Working out twice?

OP

Yeah that sounds good. Right now I want to get toned up fast so i was thinking of how long my cardio session should be, plus what about the diet if im working out twice

Reply 5

fat_hobbit

usman_s

Yeah that sounds good. Right now I want to get toned up fast so i was thinking of how long my cardio session should be, plus what about the diet if im working out twice

If your looking to bulk up, working out twice is not recommended. Work out enough the first time round so that you feel as though you have ripped your muscle, and then just eat eat eat eat eat eat eat. As nutrition will bulk you up - not the actual workout itself. Get proper sleep as well, as it is during REM sleep any real gains are made.

Reply 6

Freezer

1

You should work out once, but keep going, e.g. relaxing 45 seconds in between and keep going till you cant do anymore...

But you shouldnt work at in the morning then in the afternoon no..... or if the muscle hurts because its repairing.....

Reply 7

Tw!stEd

Depends what ya doin....
Sometimes I do a cardio session in the morning, then wieghts in the afternoon/evening...
But I only do weights 4 times a week...
N generally cardio about the same...

Reply 8

fat_hobbit

Freezer

You should work out once, but keep going, e.g. relaxing 45 seconds in between and keep going till you cant do anymore...

But you shouldnt work at in the morning then in the afternoon no..... or if the muscle hurts because its repairing.....

Yeah hes right.

Work out a different body part every other day...

Reply 9

Freezer

1

Ye best thing to do like ^^ he said is to plan out your week if you have nothing to do..

One day work bicep (nicep curls) and back (lap pulldown)
Next day Tricep (tricep extensions) and chest (bench pressing)

SO while one muscle is healing you are working the other...

Reply 10

Tw!stEd

^^That would only work for isolation exercises, and discounts the fact that some exercises work several muscle groups....

Reply 11

OP

Yeah I know all that. Its jus that i wanted to tone up faster, but i guess il have to follow the same routine. Thanks everyone

Reply 12

OP

What about the diet? My coach gave me a list of 4 meals
I never really followed it because of exams and other acitvities. Do we really have to follow the diet plan strictly. I mean can i eat stuff i like provided it has less fat and carbs content?

Reply 13

Barny

17

Its perfectly fine, infact its actually closer to optimal to train more than once a day.

Reply 14

opaque13

hmm im pretty sure u shouldnt do weights two days in a row though. Its sumthing like that when u do work out, the muscles are destroyed as such, and its actually in the day of rest i.e. the day after, that the muscles grow. So yea do diff work outs. :smile:

Reply 15

shuvle

12

You can do a split, say bicepts and chest in the morning, then tricepts and back in the afternoon. You need to be uping your diet ALOT, to make sure you've got enough calories, protein etc. Next day though you cant do the same split. Try say, abs and legs the next day with cardio in the afternoon. And to be fair your gonna need at least 1 day of to recover. and you need to EAT!!!

Reply 16

OP