Is it too much?

[Heretic1]

Since my start date on July 1st, I have been going to the gym. At first I was doing 30 minute walks 3 days a week for 3 weeks. Then I increased speed from 3.5mph to 4mph and kept it going for 45 mins. About 3 months Later I have put in 5.2mph jogs with last night going 4mph for 2 mins, 7mph for one minute rinse repeat for 25 minutes with 5 minutes cooldown split between warmup and cooldown. I do this 6 days a week now.

About a month ago I started hard on the weights as well.

Mondays and Thursdays I do:

Incline Press
Incline Flys
Flat Press

100 crunches

Tuesdays and Fridays:

Bent over Rows
Pullups
One Arm Dumbell Rows

Overhead Dumbbell Presses
Lateral Dumbbell Raises
Seated Rear Dumbbell Rows

Wednesday and Saturday:

Standing Barbell Curls
Preacher Curls
Seated Dumbbell Curls

Overhead Triceps Extensions
Lying Overhead Triceps Extensions
Cable Rope Extensions

Sundays:

Free-Weight Squats
Leg Presses
Dumbbell Lunges
Stiff-Legged Deadlifts
Lying Leg Curls
Seated Calf Raises
Standing Heel Raises

I have gone from 376lbs on July 1st to 330lbs currently. I just ramped up my workouts now to 7 days a week, with one day for just leg workouts (Have a mechanical ankle from a football injury, don't want to stress it too much).

What I was wondering if I am doing too much? I still want to lose about 45 -60 more lbs, but am I doing more harm then good to get there at this point?

 

[ExercisePhysio]

You need recovery days in there! Eventually you are going to start overtraining.

Within those 7 days you should include at least two recovery rest days. On a 9 day regimen this would be

Chest/Abs
Back/Shoulders
Bis/Tris
Day off
Chest/Abs
Back/shoulders
Bis/tris
legs
day off

repeat. Also a comment on frequency. Your chest workouts are going to hit your shoulders. But then you are training shoulders the next day. That negates the benefit of the work you did on your chest day with regards to your front delts. Similarly for your back...your biceps get hit hard by back work. You are then re-ripping those muscle fibers the next day with your bicep workout.

Chest/Shoulders
Back/bis
tricep/abs
day off
chest/shoulders
back/bis
tricep/abs
legs
day off

This gives your shoulders sufficient rest, your biceps sufficient rest, and from your chest workout, your triceps sufficient rest. Your growth will be better.

Frequency: You should separate your leg workouts to reduce the volume, especially if you are doing 4 sets per exercise. Take half those exercises and do them one week, and do the half the other week.

I have a couple more possible tweaks if you are interested.

Michael

 

[Heretic1]

I have a couple more possible tweaks if you are interested.

Michael

PM me if you would like... I am definately interested. I like your routine that you outlined, will have to try the 9 day thing, I was just trying to fit everything into 7 days, never thought about making it 9.