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xinellum
Joined: 29 Jun 2007
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Location: California
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 Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:15 am Post subject: |
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| Is it bad to workout two days in a row? I have a gym membership for sun, mon, wed, fri. I was thinking about doing weight training Sun, Mon, and Wed and give myself a few days for recovery because I am also training for a half marathon and will be running on those days too. |
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swanso5
Joined: 16 Jan 2006
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Location: melbourne, australia
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| Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| for a sun, mon, wed, fri schedule you can easily do lower, upper, lower, upper in that order...you can always run outside so i wouldn't waste your gym time doing it if you can help it...just read the half marathon thing...probably want to train only 2 - 3 a week than with wts focusing on squats, deads, cleans etc to maintain strength and muscle |
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Diva18
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
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| xinellum wrote: | | Is it bad to workout two days in a row? I have a gym membership for sun, mon, wed, fri. I was thinking about doing weight training Sun, Mon, and Wed and give myself a few days for recovery because I am also training for a half marathon and will be running on those days too. |
No two days in a row is good, but if you are trying to lose weight i would aim for 3 days per week (5 maximum). Do your weights before your cardio. Aim to do a minimum of 30 minutes of aerobic activity up to a maximum of 60 minutes how long you do is up to you.
Try not to overload your training, always eat a clean balanced diet as nutrition is highly important and if your running a marathon look more at endurance training - longer cardio sessions, less weight training. Eat a variety of complex carbohydrates before your marathon for sustained energy. |
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Boss Man
Joined: 25 Nov 2006
Posts: 3780
Location: My site, (Steelmuscle), and anywhere else I feel like
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Depends. Some people do splits which involve 5 days in a spin.
If you're doing 3 days in a week, with something like full body, you don't need 2 in a row, you should ALWAYS where possible split your days, so the body recovers from the volume, it's the way to go.
You can then add Cardio in on the inbetween days, and leave one day off.
In your case I'd possibly stick to 2 full body, and have 3-4 other days as well for Cardio, with either 1 or 2 days a week off completely, depending on how you feel. |
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