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CraveMuscle
05-06-2006, 09:46 PM
I think I have an obsession with these things: . . .

but that's not the point

I've been changing up my training split, and I'm trying to find a more effective way to do my HIIT and cardio w/o potentially overtraining my legs. I have a tendency to overtrain, so I want to be very deliberate and careful with this.

Monday: upper body heavy
Tuesday: lower body heavy
Wednesday: am - SS cardio, pm - HIIT
Thursday: upper body light
Friday: am - SS cardio, pm - HIIT
Saturday: lower body light
Sunday: off

should I put the HIIT back on my upper body days in the morning (like I did this past week)? is this too much "cardio" on my non-lifting days? fitness suggested in my journal about maybe putting SS cardio on upper body mornings. would that work better?

I wasn't going to do carb cycling with this.

thoughts?
Erik
05-06-2006, 10:50 PM
I actually MIGHT consider doing it on legs days but in a separate (second) session, so that your legs get more complete rest days. So basically you're hammering them hard twice in one day, but they're getting 5 days off.
CraveMuscle
05-06-2006, 10:53 PM
Monday: upper body heavy
Tuesday: am - HIIT, pm - lower body heavy
Wednesday: am - SS cardio
Thursday: upper body light
Friday: am - SS cardio
Saturday: am - HIIT, pm - lower body light
Sunday: off

like this? does it really matter if HIIT is in morning or evening of leg day?

I like that idea. :clap: it did worry me about hitting the legs so often.
Erik
05-06-2006, 10:56 PM
I'd probably train legs first if you could.
Leah
05-06-2006, 10:59 PM
Originally posted by Thunder@May 6 2006, 06:56 PM
I'd probably train legs first if you could.
Me too :p
CraveMuscle
05-06-2006, 11:03 PM
ok, I think I can pull that off this week with my weird finals schedule.

would 6 hrs be enough time btwn sessions? I have a feeling it might be too short, but that's just winging it.

you guys are so :clap:
Leah
05-06-2006, 11:06 PM
Originally posted by CraveMuscle@May 6 2006, 07:03 PM
ok, I think I can pull that off this week with my weird finals schedule.

would 6 hrs be enough time btwn sessions? I have a feeling it might be too short, but that's just winging it.

you guys are so :clap:
the longer the better but....6 hrs is ok...I like to make sure I have 2 meals in between, but that's just me
CraveMuscle
05-06-2006, 11:08 PM
I could probably push it to 8 hrs in btwn. thanks.