Does this look like overtraining?

theculture · 11-03-2009, 09:47 AM

Just seeing your opinion on my split....

Sunday:
Deadlifts (4x5), Squats (3x5), Shrugs (3x10), Lat pulldowns (3x10)

Monday:
Bench press (4x5), curls (3x10), DB raises (3x10), forearm curls (3x10)

Tuesday:
Squats (5x5), calve raises (3x20), quad curls (and the reverse) (3x10)

Wednesday:
Rest

Thursday:
Deadlifts (4x5), Squats (3x5), Shrugs (3x10), Lat pulldowns (3x10)

Friday:
Bench press (4x5), curls (3x10), DB raises (3x10), forearm curls (3x10)

Saturday:
Rest

Mr-Paradox · 11-03-2009, 09:55 AM

So you hit a muscle twice a week? According to Lyle McDonald thats the best way for a natural to train

PumpinPaddy · 11-03-2009, 09:55 AM

what % weights are you using?

and there are a lot more factors which contribute to overtraining than just a routine

Chuggernaut44 · 11-03-2009, 10:26 AM

It doesn't matter what it looks like on paper. It matters how you feel in the gym. You will know if your over training.

theculture · 11-03-2009, 10:32 AM

I guess you're right about the "how i feel" part...
I've been working out for the past year, so i'm really in the groove of working out.

I'm using higher weights, for my bench press for example, I start out at 175 x 5, and slowly work my way up to 195 x 5...and the last rep is very difficult.
Same with squat, i'll start out at around 225 warmup...then add weight until I hit 285 or 295 x 5...last rep is difficult.

I am coming from billstar5x5 and i'm bulking

Cser · 11-03-2009, 10:33 AM

One year of training and you're benching 295x5? Must be nice..

chipmunkproof · 11-03-2009, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cser

One year of training and you're benching 295x5? Must be nice..

Tell me about it god dam.

batmanman · 11-03-2009, 10:48 AM

noone knows but you, try it for a while and see if it works

Widge · 11-03-2009, 10:51 AM

if its working then its ok but that personally would bury me

batmanman · 11-03-2009, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cser

One year of training and you're benching 295x5? Must be nice..

squat...

theculture · 11-03-2009, 01:22 PM

Yeah lol that's my squat.

I just did 6 sets of 5-8 reps of squat..damn i'm gonna be feeling it.
Then tomorrow is protein overload, sleep, and rebuilding.

However I have one small problem; my deadlift is lacking.
I skipped my deadlift last week, so my lower back has been sore the past couple days since I did 5 sets of them on Sunday.

As you may know, billstar5x5 only prescribed DL's once a week in the middle of the week. That's it. So it has been very difficult to get my DL up.
I hit 225 x 5 DL around last March. Then on Sunday, I felt like I could barely do 235 x5.... I ended up working my way up to 245 x 4 and could BARELY squeeze out my 4th rep. I think the problem is that I was doing them only once a week, and would sometimes skip deadlift day due to school or something.

So in summary: my squat is 295 x 5 (more like 4 reps), my deadlift hovers around 245/255 x 4
This custom program should greatly increase my DL