Burnt out

pmorrison101

I run and lift weights 6 days a week. Upper body 3 days and lower body 3 days. Sometimes I take 2 days a week off instead of one due to being tired.

Please tell me how to break up my weight lifting routine and still get all body parts covered succesfully in a week. I do 3 sets of 12-15 and lift to fail.

burnguru25

I am guessing you are more focused on muscle building than dedicated cardio? Reason I ask is that perhaps adding a bit of cardio specific exercises could change up your workout?

pmorrison101

I am a carido junky....I love running and so I do get enough cardio.......I just need to know how to break up my weight lifteing routine to get all body parts lifted enough in a weekl

burnguru25

Have you looked into specialty exercise classes at your gym? My wife is a Cross Fit junky and her plan changes frequently to incorporate running with strength building and cardio.

RunChinni

Well, typically you want to avoid working out the same muscles groups in a day because you'll only ending up tensing them even more.
Before I started P90X, my routine was rather similar to the P90x version.

About 30 mins of cardio everyday
Mon - Shoulders, Chest and Back
Wednesday - Biceps, Triceps and Shoulders
Friday - Lower body.

You want to start working out from the larger muscle groups to the smaller muscle groups.