Greetings everyone, long time lurker, but never posted anything until TODAY! And you just had to know.
Anyway, so lately i've been putting some more exercises in my routine (because i realised i wasn't really working my shoulders).
I usually do it at home late at night, like 22 or 23 because it takes quite some time and i find that in the morning i really feel without energy.
But after putting some new exercises and the workout taking like an hour, i find that i don't really have the motivation or energy to do it anymore, i have been postponing it for 5 days or so now, when usually i would have done it 4-5 times a week.
As such, i was wondering if i could get some advice about how to change my workout, though i think working out in the morning and at night would be better than splitting the exercises in two days.
So my routine idea that splits the exercises would be like this:
1. in the morning:
- the plank for as long as i can hold it (not sure if i should do it several times or not - need some advice here)
- seated bent over rear lateral dumbbell raise
- shoulder presses
- lateral raises
(I usually only did lateral raises and adding those to my routine kinda made it too hard i think.)
2. in the night:
- curls
- an exercise for triceps but i forgot the name
- squats
- reverse crunches, but lifting my knees above my head
- lateral leg lifts
I usually only did these with the lateral raise from before and it took me around 40 mins. Did it for around 3 months pretty constantly. But after adding the point 1 exercises i didn't really feel like having the motivation to do it or the energy.
Also, i didn't list how many i am doing because i usually do it until i can't anymore with small breaks and it changes from time to time. Now it isn't really what it was a month or two ago and it'll probably increase again if i keep at it, so i didn't really see a reason to list the sets and reps.
So yeah was wondering if it's a good idea or not to split it like this. I think i could do it at least 4 times a week probably. i could also just split it in different days, but then it would kinda be like working out 3 days out of the whole week, since it would take 6 days for the routine to be split in two.
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07-07-2016, 02:02 AM #1
Is working out in the morning and at night a good idea?
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07-07-2016, 02:41 AM #2
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Your routine is a bad idea in it's entirety. I'd do a novice routine instead and do it all at once instead of splitting it up.
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07-07-2016, 03:40 AM #3
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07-07-2016, 04:02 AM #4
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07-07-2016, 09:20 AM #6
Not to be a dick but I don't even know where to begin with critiquing you routine. Where the hell did you come up with this. You had to of just made it up, never do that. You need to get on a proven routine.
So you are doing this same workout 4-5 times a week? One, you are not resting you muscles, you can't do the same routine every time, you need to split up the muscle groups. Is this kind of your whole full body routine? If so then you normally do full body 3 times a week with 2 days rest in between. But this is far from a whole body workout, its like a quarter of a full body workout.
Just scrap this whole routine immediately, it will do nothing for you. Find a beginner program on here, there's plenty of them like stronglift or ice cream 5x5 or fierce 5.
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07-07-2016, 10:02 AM #7
Yeah i kinda made it up and ik it's not full body completely, i don't really have much for my core or my back.
But i don't see why reverse crunches or leg lifts are pointless. After doing squats, after 1-2 mins i do the reverse crunches and then i do the leg lifts. It's pretty hard since after squats my legs already hurt a bit.
And how can you call it useless when i feel it burn that i can barely move after doing it. Not to mention that i did have quite some gains from doing it for 3 months, muscle wise.
I don't see why you'd have to be a dick or anything when i'm honestly asking for advice or suggestions.
And isn't 2 days rest too much time in between?
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07-07-2016, 08:28 PM #8
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07-08-2016, 11:24 AM #9
Yeah, don't make up your own routines. I made that same mistake but I was over training. I was splitting my muscle groups and stuff but kinda created my own program. My arms were lacking so I just did every bicep exercise I knew and would spend almost an hour on bi's when I should have been doing 2-3 max exercises in about 15 minutes or less. I wasn't seeing great results either. I came on here to get some advice and got plenty and got on a real routine. You will get ripped pretty hard on here sometimes but there are a lot of experienced people on here that will give you good advice.
So yes take the advice from us. I'm not that experienced at all but I have learned a lot from this site. Get on a beginner program like I mentioned either the stronglift or ice cream 5x5 or fierce 5.
You never mentioned what your goals are? If you want to get bigger/more muscular then half of what you are doing isn't doing much. The leglifts and reverse crunches aren't totally useless like Snarfbot said but they aren't doing much at all for you. Leg lifts aren't using any weight, you aren't progressing, it might tone you up a bit but after awhile its not going to do much. Its really kinda of a chick exercise.
You really only have one leg exercise too, your squats. They are very important but you need to add in deadlifts and others like leg press, lunges and calf raises. Squats and deadlifts are really the only 2 legs exercises in the programs I mentioned but you can rotate one of those other in from time to time. Some people say not to add other exercises into those programs but one or two more isolated exercises isn't going to hurt much. I felt like adding in a few myself.
And 2 days rest between is definitely not too much for full body workouts. But these programs are normally like M,W,F, or just 3 times a week with one day off in between and 2 days off on the weekend, if thats how you split it up. But doing the same workout on the same muscles 4-5 times a week is completely counterproductive which might seem counter-intuitive to the those who are less experienced. But trust me its not doing much for you, more isn't always better. Muscles need rest and your program is all over the place and not hitting some muscles at all. If you feel like 3 days a week is too little do some cardio on your days off or do your abs on those days. Your abs exercises are pretty weak too. Try something like ab ripper x on your days off, you'll definitely feel it with that. Personally I think weight abs exercises work better though, use both for best results. So you could do abs 3 times a week on your off days which is a good amount.
Sorry for such a long message but you wanted advice, hope you take something from it. If you want any more advice feel free to ask. And if you want a good ab workout other than ab ripper x let me know, I have some good ones.
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07-08-2016, 11:47 AM #10
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it's not even worth critiquing all the reasons why it's bad, because there are so many, just get on a full body program
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07-08-2016, 11:48 AM #11
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Some people are a little harsh on this thread.. from what i understand you are lifting at home which is limiting your excercise selection? You may see some gains from it in the beginning but you are much better off getting into a gym and starting a full body routine. 3 days a week doing a full body routine would give you much better results.
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07-08-2016, 06:46 PM #12
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