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2003/03/24, 02:36 PM
I was wondering is doing cardio everyday before my workout, is considered overtraining. I workout almost everyday, yet, I do not see overwhelming results anymore like I used to. I have lost 50 lbs. over the last year, with a good diet, and sticking to a strict workout. Yet, I am concerned that I am doing to much cardio, because I am having trouble increasing my weights. I am trying to stay at the current weight, yet have a more chisled apperance. Do you have any tips or advice to achieve this goal. I greatly appreciate it.
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2003/03/24, 02:50 PM
Well for one thing what does your weight training look like? That and diet are going to be key in gainig weight on your lifts.....
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IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
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2003/03/24, 02:52 PM
If your goal is to maintain your current weight, then you can cut back on the cardio to 3x per week and try focusing more so on your weight training. Weight training being one body part once a week. Sounds like it may be time to change whatever weight training exercises you have been doing for new ones that challenge your muscles.
This site is great for devising new workout programs for your specific goals. Update your personal profile & fitness goals.
Best of luck.
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You only get ONE body, take care of it and it'll take care of YOU!
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2003/03/24, 03:11 PM
I lift chest/arms/and legs 2 times a week, with a main cardio day. I eat a healthy breakfast of cereal, fruit and vegetables at lunch, and tuna or chicken for dinner for my protein. Does this seem correct? I often have a snack in between meals which consumes of fruit, in order to keep my metabolism up.
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2003/03/24, 03:17 PM
you are not doing too omuch cardio, try switching up you workout routine some, like up your sets and maybe lower reps.
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2003/03/24, 03:34 PM
Or first of all your diet is in need of work. I can tell you what to eat BB1Fit here can help out with a more detailed plan if you want. You need in order to make muscle to consume between 1-1.5 grams of protein for each pound of bodyweight. That means if you want 200 lean lbs of muscle on your bpdy you need to eat at least 200 g of protein. Obviously if you want to really build more proteinis needed. ALso you need 5-6 meals per day with a good amount of protein, some carbs and fats mixed in. fruit while good for you is not good to build muscle and with the sugar in them may not be the best thing to eat alot of. Like I said BB1 is better by far at this and has helped a lot of us out. You can choose from eggs/egg whites, oatmeal, tuna, chicken, other fishes, steak, lean hamburger, cottage cheese, nuts, peanut butter, brown rice and yams, beans, and most fruits and veges. There are more I am sure. As for your workouts, I am unsure as to what your over all goals are. I mean a "chisled chest" is great but what else do you want. A mass build ing workout will help put slabs of meat on you but that might mean some fat as well. You really can not build muscle doing as much cardio as you do. I mean it may be possible but not many people in the world could do so given what you eat right now. Ok that said, I am going to let you in on a secert(misspelled), in order to grow muscle you need to lift heavy, none of this toning BS. You are a man, there fore you will build mass somewhat easily for a while. Ok the exercise you need are: deadlifts, shrugs(heavy), bent rows, squats, shoulder presses, bench presses, curls, skullcrushers, kickbacks, and press downs(triceps). Ok these are basic exercise, most are compound, meaning they work more of the body with jus tthat one exercise. I would stick with bentrows, deadlifts, oh yeah add some chins into that squats, benchpresses and some curls and tripcep work. The exercise tabs here can give you most of theses exercises. Hope this helps
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IF YOU CAN STILL ITCH YOUR NOSE AFTER ARM DAY, GO DO ANOTHER SET!!!
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