How many days out of the week do I need to hit up the gym?

[Caleb56]

the program i am on right now only has me working out 4 times a week
its a split so i do upper body/cardio, lower body/cardio, upper body/cardio, lower body/cardio
you could consider doing something like this

2 big muscle groups should not be exercised in the same day. upper body workout is crap, just too much to work up there.

[thepump]

Make sure you're doing your cardio after strength training, preps your body if you're trying to burn fat and gain muscle.

[lilfitgirl]

2 big muscle groups should not be exercised in the same day. upper body workout is crap, just too much to work up there.

umm its not all upper body workouts in one day 1/2 is on the first day and 1/2 is on the second day...same with lower body
- and i didnt make up this workout...its something ive been trying out of Muscle&Fitness Hers

[lilfitgirl]

and after my weight training i do cardio certain days are intervals and other days are just steady longer jogs
when im trying to cut i use my fifth day to do some extra cardio & abb work

[Ninja Loco]

How many "trainers" do we have here, actually? It's not the amount or number of times you go, rather it's about the intensity in each workout. THAT is what should determine the number of times. Ive gone as little as one day a week and as many as 6. It so happens that I like to go more often than once a week, so I adjust the intensity accordingly. That way I recover properly. If I trained 4-5 days a week with the same intensity in each workout that I used to do in one, I would overtrain. Consequently, if I trained one day a week with the same intensity I would use for a 4-5 day week, I would under train. It's the intensity and recovery, not the amount of times.

[Caleb56]

umm its not all upper body workouts in one day 1/2 is on the first day and 1/2 is on the second day...same with lower body
- and i didnt make up this workout...its something ive been trying out of Muscle&Fitness Hers

Makes sense but why call it upper body? wouldnt it be back bi or chest tri? and how do you fit in traps and shoulders?

[Caleb56]

How many "trainers" do we have here, actually? It's not the amount or number of times you go, rather it's about the intensity in each workout. THAT is what should determine the number of times. Ive gone as little as one day a week and as many as 6. It so happens that I like to go more often than once a week, so I adjust the intensity accordingly. That way I recover properly. If I trained 4-5 days a week with the same intensity in each workout that I used to do in one, I would overtrain. Consequently, if I trained one day a week with the same intensity I would use for a 4-5 day week, I would under train. It's the intensity and recovery, not the amount of times.

You shouldnt be adjusting intensity, you should be going balls to the wall all the time. If this is the case than the amount of sets and reps is what should concern you with overtraining.

[thepump]

You shouldnt be adjusting intensity, you should be going balls to the wall all the time. If this is the case than the amount of sets and reps is what should concern you with overtraining.

alll out to fix a concern of flabing out

[lilfitgirl]

Makes sense but why call it upper body? wouldnt it be back bi or chest tri? and how do you fit in traps and shoulders?

if you really r that interested its in the january magazine

NEWAY i will be on a new schedule in about a month that has the typical split that most guys use

[Ninja Loco]

You shouldnt be adjusting intensity, you should be going balls to the wall all the time. If this is the case than the amount of sets and reps is what should concern you with overtraining.

You either didnt understand or fully read my post.

[militantmuscle]

if you really r that interested its in the january magazine

NEWAY i will be on a new schedule in about a month that has the typical split that most guys use

It doesn't matter what other people say, do what works for you, if you like your results, stick with it.

I don't think the majority of guys will have the same mentality or goals that you do, so keep that in mind.

[lilfitgirl]

It doesn't matter what other people say, do what works for you, if you like your results, stick with it.

I don't think the majority of guys will have the same mentality or goals that you do, so keep that in mind.

why thank you...im glad not everyone on this site wants to tell me im wrong all the time

[AFTazz06]

I would love to train 5 times a week but due to other commitments I can only push 4 times a week. Is 4 times a week enough?

How would I squeeze training all body parts over these 4 days without compromise or spending hours at the gym once there? Should I endeavour to make it to the gym 5 days out of 7?

Thanks

Lavinia

4 days a week is fine, that gives you 3 days to rest and recover.

[Maximus7132005]

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[hesnobradpitt.]

I like a 5 days split with MMA on the other two days as cardio.


Brad.