Does this workout routine work?

[Wheatmaster]

this is what i do:
example:

monday: all upper body & cardio
tuesday: all lower body & cardio
wednesday: all upper boddy & cardio
thursday: all lower body & cardio
friday: OFF
saturday: all upper bod & cardio
sunday: OFF

when i'm too busy to do a workout, i just do it the next and everything gets shifted down. is it good to do all the upper body workout in one day?

 

[Nikamichi]

How long are you working out each day on avg?

As long as your not completey tiring your body, focusing on all lower/upper body excercises should be just fine.

 

[RagingBITCH]

By all upper body do you mean you're doing the same routine for every session, ie working your shoulders/chest/arms 3x a week, or each body part once a week?

 

[StageLeft]

It works for a while, but it's far from optimal. Given that you're doing your entire upperbody in one workout, it's true that you won't be working the muscles properly because you'll not have the energy.

But most importantly 48 hours is grossly insufficient for recouperation of muscles brought to failure from weight training. In the past 48 hours was what people thought was needed, but no competent bodybuilder/weight lifter these days will consistently work a muscle group every 48 hours (some think that abs can be worked that frequently though, so the jury may be out on that one).

I would give a minimum of 4-5 days between each muscle group, and many go as long as a week.

Split your entire body in to 3-4 distinct workouts, so that you need those 3-4 before each muscle group has been worked. IE:

Day 1: Chest/tris(Monday, for instance)
Day 2: Back/Bis(wednesday, for instance)
Day 3: shoulders/legs(friday, for instance)

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
By all upper body do you mean you're doing the same routine for every session, ie working your shoulders/chest/arms 3x a week, or each body part once a week?

yea the first part

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
It works for a while, but it's far from optimal. Given that you're doing your entire upperbody in one workout, it's true that you won't be working the muscles properly because you'll not have the energy.

But most importantly 48 hours is grossly insufficient for recouperation of muscles brought to failure from weight training. In the past 48 hours was what people thought was needed, but no competent bodybuilder/weight lifter these days will consistently work a muscle group every 48 hours (some think that abs can be worked that frequently though, so the jury may be out on that one).

I would give a minimum of 4-5 days between each muscle group, and many go as long as a week.

Split your entire body in to 3-4 distinct workouts, so that you need those 3-4 before each muscle group has been worked. IE:

Day 1: Chest/tris(Monday, for instance)
Day 2: Back/Bis(wednesday, for instance)
Day 3: shoulders/legs(friday, for instance)

hmm that does sound better and more advanced. i'm guess i should continue to do cardio each of the workout days and non workout days? i'm thinking of switching to this workout plan