Cross Training Questions

how good is my exercise routine?

i'm 15 and here is my routine. *importan* read bottom. 5 pm shoulder shrugs upwright rows squats bench presses 8pm cardio on cross trainer machine bicep curls cruches 11pm bench presses bicep curls forearm cruches I'm using weights to my safe potential so don't get the impression i'm training severly and straning myself with 3 workouts. ALSO I TAKE REST DAYS.

Public Comments

1. I don't know what half of that stuff means but it sounds good to me. You should excercise in tha morning, jumpstart your metabolism.
2. The only way to get bigger and stronger is to push your self and train as intensely as possible. Looking at your program you are not doing that so you need to break your workouts up into just a few body parts a day. Ex: day 1- chest, shoulders, triceps ( push muscles) day 2- back, biceps (pull muscles) day 3- legs
3. horrible. there's no shred of good logic behind this.
4. i like this routine..but make sure your not just goinng to do 1 set for each..u shuid do 3 sets on each... but the way u broke it down between hours should help u get rest in between exercises...but make note that u actually have to make each of the exercises burn because if u take a 3hr break your not gonna feel the pain in the morning...but yes that is a good wrok out plan
5. Sound good but you shouldnt be working out in 3 different parts in the day make it 1
6. Erm, a bit odd. Soo... you're working: shoulders/legs/chest at 5pm cardio/biceps/abs at 8pm chest/biceps/forearms/abs at 11pm. And you're only doing maybe 1 exercise for a muscle and then waiting several hours and working out another muscle. First off, it doesn't seem like you are working out these muscles ENOUGH. One type of exercise is not enough to get adequate results. Also, there is no sense in working out a muscle (biceps), then waiting 3hrs and working it out again. Also, you work the bicep, but not the tricep. That is bad. You always need to work the opposite muscle when you get into weight training. Honestly, you should be working bicep, chest, tricep, back, shoulders, legs, and abs. Work every group to maintain balance overall. Whether you work all those or just the ones you are now, what I'd like to see you do is separate those into days. For instance: Day 1 - biceps/chest Day 2 - back/chest Day 3 - forearms/tricep Something like that.. just organize it to workout two different muscles each day (you can fit a third one in if it's a smaller muscle). And then repeat that so you workout 5-6 days a week and have 1-2 days rest. You can fit abs in after each workout or after every other workout. As far as cardio. If it's light cardio (15-30 mins) you can fit it in after your workouts (cardio after weights is better since weights brings your metabolism up for a while, you'll burn more doing the cardio). If you do heavy cardio, give it it's own day. Never do HEAVY cardio 1hr+ the same day as weights. If you HAVE to separate them faaarr (like weights at 10am and cardio at 9pm). Try to find a variety of exercises for each muscle. Like for biceps you can have the regular curl, the bicep curl, the bar curl, the t-bar curl. For triceps the overhead, double overhead, kickback, dips. For chest the press, fly, pushups. For shoulders shrugs, rows, arm circles with weights, backwards fly. For back, deadlifts, incline pull, etc., etc., etc., etc. Add variety to target the muscle entirely and also prevent fatigue.
7. you should not be doing 3 work outs . i think 2 is fine and gap between each workout is large so it is to be reduced as you may not feel the pain the next day ;-)