The Bodybuilders Thread!

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Sure - I am eating pretty OK - as best I can and I train really hard on those 3 days and then drink the 8 stage release protein and L-Gluten shake after training or before bed on the days I don't train.
 
If your plan is mass building, you need to ensure you get enough calories, a good % more than maintenance. Each day you miss that will make your progress that much slower.

What I usually tell people - write down everything you eat daily for a week. Add it to a calorie tracker, and see where you sit. Most of the time people arn't eating enough, and then label themselves a "hard-gainer".

Based on this, your initial question cannot be properly answered.
 
Sensorei said:
If you are training properly you shouldn't be able to train your chest/back again without at least 2 to 3 days rest. Once every 5 to 7 days is enough for each body part for awesome gains. Just do the squats! Otherwise in a few years time when your body is out of proportion you will wish you did.
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I did chest, back and shoulders on Sunday. Monday I did not go to gym. Did chest back and shoulders again yesterday. It was very sore and tender, but I want to get upper body defined. Tonight did legs. Worried however that it is not good to do upper body twice in a row.
 
I try to train 5 days a week.
1. Chest & Abs
2. Back & Calves
3. Shoulders
4. Legs
5. Arms & Abs

It's a nice balanced program. Good breaks between muscle groups, and calves on non-legs day :-)
 
Flip-Flop said:
I did chest, back and shoulders on Sunday. Monday I did not go to gym. Did chest back and shoulders again yesterday. It was very sore and tender, but I want to get upper body defined. Tonight did legs. Worried however that it is not good to do upper body twice in a row.
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It's not a question of whether working the same muscles "twice in a row" is OK or not. It's a question of have you given them enough time to repair themselves and hence grow. If the muscles were still sore then perhaps you should have done lower body yesterday and then tonight you could have hit upper body again. My 2 cents :)
 
StrontiumDog said:
It's not a question of whether working the same muscles "twice in a row" is OK or not. It's a question of have you given them enough time to repair themselves and hence grow. If the muscles were still sore then perhaps you should have done lower body yesterday and then tonight you could have hit upper body again. My 2 cents :)
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Thank you. I will remember this.
 
If I drink the shake - which is packed with calories and carbs - and don't train on that day - are those used then on the next day that I train? My body has a high metabolism.
 
I found a nice 4 day split routine on Bodybuilding.com.

I found that with a full body workout I don't work as hard as I should.

I can do all the exercises at home with the equipment I have and it fits nicely into the 45min I have to work out. (Will just try and build myself a power cage for squats so that I can go heavier)
 
Going to try this way out:

CodeMaster said:
I try to train 5 days a week.
1. Chest & Abs
2. Back & Calves
3. Shoulders
4. Legs
5. Arms & Abs

It's a nice balanced program. Good breaks between muscle groups, and calves on non-legs day :-)
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I just want to know, i just recently started gyming, (not for Bodybuilding or anything, just to loose the gut, and get fit, and at a later stage start bulking up a bit), but my question is, i go to gym 4 times a week, (cannot get to gym on a Friday) Do i have to do Cardio everyday - Right now i do 20 minutes Cardio every single day, Cycling, Treadmill etc. But, because i only have 45 Minutes in the gym after i do cardio, i only have another 25 Minutes to do the rest of the work (depending on which parts that day)

Is that sufficient time to work on the muscles, and does 1 have to do Cardio every day?
 
StrontiumDog said:
It's not a question of whether working the same muscles "twice in a row" is OK or not. It's a question of have you given them enough time to repair themselves and hence grow. If the muscles were still sore then perhaps you should have done lower body yesterday and then tonight you could have hit upper body again. My 2 cents :)
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What happens if i do Abs every day? I thought that, that would be a quick way of getting rid of the Gut? But now, as you saying you shouldn't, does that apply to Abs as well?
 
Korn1 said:
I would concentrate on weight training and doing some finishers after the workout :)
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Are you replying to my post?

if so, are you saying that i should start my routine on Weights everyday 1st, and then maybe what ever time i have left, do some Cardio?
 
69Joka69 said:
Are you replying to my post?

if so, are you saying that i should start my routine on Weights everyday 1st, and then maybe what ever time i have left, do some Cardio?
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Yeah sorry should have quoted. Well it is what I would do but maybe wait for the more experienced people to reply :)
 
Korn1 said:
Yeah sorry should have quoted. Well it is what I would do but maybe wait for the more experienced people to reply :)
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Makes sense actually, for some reason i thought that if you start with Cardio, you get like your heart pumping and ready for gym :wtf: [shot in the dark?]
 
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