Someone's got too much spare time on their hands

[the_john]

That someone being me.

As a little background, I'm 31 years old, I've been training for about 2 years after coming back from rotator cuff reconstruction and 10 years of reactive arthritis. So when I started I was your typical skinny-fat desk bound computer monkey.

I'm between jobs for the next 6 weeks so I was planning on spending some serious time in the gym to really try and kick it to the next level but I haven't been able to track down a routine for someone who has the luxury of as many free hours as I've currently got.

Most literature recommends spending no more than an hour per workout in the gym and no more than 3 concurrent days. Without risking over training could I train twice a day, morning and night, if I had a recovery power nap between workouts? If so, how many days a week could I do this?

[Grover]

just listen / feel how your body handles it....

More likely though that you will end up stripping off at bit of BF

eat well, rest ..... use celltech and you away laughing

6 weeks , lucky prick

[Chemo]

That someone being me.

As a little background, I'm 31 years old, I've been training for about 2 years after coming back from rotator cuff reconstruction and 10 years of reactive arthritis. So when I started I was your typical skinny-fat desk bound computer monkey.

I'm between jobs for the next 6 weeks so I was planning on spending some serious time in the gym to really try and kick it to the next level but I haven't been able to track down a routine for someone who has the luxury of as many free hours as I've currently got.

Most literature recommends spending no more than an hour per workout in the gym and no more than 3 concurrent days. Without risking over training could I train twice a day, morning and night, if I had a recovery power nap between workouts? If so, how many days a week could I do this?

Personally I don't think you need more than once a day, but you can do it.

The way to avoid over training is by not overdoing it in your total work volume.

There's no point going to failure morning and night. You could split it up and do less volume in a session, but have more frequent sessions.

Up to you, as grover said. Have a crack if you wish, but be sure to measure if your progressing in strength, if your not, bring it back.

jelly of your 6 week break

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

If you wanna know more about working out twice a day then find Arnold Schwarzenegger Encyclopaedia of Bodybuilding book, covers a few routines in there some of which he applied to his own training (but keep in mind he's super awesome + his recovery potential was 'enhanced').

You can go a lot harder than you think ('according to most literatures') before you are actually overtraining, you really just have to try stuff and see what works best for you.

Since you got a lot of time and may feel like putting in lots of it in the gym, make sure you divide it evenly across all areas that contribute to the goal. Apply time towards sorting out your food (not just planning a good diet but preparing the meals too) as well as getting good rest at night. While you're in the gym, keep a brief eye on the time but rather than counting every minute for fear of overtraining, you're better off making every minute count towards getting you to your goal.

[nzmusclemonster]

[thatwaslight]

wow dat nigga died?