Am i overtraining?

[KWKSLVR]

Here's a basic run down of how i've started working out. Basically, i'm low carbing during the week, and then refeeding 1 "day" a week (dinner on friday night through saturday night).
Day 1 Chest/Abs
Day 2 Shoulders/Arms
Day 3 Back/Legs
Day 4 same as Day 1
Day 5 same as Day 2
Day 6 same as Day 3

Any kind of advice?

 

[Thaibox]

Yes, you're overtraining

Six days in a row just doesn't give your body enough time to recover.

I would recommened giving back and legs their own seperate days. Hitting back and legs on the same day is rough because they're both very large muscle groups.

Look around the board and you'll find some good schedule ideas. Try a couple out and see what works for you.

 

[KWKSLVR]

Oh hell, i wish i had checked up on this earlier (just finished back and legs )

I'll do a searh and see what i can find.

 

[KWKSLVR]

What about:
Monday: Chest/Tris
Tues: Legs
Wed: Shoulders
Thursday: Off
Friday: Back/Ab's
Sat: Off (maybe jog)
Sun: Off

Cardio on Monday, Wed, and Thursday.

Sound ok???

 

[spatts]

Sounds better, but keep in mind that underrecovering can be more of a problem than overtraining.

What other cardio do you do, and when?

What are you eating?

 

[coolcolj]

check your waking pulse every morning, if it starts to go up it means your heading into overtraining.

Test your vertical jump before training, if it goes down, your overtrained. Fast twitch fibres don't get recruited very well when your overtrained.

 

[KWKSLVR]

Well, right now i'm not doing any cardio at all other than aerobic rowing and walking about 1/2 a mile to and from class everyday (ooooo, hold me back ). I need to start running more and just being more active i know.

As far as diet, i'm kind of on a CKD i guess. I'm basically doing Atkins during the week and carbing up on Friday nights and saturdays. Until i started working out (its only been a week) i was doing strictly Atkins. I think the carb ups are doing some good, i've dropped another belt notch the past week and its been a while since i've lost mass.

I'm 5'11. A year ago i was 285lbs, now i'm 193lbs. I'm not really trying to body build as much as i'm trying to get more cut and defined. I'd like to be a lean 165 or 170 or so i guess.

 

[spatts]

Gender?

 

[KWKSLVR]

Gender?

Male

 

[coolcolj]

let me quote Ian King

"The nerves fire the muscles. When the nerves get low on their fuel, they can't work. So not only do the muscles need to recover, but so does the nervous system. I haven't seen a lot of quantification of this system but experts in the world of athletic preparation commonly quote that the CNS takes 5-6 times longer than the muscles to recover. Because the CNS is common to the whole body, lack of recovery of the CNS is one reason why you should not train more than 2 days consecutively (generally speaking, in strength training). Your CNS is unlikely to recover, despite the fact you are training different muscle groups. This concept is totally overlooked by those training a split routine more than 4 times a week. Not even anabolics can ensure adequate recovery of the CNS. Muscles can be willing, but the lead to the spark plug is off!"