How much time/day should you spend strength training?

goshnames

How much time/day do you train a part of your body in order to achieve muscle mass/definition? Is it better to dedicate a block of time during the day to strength training or can you split up your sets throughout the day and get the same results?

ahmadfahmy

if you want to achieve both (an increase in mass and increased fat loss) you could do a recomp and just work out 3x a week (1hr sessions max). Its going to take a LONG time to see results since you are trying to achieve 2 different goals at once. Pick one goal (either more muscle mass or more muscle definition) and just work towards that..you'll get there a lot faster.

shellfly

I'm curious about the 2nd question as well. Is there any difference in doing all of your sets in one session or splitting them up to various times during the day (regardless of goal)?

Shanel0916

bump

phjorg1

the goal of every resistance training workout is to physically push your muscle until it's damaged. if you do a set here and there you might not reach this goal.

goshnames

So you want to push your muscles until they're damaged.

I see a lot of short ab workouts online that are basically 300-500 reps (TOTAL) of a combo of ab exercises (crunches, reverse crunches, russian twists, v-sits, etc). They take me about 5-15 minutes to get through and I'm not dying at the end of it. Does that mean it's probably not going to get any results?

Wetcoaster

http://bodybuilding.about.com/od/bodybuildingfaq/f/trainmore.htm

goshnames

Ooo, thank you!