does anyone have any advice on other ways I could salvage my original
workout without killing myself? Or should I abandon the split
philosophy in favor of the full body workout?

Hey, give it a shot for a week and see how you feel then, but what I
believe you should abandon is the idea of bench and squat on the same
day and not starting your back workouts with deadlifts. Why deplete
your back prior to attempting deads?

Best of luck.

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Curt
http://curtjames.com/

"Shane" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Monday
Treadmill - 20 min
Sunday
Treadmill - 40 min

I'm no expert, just being doing heaps of exercise for many years and reading
up on it heaps. But it seems to me your doing heaps of cardio work as well
as weights, so why not alternate the cardio on one day and weights on the
next, just doing a 5 min warm up on the weights days.

Jen

Curt James said:

you should abandon is the idea of bench and squat on the same day

I do that all the time. Weighted pullups with squats work just as well
too. Not only that, but I often alternate sets of these.

DZ said:

Curt James said:

you should abandon is the idea of bench and squat on the same day

I do that all the time. Weighted pullups with squats work just as well
too. Not only that, but I often alternate sets of these.

Cool.

(adds DZ to "list" beside Pete)

Seriously, any split you can recover from is a good split.

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Curt

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(I want to increase the frequency of my workouts in order to get into more of a daily habit of exercising (so it will become as common as brushing my teeth),

I take it your goal is just to exercise.
If you want to grow stronger, your muscles need time to rest. That's
when they repair themselves, not during the training.