Can I follow this gym plan 3 days in a row?

mizzcasual
mizzcasual Posts: 223 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have this gym plan I'm supposed to do it at least 3 times a week. But with my college timetable for next semester the best days I'd have for the gym is weds-fri.

This is the plan (all of them are in reps apart from the treadmill)

bike fast squat jump inbetween set
treadmill 10mins
burpee
dips
sit ups
plank
shoulder press
leg press

Would I be okay doing this 3 days in a row or do I need a day to recover? or maybe do one of my cardio/body weight plans inbetween and go gym over the weekend? Sometimes my muscles are slightly aching the next day still and I usually take a rest day.

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  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    Might be tough. If you can only go Wed-Fri then I would say either do one day of Squat, Bench Press, Barbell Row and the other Deadlift, Overhead Press, Pullups or do 2 "heavy" days from this routine http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=147447933

    You mentioned weekend. If you can also go Sunday, you could do any popular 3 day full body routine Wed, Fri, Sun. More info on that here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/848374-large-collection-of-info-for-beginners-2013-edition

    oh both of the first 2 would be on wed\fri, not on 2 consecutive days.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Yeah, this is an every other day program. Without the rest days it will rapidly become ineffective
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    no
  • mizzcasual
    mizzcasual Posts: 223 Member
    I got the plan off my PT.
    Yeah I'm thinking of still going those 3 days but going on a Sunday too. If I follow that plan weds,fri and sunday.
    I have few different plans I could do on the Thursday maybe my first plan that my PT gave me which was a cardio/bodyweight mix.
    It was

    crosstrainer(interval)
    lunges , mountain climbers , plank (set)
    treadmill
    bike seated

    or I have another thing I could do which was one of the easy sessions he did with me and he said I could use it as a easy day.
    it was something like this (I think) it was ages ago can't quite remember it.
    crosstrainer
    lunges, sit up , plank (set),
    bike (not the seated upright one)
  • chimp517
    chimp517 Posts: 185 Member
    I like to have at least 3 or 4 days of recovery time for major muscle groups. If i had 3 days in a row I would break it into Push, Pull, Legs.
  • hoosierlad
    hoosierlad Posts: 69 Member
    Personally, with the mix, I think you are ok. This is also based on fact that it appears you will be having a few days after to recover, and you are 19,

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