If you never train right, you won't grow. A lot of people tell me, I train 5x a week, etc. etc. and Im not growing.
MY first thought is, well you're not eating enough. But sometimes, most of the time, they're not pushign themselves hard enough. They just don't want it to push it that hard.
You have to have a passion for this, bodybuilding is a hard lifestyle. Now, not everyone wants to be a bodybuilder, but to put on size, that's the type of training intensity you need.
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Priming your body before a workout [Warmup]: http://www.myfittribe.com/forums/best-ways-prevent-treat-post-work-out-s...
its not about how many hours you spend at the gym. its about getting your exercise done and then giving your body rest time (which is the time that the muscles are actually built). Sometimes, when I've spent less time lifting, it means that ive gotten a more intense workout because ive spent less time waiting in between sets and more time lifting weight.
To give you an answer to your question, I would say that anything over 1.5 hours is too much. I spend about an hour a day and rest like once a week. So approx 6 hours a week is a good amount of time. If you're lifting like 8 or more hours a week, thats WAY TOO MUCH TIME SPENT LIFTING. You're body wont have enough time to recover and you'll probably injure yourself or just not make any progress.
I would wana give you any numbers here...but i tell ya what, its what you do, like the gentleman on top is saying, I can give u a workout if you into strength/endurrance training, only 20 minutes and you will feel like you want to puke ur guts out.....other than a 3 hour workout oing along between machines and free weights, you gotta do it hard, and GOOD time is just a # :) goodluck man.
agreed
Intensity is key, not time.
If you never train right, you won't grow. A lot of people tell me, I train 5x a week, etc. etc. and Im not growing.
MY first thought is, well you're not eating enough. But sometimes, most of the time, they're not pushign themselves hard enough. They just don't want it to push it that hard.
You have to have a passion for this, bodybuilding is a hard lifestyle. Now, not everyone wants to be a bodybuilder, but to put on size, that's the type of training intensity you need.
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Priming your body before a workout [Warmup]: http://www.myfittribe.com/forums/best-ways-prevent-treat-post-work-out-s...
No more ..
than an hour if you lifting weight and no more than 40 minutes if you doing cardio .
its not about how many hours...
its not about how many hours you spend at the gym. its about getting your exercise done and then giving your body rest time (which is the time that the muscles are actually built). Sometimes, when I've spent less time lifting, it means that ive gotten a more intense workout because ive spent less time waiting in between sets and more time lifting weight.
To give you an answer to your question, I would say that anything over 1.5 hours is too much. I spend about an hour a day and rest like once a week. So approx 6 hours a week is a good amount of time. If you're lifting like 8 or more hours a week, thats WAY TOO MUCH TIME SPENT LIFTING. You're body wont have enough time to recover and you'll probably injure yourself or just not make any progress.
yes, not hours
I would wana give you any numbers here...but i tell ya what, its what you do, like the gentleman on top is saying, I can give u a workout if you into strength/endurrance training, only 20 minutes and you will feel like you want to puke ur guts out.....other than a 3 hour workout oing along between machines and free weights, you gotta do it hard, and GOOD time is just a # :) goodluck man.