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Full body workout every time out or isolation per week
- Thread starter CocoPuff
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I'm a runner, i do track, cross country, and the marathon a few times; so i'm good with leg and abs, but i'm pretty clueless in terms of upper body. I've had a couple of friends give me advice and teach me and stuff, but compared to you guys, i'm pretty new (though i have been training regularly)
once u hit a plateau, *where you see near no change* switch up ur workouts xD
go ahead and try the full body workout for like 6 months then switch to isolation .
full body routines, 3 times a week is sufficient.
if you were doing isolation, ull probably be in the gym least 4 times or so.
go ahead and try the full body workout for like 6 months then switch to isolation .
full body routines, 3 times a week is sufficient.
if you were doing isolation, ull probably be in the gym least 4 times or so.
You might want to take a look at Chad Waterbury's Total-Body Training. His program allows for one or two isolation exercises per workout, three workouts a week.
Joey007 said:once u hit a plateau, *where you see near no change* switch up ur workouts xD
go ahead and try the full body workout for like 6 months then switch to isolation .
full body routines, 3 times a week is sufficient.
if you were doing isolation, ull probably be in the gym least 4 times or so.
i assume by "isolation" you mean like an upper/lower body split routine rather than actual isolation exercises?
to the OP - i think a 3 times per week full body routine would be a good place to start.
neenaw said:i assume by "isolation" you mean like an upper/lower body split routine rather than actual isolation exercises?
to the OP - i think a 3 times per week full body routine would be a good place to start.
i'd rather call split routines, split routines, but in the case of the poster, he wants to do isolation exercises, thus targetting *individual* muscle areas alone, probably utilizing machines that target specific parts
Joey007 said:once u hit a plateau, *where you see near no change* switch up ur workouts xD
go ahead and try the full body workout for like 6 months then switch to isolation .
full body routines, 3 times a week is sufficient.
if you were doing isolation, ull probably be in the gym least 4 times or so.
why 6 months? A Switch to isolation? That would mean that there would be no compound lifts, awful idea. Isolating certain groups like chest and tris is a split, but isolation is different.
ok thanks, that's wut i've been doin. I've been doin compound movements, but since i found that some of my muscles differ in strength from each other, i was thinking i might do some isolation to bring the muscles on par with each other.
incidently, i was told that it is a terrible idea to have cardio and weights on the same day. I'm not sure why, but I always bike to and from work (or i run, which takes considerably longer), and i usually bike straight to workout after work.
incidently, i was told that it is a terrible idea to have cardio and weights on the same day. I'm not sure why, but I always bike to and from work (or i run, which takes considerably longer), and i usually bike straight to workout after work.
CocoPuff said:incidently, i was told that it is a terrible idea to have cardio and weights on the same day. I'm not sure why, but I always bike to and from work (or i run, which takes considerably longer), and i usually bike straight to workout after work.
The reason it's frowned upon is that it exhausts a lot of engery, making your workouts less effective.
Joey007 said:i'd rather call split routines, split routines, but in the case of the poster, he wants to do isolation exercises, thus targetting *individual* muscle areas alone, probably utilizing machines that target specific parts
so would i. i was just confused as to why you would recommend going to isolation exercises, so I thought you maybe didn't mean actual isolation exercises. recommending isolation exercises isn't really good advice. the body doesn't move using isolated muscles. people should concentrate on compound movements for the most of their workouts.