Am I overtraining???

**Ace curl** · 10-03-2009 09:29 PM

Once you start moving any kind of serious weight you will see that full body routines are useless you just can't train every part as hard as you should.
For fastest results train as frequently as your body allows which is very individual in recovery ability

**griff** · 13-03-2009 01:33 PM

well for a start you have put "deads or squats" on your leg day so your not squatting twice a week. No offence you are not strong compared to your potenitial/everyones potential (i am not strong), so you need to concentrate on getting your compounds up like me. try a strength routine till you can do 2x your body weight for 5 reps say as a guide. splits would be a nice move after stronglifts ect ect

imo
griff

**Bobby-bandito** · 13-03-2009 05:39 PM

to answer the OP's question: No your not over training. 4-5hours a week is easily do-able.. a good rule of thumb is that if you need to do more then 5 exercises then split them into 2 sessions a day if you can.. that way you have your "energy" and you get the benifits of having the really intense sessions you need.

**madmutant** · 13-03-2009 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Resolution

Ok then ATZ, i'm really surprised by your reaction to that split.

I have seen hundreds of people recommend that split to beginners and i have seen great gains when using that split. Whats your problem with it?

Respected coaches also use that split.

**Martin Brown** · 13-03-2009 09:34 PM

I have people train on that split. It also goes by the name of PPL or push/pull/legs.

ATZ has lost the plot, it is a movement based split that is very appropriate for alot of people. Nothing works forever, but I must say it wins hands down over any split that combines legs with another bodypart - to do justice you need to spend 60%+ of your training time on lags and back. Simple