Stronglift several days in a row?

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  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    edited January 2016
    DavPul wrote: »
    mystgrl1604 wrote: »
    girlinahat wrote: »
    What's the rush?

    I want to lose weight! Hahahahaha. I have over 100lbs to lose! :D:D

    Anyway...y'all saying I take rests in between, but can I do cardio during my rest days? I go to classes and can do anything from pilates to zumba to crossfit as cardio.

    As a sample, this is how this current week looks like:
    • Monday-day shift
    • Tuesday-stronglift day 1 + 30min boxercise + 30min body pump with night shift after
    • Wednesday-sleep after night shift, then stronglift day 2 (which will probably be cancelled now) + 1hr energy pump + 1hr pilates
    • Thursday-stronglift day 3 (now day 2) + 1hr zumba + 1hr body blast
    • Friday-stronglift day 4 (now cancelled) + 1hr pilates
    • Saturday-day shift
    • Sunday-day shift

    Anyway, as I figure it, I'm not doing any exercise on the days I'm working except hitting anything between 10-20k steps running around the ward (I'm a nurse), so i tend to treat those as my rest days.

    I'm not certain why people are saying this schedule is so incredibly tough. It seems a but more time consuming+unnecessary=tedious than I'd recommend but with a couple of changes you could get thru.

    You've for 4 workout days in a row. I see two choices. Option A you continue stronglifts on days 1 and 3. Pirates or body pump on days 2 and 4, with whatever other cardio class you want to do on whatever day of your choice. On days you feel run down from all this activity you skip the cardio class.

    Option B you do an 2 part split program (upper/lower is an option but it's not the only option) where you hit each muscle group twice per week. Phat would be an example of a routine that works for this. Cardio works the same as in option A.

    The key in all this will be making sure your diet is on point so that you're in a calories deficit each week. Without the calorie deficit you ain't losing no weight no matter what you do on what day.

    It depends on what her pilates classes are. If it is a stretching type of class, it could work. But, if it is a traditional bodyweight strength training routine, it will be impossible. Either she will ill get hurt, or she will put no effort in it. Take Friday: doing stronglifts and then spending one hour doing push-ups, squats and planks variations? No way.
  • trswallow
    trswallow Posts: 116 Member
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    You definitely don't want to squat 3 days in a row. I think there's a rule against that in the Geneva Convention.

    I think the Geneva Convention only applies if your trainer is making you do and he/she is a foreign citizen.

    A person can do what ever they want to themselves without involving Geneva Convention or the International Criminal Court.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    trswallow wrote: »
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    You definitely don't want to squat 3 days in a row. I think there's a rule against that in the Geneva Convention.

    I think the Geneva Convention only applies if your trainer is making you do and he/she is a foreign citizen.

    A person can do what ever they want to themselves without involving Geneva Convention or the International Criminal Court.

    I believe the Geneva convention is only relevant between warring states. I believe it is Article 8 of the European Treaty of Human Rights you are thinking of in relation to squatters rights, and even then I don't think it has any requirements as to the repetitive nature of the action.
  • mystgrl1604
    mystgrl1604 Posts: 117 Member
    Haha thanks for all the advice everyone! I've been going to my classes only since i've last been here, and doing research on what strength training i can do. The reason why i insist on having some sort of strength training is because i have observed other people losing more weight and keeping the weight off if they have incorporated some sort of weight training in their workout.

    Plus i love doing weights! If ever i fall off the wagon again, it will be because of my cardio rather than burning out coz of the weight lifting. I love that burn!

    Anyway, i found this great little app called Jefit and i've chosen a program that will call for me to do weights 3x/wk and then i can finish it off with my classes. It targets different muscle groups per session so i should be ok with doing consecutive days.

    My plan is if i get too tired, i'll skip the class after the weights session :). 2hrs 3-4x/wk doesnt sound too bad to me, considering most people spend an hour in the gym 5-6x/wk.

    What do you guys think?

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