I do cardio 3-4 times a week, and I lift 4 times a week. Is there a limit to the number of days between workouts and/or cardio sessions that I should have. For instance, if I run Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, is the 3 day break too much? Would 3 days be too much without working out also? Right now I have the weekend off (Lift mon, tues, thurs, fri) if I everything goes correctly and I chose not to run on Saturday, provided I didn't miss anything during the week. I just want to make sure that 2-3 days without cardio and/or lifting isn't too much rest?
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days between workouts/cardio
- Thread starter Roadrunner52
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Are you taking a day off? Seems to me you're overtraining a bit. If you're lifting 4 days a week, go with 2 cardio days. Or switch to a 3 and 3. I'm not a big fan of cardio and weight training on the same day.
did you read anything I wrote?...YES, I'm taking days off
I do cardio 3-4 times a week, and I lift 4 times a week. Is there a limit to the number of days between workouts and/or cardio sessions that I should have. For instance, if I run Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, is the 3 day break too much? Would 3 days be too much without working out also? Right now I have the weekend off (Lift mon, tues, thurs, fri) if I everything goes correctly and I chose not to run on Saturday, provided I didn't miss anything during the week. I just want to make sure that 2-3 days without cardio and/or lifting isn't too much rest?
other than recovery weeks, or race ready weeks-
meaning when I am in base building, or typical training mode-
I take one day a week off, and I rotate the day. one week, mon, the next tuesday, the next wed and so on.
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You're not doing an FBW are you, if so then you shouldn't be lifting two days back to back. I am assuming you are doing a split, if so then you should be fine.
You're not doing an FBW are you, if so then you shouldn't be lifting two days back to back. I am assuming you are doing a split, if so then you should be fine.
Yeah it's not a FBW. This is my typical week
mon - chest/weighted abs/cardio
tues - legs/back/lower, unweighted abs/cardio
wed - off (sometimes just cardio if I missed a day)
thurs - shoulders/traps/unweighted abs/cardio optional
fri - bi's/tri's/cardio optional
sat - off
sun - off
I know the cardio seems a little out of order, but it's basically just when I feel like doing it. Always at least 3-4x a week though