Work is effecting workouts. Advice needed?

[RusPA81]

I recently started a new job. I am suppose to be a marketing intern, but I am more like the company's rented mule. Anyways, i am currently on a 5x3. I had to take last week off as I was to tired to lift. I want to go back to a 3x5 next week as I believe it is much easier on the body. My friend, BLKWS6 suggested maybe trying HST, as it may be easier on the body. I really don't know as I am not really familar with this style of training. I was wondering if guys had any opinions on this or could suggest some other ideas to help me out? Thanks a lot.

 

[BlkWS6]

For the record: I don't think it will be "easier" it is just something I have been thinking about trying and Im going to go ahead and do so. The frequency is much greater then what me and Ruspa have been accustomed to but the volume per session is lower and the amount of time in the gym is decreased. I have just started researching HST and with the help of Casual I hope to get a program going for myself and see how it goes.

 

[SofaGeorge]

Go to the gym BEFORE work. That is the only way to work a heavy job and not be too tired to hit your workouts.

 

[IronLion]

Go to the gym BEFORE work. That is the only way to work a heavy job and not be too tired to hit your workouts.

good advice...you will also feel better and have more energy that way...you won't be dragging to the gym, and you will probably sleep better.

 

[Zander1983]

I would alter your daily routine so you can train before you go to work, with as much food and water in you as you can manage.

I love being a student, and I will continue loving it for the next four years. No matter how busy I am with coursework, exams, or my job, I've got that element of flexibility that ensures I can always train somehow.

 

[casualbb]

I've done higher volume failure training before, HST is definitely easier. It almost feels like cheating, how much growth I get for how little effort.

-casual

 

[RusPA81]

I would have to go lift at 6:30 AM in order to get work. There is no way that I could do that. I may just have to bump up my carbs.

 

[jerkbox]

where there is a will, there's a way....

 

[SofaGeorge]

Trivia to add to this:

Arnold works out at 5:30am in the morning. I know many regular people who came to know him... and train with him... simply because they went to World Gym at 5:00am and became part of the morning crew.

I had the good fortune to work ut with many of the great legends of bodybuilding. Why? Simple - my wife and I were both TV producers. She had to be to work by 9:00am... so many a morning we were in the gym at 5:00am to train... and that is when MOST of the old timers work out.

Arnold once said that people who stick with training go the first thing in the morning. They make working out a priority.

There are a few pros that I met who went late in the day... very few. By being part of the morning crew at Gold's Venice I met everybody who was worth knowing. I met guys who were lifting on Muscle Beach in the '40s and were still going to the gym.

 

[IronLion]

you could give dc a try...seems like a fast routine to get through