Want to go to the Gym everyday...

[the_yellow_menace]

Hi all,

I came back home in September from a stint overseas and missed lifting so I've been lifting consistently since then. Before that time, I also have previously lifted consistently for over a year.

I am six feet tall, 205 lbs, and estimated 16% bf or so. My goal is to get my bf% down the next three months or so (10% is my goal, but I will adjust monthly to see that's possible). So I choose the "Serious lifter, but seriously fat" routine just started intermediate break-in.

My concern is that I have the desire to get the gym a lot more. Before picking up NROL, I had been lifting a split routine and going to the gym 5-6 times a week.

What would be the best way to add in more gym time? I have done an extra session of Metabolic Overdrive/HITT in my first week, but feel like more.There seems to be a lot of emphasis on rest and intensity and I feel as thought I have enough of both.

So I was thinking I could do four session of lifting a week with HITT a week taking my first three week total to 12-13 workouts instead of the suggested 9-10. Does anyone see any problem with that?

Thanks in advance.

[the_yellow_menace]

To clarify why I'm concerned, I've looked ahead to Fat Loss III, Hypertrophy I&III, and Strength II and they all look like they've been designed to be increasingly difficult.

By adding extra HITT on off days or doing one more workout a week, will that take away from the effect of the other routines down the road?

[KennyLee]

I'm no expert, not by a long shot. But here's my two cents anyways... take it or leave it.

much like you, i'm used to working far more frequently, with what i thought was great intensity. However my current program calls for no more than 3 days a week! It kills me. However, i've found that i'm SO DARN EAGER to get at it when i do get to go (to the gym) that my intensity has just SKYROCKETED!!!! I thought i was already giving it all i had... and i probably was, but i just had less to give because i was there so often.

i realize that doesn't really answer your question at all... just something to consider, see if the same is true for you.

Kenny

[justinbass]

Your muscles repair when you rest. More training isn't always better. We all want to work out every day and get in amazing shape in 2 months. It doesn't work out like that. Listen to your body, and take rest days when you need them. A well fed and well slept 22 year old will recover better than an over-worked, under slept 45 year old.

Be smart, and take it day by day.

Booze effects recovery a lot too, so don't expect killer workouts the day after a late night out with friends.

(For what it is worth, I find myself needing extra rest days if I work out too many days in a row, and I am a well-fed, well rested 28 year old. I tend to be able to kill it 4-5 days a week, but if I go more than that, my progress slows down due to under-recovery)

[the_yellow_menace]

Thanks for the advice. Right now I'm doing three workouts with HITT a week and one extra HITT session. I definitely do get jacked up to go everyday, but I'll focus that energy into higher intensity workouts and improving my diet instead.

So far, so good for NROL. My legs feel stronger and more stable. And I also feel like I am losing fat.