Would this be considered overtraining?

ANT98
ANT98 Posts: 137 Member
edited November 19 in Fitness and Exercise
Does this look like a good schedule?
I love running, but I love lifting!!
(I'm wanting to do cross country but I also want to keep my muscle (last year I lost all of it from not eating enough/right) and yeah I'd be eating enough food and protein)

Mon: 50-60min total (hill repeats)
Tues: 30-40min +30min back lifting
Wed: 50-60min (intervals)
Thurs: 30 min (recovery) +30min arm
Fri: 30 min (5k race)
Sat: Leg day
Sun: rest

Or
Lifting 30 min every morning:
Mon: Arms+ 50-60min total (hill repeats)
Tues: Legs+ 30-40min
Wed: Back+ 50-60min (intervals)
Thurs: 30 min (recovery)
Fri: 30 min (5k race)
Sat: Legs
Sun: rest

Would this be overtraining? Will I lose all my muscle again?

Replies

  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I wouldn't consider it overtraining. We'd have a better idea of what your workout is like if you list the exercises with sets and reps instead of just arms/legs
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    hard to say...
  • rick_po
    rick_po Posts: 449 Member
    Impossible to answer without knowing more about your fitness level, or your goals and priorities.

    Is your primary goal competitive running? Or general fitness?

    Are you trying to lose weight?

    What strength program are you doing?

    How long have you been lifting? What is your current squat? Bench press?

    Do you have access to a good gym? What equipment is available?
  • chadya07
    chadya07 Posts: 627 Member
    edited June 2015
    you should know what is enough for you, if you listen to your body. my rule of thumb is make a schedule, but listen to the cues your body gives you. and if you are working out that much eat enough to make up for it. dont let it create an unhealthy defecit. personally i do two rest days one mid week and one weekend. (or both weekend days) other than that it looks like less than 2 hours a day so i dont see cause for concern if you are eating properly also and listening to your pain cues and exhaustion.

  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    chadya07 wrote: »
    you should know what is enough for you, if you listen to your body. my rule of thumb is make a schedule, but listen to the cues your body gives you. and if you are working out that much eat enough to make up for it. dont let it create an unhealthy defecit. personally i do two rest days one mid week and one weekend. (or both weekend days) other than that it looks like less than 2 hours a day so i dont see cause for concern if you are eating properly also and listening to your pain cues and exhaustion.

    This. Stop if you have any kind of pain that is not normal muscle soreness, from feeling your muscles working during exercise - a symmetrical "burn" - or DOMS (again, the same on both sides). Any other kind of pain is trouble, or the beginning of trouble. If you feel something like that during exercise, stop the activity and adjust your movement if you have to.

    Take rest days.
  • ANT98
    ANT98 Posts: 137 Member
    Alright, thank you guys!
    Yeah, my goal is for general fitness and possibly weight loss if it can come along, but rest is the biggest component!
  • ANT98
    ANT98 Posts: 137 Member
    rick_po wrote: »
    Impossible to answer without knowing more about your fitness level, or your goals and priorities.

    Is your primary goal competitive running? Or general fitness?

    Are you trying to lose weight?

    What strength program are you doing?

    How long have you been lifting? What is your current squat? Bench press?

    Do you have access to a good gym? What equipment is available?

    Goal is general fitness
    Would like to if I can
    I would just be doing the general stuff like deadlifts, squats, tricep dips (I'd make a plan later)
    I've been lifting (not consistently) for about 2 yrs
    I have a good home gym with treadmill, bike, squat rack, dumbells
  • smslogan317
    smslogan317 Posts: 39 Member
    Here is the thing about overtraining, its hard to do.... On the other hand it is easy to under rest, as long as you give your muscles ample time to recuperate and your body the rest it needs, overtraining is not an issue. It will always be a matter of under resting. I work out 6 days a week for 2-2.5 hrs of weight training, and 3 of those days include 60 min of cardio.
  • coreyreichle
    coreyreichle Posts: 1,031 Member
    edited June 2015
    I would probably skip runs on your leg days, but I think that's really just preference. Cardio post-strength training retards muscle recovery due to inflammation.

    But, that being said, 60 minutes calisthenics + 30 minute runs were core in army PT programs.
  • jnoegrah
    jnoegrah Posts: 119 Member
    I don't think it's overtraining, though like the others have said it depends on your diet and fitness level..
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