How many days a week? Recovery days are needed with weight lifting or you start to plateau or get injuries. 3-5 days are usual but 3-4 probably better unless you have a program that calls for 5-6 days of lifting. You can cardio everyday but at least one full rest day a week would be ideal.
I use to cardio every day, weight lift 3 days, strength train (push ups/planks/etc) 2-5 days. I only hurt (the good kind of post work out hurt) if it was a new circuit/routine/program or if I upped my weight load it could be for a few days but only really noticable for one day.
Make sure your not under eating (even if you are eating at a deficit for weight loss) if you under eat like over 1000+ Daily deficits (unless your obese, obese people can have bigger deficits), even over 500 daily deficit if you are already in a healthy bmi could be too much. Under eating can bring on binge eating or plateau your progress or you could get injured with your lifting.
If you don't know if you are under eating nor about deficits, check out caloriecount. com or check online for calorie intake calculators for weight loss or maintenance.
No, I don't think you're working out too much. I got to the gym 4-5x/week, also with a minute of plank, leg lifts, some arm curls with 40 minutes of elliptical. A recent addition to the routine is doing some leg raises. Now that the weather's nicer, I'm fitting in a ~30km bike ride every weekend as well.
I've been doing all of that for over a year now, and it seems okay. My appetite is also much higher now, also towards the evening. I just have some crackers and a fruit shake which usually gets rid of that issue for a bit. It's understandable that your appetite will get higher as your calorie burning is consistently high. Plus, you need to fuel your body in order for it to tone/build muscle.
Pain, unless it's internal, is also fine within reason. Whenever I get sore I'm actually pretty happy because all that means is you were working an otherwise weak muscle haha.
Basically I feel that you will need more rest if your performance is suffering in your workouts. In this case though since you mentioned 3x a week I would just avoid the consecutive days and space it out. The other thing I feel is that your goals aren't clearly defined. Also it's natural to be hungry after a workout so that's where the nutrition plays a role in whether or not you "offset" the exercise. Eating a ton of junk food after a workout is very different than being on a good nutritional pattern.
In order to determine if you're being successful you'll need to decide for yourself what the goals are as well and just map out a plan to help get you there. Like for one goal you said you gained muscle. Is it muscle you wanted or were you just trying to burn fat? Everyone's got specific goals.
Well its not good to do a full body work out everyday as you are working the same muscles. you are supposed to target different specific muscles each day so that you are giving your other muscles a chance to heal and develop from your previous workouts.
your muscles get bigger and stronger during the rest periods not during the actual work out.
So to answer your question you aren't working out to much you are just not working out efficiently.
body builders work out twice a day for up to 4- 5 hours.
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That's supposed to happen with your metabolism. The more active you are, the more food your body needs to repair your workouts and still fuel you as normal. The more you work, the more fuel you need.
This is where proper dieting comes in. There's a difference in just eating whatever you see vs. only giving yourself the right proportions of nutrients. You need enough protein for the repair work, enough fats to maintain your body fat percentage and keep your body from burning muscle instead, and enough carbs to give your body "easy to reach" fuel for workouts.
The only way you're working out too much is if your body isn't recovering in a reasonable amount of time and/or you're injuring yourself from overuse.
No pain, no gain. I do pretty intense workouts and even after doing this for two years now, I still get sore after certain exercises. Your body needs to refuel after a workout so that's why you are always hungry after. Drink a fruit protein shake after or have some sort of protein. It helps repair the muscles that were worked, keeps you full and boosts your energy.
Hard to answer, how long have you been going to gym? doms (delayed onset muscle sourness) is going to happen if you push yourself and is a favorable indicator of progress. More muscle does equal a higher caloric maintenance, as in you need to eat more to stay at the same lean muscle mass. Give me more info on how many days a week etc. right now i would say no, you aren't working out too much.
Too much? No. But your workout program is poorly designed and you could get better results with a lot less time invested by following an actual program. The way you do it is woefully inefficient.
To tone: lower weight, increase reps.
To build muscle mass: increase weight, lower reps
Eat less fat and find more sources of lean protein. Increase intake of fruits and vegetables.
I hope this is a sincere question because I will answer sincerely.
How often do you visit your gym?
u Unless your a pro body builder trying to keep your female sex appeal you can never workout to much
do u lift? : O
never seen u mentioning that u r into gym and stuff basically...
are you Olga Beliakova?
How long have you been doing this?
No it doesn't sound like you work out too much.
Not at all, i workout six times a week.
Nah you're fine.
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