Lifting only 2 days per week??

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Trent2

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I currently lift 3x's per week and do cardio the other 3-4 days, but for the next few months I'm going to be really busy and I'm not sure if I'll be able to lift 3 days per week. I might only be able to make it to the gym twice per week, is this going to be bad? Also, if I cut out a day of lifting should I add another day of cardio, or do push-ups, or something else that doesn't require weights? My main goal is to lose weight/lower body fat%.

I posted my routine before, but here it is again. If I only lift 2x's per week should I add an exercise or two?

Bench Press
Pull-ups/Chin Ups
Alternate between squats and deadlifts every other session
DB Shoulder Press
Bent over rows

Thanks!
 
I would add in one quad dominant movement when you do deadlifts and one hip dominant when you do squats. Other than that, it looks good.
 
Trent2 said:
I might only be able to make it to the gym twice per week, is this going to be bad?
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not as bad as stopping completely which i personally learned the hard way years ago. i commend you for still looking after your training as things get real busy for you :)
 
evolution said:
I would add in one quad dominant movement when you do deadlifts and one hip dominant when you do squats. Other than that, it looks good.
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Thanks for the feedback. Just wondering if you could possibly give me an example of a quad dominant and hip dominant movement that I can do?
 
Sounds like a straight up no bull workout.
I would prioritize DLs and Squats more though.

And twice a week is better than most people...
 
you could also split it up into push/pull so squats could be on the push day and deads on the pull to get both of them in on different days, just an afterthought, but it doesn't look to be bad how you have it, maybe some dips if you have time
 
2 X Per Week

I had always exercised 3 times per week. In discussions concerning this, opinions have conflicted on the proper amount of time needed between workouts. Every now and then I would set off to allow more than a day's rest in between workouts to see how it effected me, but then I'd go back to one day in between before really giving it a chance to see what would happen. I guess I was too concerned about cheating myself out of maximum results.

A couple of months ago I decided to go full-bore on my forearms. The overwhelming advice from the top grip guns around the Net was that anything more than twice a week would be overtraining, so I am now devoting an entire workout exclusively to my forearms twice a week with 2-3 days rest in between.

This schedule has forced me to do the same with my body exercises, and I've realized a noticeable increase in strength and a readiness to tackle the exercises. I guess that 2-3 days in between heavy workouts, for me, anyway, is the way to go.
 
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