posted Tue, 12/30/2014 - 15:48
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+ 2 Doing only one hour of work out per day max?
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I was lifting at the gym, when the trainer comes over and tells me he thinks I stay in the gym too long and have to cut it at 60 minutes max and starts telling why this is true etc etc,
Same trainer an other talks to me about how when he was pro skier, he did 1.5 hours in the morning, 3 hours before lunch and 4 hours after lunch of workout.
I was thinking to myself, hanging on a minute WTF? why does everybody keep banging on about doing 60 min max when almost all athletes are at it pretty much all day?
Anybody wants to give their two cents would be helpful!
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its not the amount of time you spend in the gym.
its what you do with the time your in the gym!!!
I think you got great answers here.... +1 TrenjaminFranklin, irongame427, BawsDawg
Keep your body fueled with BCAA's during your workout and it should be no big deal if your workouts are going over an hour and be sure to eat as soon as possible after working out. Some of my workouts take me about 1.5 hours. If I start going longer than this I start losing intensity and focus so that is about my max.
BawsDawg nailed it.
Intensity. I'm usually in the gym 1.5-2.5 hours depending on my muscle group split and if I'm doing cardio. My sets are timed and I'm always getting ready for the next lift -- mentally and physically through rest periods.
The thing that kills me is people doing low intensity, poor reps, form, time, and tension and are in the gym for 2-3 hours. I could get A better workout in 30minutes than they get during that whole 3 hours. These same people will complain about how they workout so much and don't get results. Well..they're not really working out IMO.
Diet is also huge. You can't lift like a beast and expect to recover when you're not eating like a beast.
In short, there is no set time. It depends on your effort put in, and what results you wish to achieve -- all based on your physiology.
If you are eating the proper nutrients to feed your muscles and getting plenty of rest its pretty hard to "overtrain". Most people that suffer from this medical condition usually have a crappy diet or they work too much and can not get enough sleep. If you got time to lift for three hours go for it but its not really necessary if the training is intense.
You can work out as long as you want too. The overtraining theory iso bullshit too. I woĊked my bis 3 days in a row and have done that for a month and got the best gains in my bis ever. So workout and try different things. See what works for you..
Bodybuilding and training as an athlete for spots are very different. But still 1 hour is not set in stone it all depends on your body and what works best for you. But on the other hand If you're training 1-2 muscles a day and training with proper intensity I can't see how it would take longer then 1 hour or 1:15. Even if you're doing high volume that's more then enough time. Today it took me 45 mins to do 5 exercises 16 sets total for chest. If you're not fucking around and talking and taking long ass rests betwen sets it 1hr should be all you need. Might take a little longer if you're training multiple muscle groups per day but it's hard to keep up the proper intensity for any longer then a little over an hour.
I follow arnolds bluerprint, if I add 1 hour of cardio, I am lready in the third hour!!
I think it depends on the level of intensity and how many calories the athlete/gymgoer is consuming.
Ive seen bros in the gym for 2-3 hours that do less sets/reps than others do in 45minutes.
If you are going to have a high level of intensity for those 3 hours then your diet better be high and calories to fuel that long workout.
Personally with my diet, 1 hour of training and max 30 mins of cardio. More than that and id need to add an extra meal.