Weight Lifting: How can you determine if you've overtrained?

Question

I workout every weekday (sometimes saturdays).
Monday: Chest & triceps
Tuesday: Bicep & back
Wednesday: Shoulders
Thursday: Legs
Friday: Chest & triceps again
Saturday: Biceps

as you can see im working heavily on my chest and biceps to make them big.
Now i heard if you are lifting weights for 30 minutes, anything after that is useless. i find this is bullcrap because some people take longer breaks in between sets, some take shorter.

I need help because I dont know when to stop working out.
Lets take my chest workouts for example.
I pyramid for flat/incline/decline bench starting at 145lbs x 10reps ending at 185/195lbs x 2 reps. then i will move on to flat/incline dumbell flyes. i usually do 3 sets of 10 for both incline and flat flyes. then i will do 3 sets of 10 for cable crossovers.

Am i working out just right, am i overtraining? please help me determine it.

Answer 1

If your immune system functionality, sleep patterns, and level of soreness are normal, then you are training just fine.

Does it take your wounds longer than normal to heal? You might be overtraining. Are you getting sick more often? You might be overtraining.

Are you having trouble sleeping more than four hours in the evening? You might be overtraining! Are you depressed and agitated due to the lack of sleep? Yep, overtraining.

Are you persistently sore and fatigued? You guessed it, probably overtraining.

Otherwise, you're good to go and will probably be looking like one of the actors from 300 if you throw in flipping tractor tires and sprinting with bungee cords holding you back.

Answer 2

Listen, my friend: One thing you must know is:
Do not overwork your muscles that way.
Do combinations like: chest and biceps; shoulders and triceps; forearms and neck ; legs and abdominals. Also you need to rest on day, or two in the week. Take 3 minuts rest, so your breath and heart rate slows down. Do your workouts no more than 45 mins, or one hour. You erally loose severl minuts when you take a little break. You need no more than 45 minuts a day. Also, jump into the swimming pool for 15 minuts and also you can have a massage, so your muscles go back to the place they were, before you started. Good luck!!! And let me know how was it. Okay? My mail is [e-mail]

Answer 3

Switch up your movements, your frame will get effeciant so do some thing new. If you're having crisis growing the load you'll carry (6-eight reps) do this for a few weeks. Increase what you most likely carry to approximately 20% or extra, simply adequate in which you'll most effective carry as much as three reps according to set if you do that pass slash that quantity part of what you further on too and also you must be capable to boost greater than you beforehand did again to six-eight reps according to set. This is that if you're going for mass, if you're going for strenth goal the equal subject however you most likely wish to do 10-15 reps according to set

Answer 4

Sounds like the volume for the week is too high, you may not see results with this workout. You might try doing upper and lower body splits or decrease the volume with something more effective like a 5 x 5 routine.

This site has helped me a ton in learning about the about of volume in my workouts per week and what I shouuld be working on. Don't skip your legs!
You have to become a member but the people are great--and they help alot--just be sure to read the threads before you start asking questions :)

http://leanbodiesfitness.net

Answer 5

If you are working out and not seeing results, DUHHHH. Muscles respond by growing bigger only if you challenge them with heavy weights. You cant be doing heavy enough weights with that kind of volume.
Trust me I was addicted to the gym but just try going to 2 workouts a week with very few reps and very heavy weight (80-90% max) for a month. If you dont see results I will eat my hat.