workout schedule
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kathryn
Cathlete
Do you mean you work every body part 4 times a week?
You might get better results going heavier and more intense, but working out each body part only 2-3 days a week (3, full-body workouts or a split routine). Recovery is very important to muscle growth.
Pair this with a variety of cardio. Our bodies get used to the same stresses, and can adapt fairly quickly to the same cardio (faster than they adapt to weight workouts, because increasing weights holds off that adaptation), meaning you can plateau and results are slow to come.
Make some of your bike workouts intervals (1-2 non-consective days a week) and alternate biking with a different kind of cardio: kickboxing, step, hi-lo.
Just some thoughts.
You might get better results going heavier and more intense, but working out each body part only 2-3 days a week (3, full-body workouts or a split routine). Recovery is very important to muscle growth.
Pair this with a variety of cardio. Our bodies get used to the same stresses, and can adapt fairly quickly to the same cardio (faster than they adapt to weight workouts, because increasing weights holds off that adaptation), meaning you can plateau and results are slow to come.
Make some of your bike workouts intervals (1-2 non-consective days a week) and alternate biking with a different kind of cardio: kickboxing, step, hi-lo.
Just some thoughts.
kathryn
Cathlete
>Thanks Kathryn! So I should do arms and chest one day with
>cardio, legs and cardio the next and back and cardio on
>another day? What about abs,everyday or every other day?
If you like to do both cardio and weights on the same day, you could do chest/shoulders/triceps (pushing muscles) and cardio one day, legs and cardio the next, and back/biceps (pulling muscles) and cardio the next. Then take a day off (or do cardio or stretch) and start again.
Or you could do chest and cardio one day, legs and cardio another, back and cardio another, take a day off or do just cardio or stretching, then shoulders/arms and cardio another day, then cardio or off.
Or you can split cardio and weights, doing cardio one day, lower body the next, then cardio, then upper body, then cardio... This actually seems more effective for some people, because you can give your all to one type of exercise.
There are numerous possibilities.
Cathe has several weight "split" routines (that divide the body into several parts rather than working the entire body each day) that are based on different combinations.
Abs every other day is fine. Though you can do a bit of abs daily if you prefer (like calves, abs have a lot of endurance fibers in, so they can be worked more often).
>cardio, legs and cardio the next and back and cardio on
>another day? What about abs,everyday or every other day?
If you like to do both cardio and weights on the same day, you could do chest/shoulders/triceps (pushing muscles) and cardio one day, legs and cardio the next, and back/biceps (pulling muscles) and cardio the next. Then take a day off (or do cardio or stretch) and start again.
Or you could do chest and cardio one day, legs and cardio another, back and cardio another, take a day off or do just cardio or stretching, then shoulders/arms and cardio another day, then cardio or off.
Or you can split cardio and weights, doing cardio one day, lower body the next, then cardio, then upper body, then cardio... This actually seems more effective for some people, because you can give your all to one type of exercise.
There are numerous possibilities.
Cathe has several weight "split" routines (that divide the body into several parts rather than working the entire body each day) that are based on different combinations.
Abs every other day is fine. Though you can do a bit of abs daily if you prefer (like calves, abs have a lot of endurance fibers in, so they can be worked more often).