14 hour days and getting training in

[Kgkle]

Any ideas I was thinking about breaking down my workouts to single body parts and one exercise per part maybe 2 but hit them hard for a short time (20 min) 7 days a week?

I really don't want to stop working out but it's a bitch to get in a full work out when doing 14+ hours a day

 

[Kinetic]

I feel your pain. I work a physically demanding job and can be gone from home from before the sun rises until long after it sets.

Do you have a home gym by any chance? Keeping a gym membership, even at a 24-hour gym, just isn't worth it to me. But I can come home, play with my kids for a little while (if they're still awake), hit one or two muscle groups hard as hell, eat, shower, shit, shave, then pass the hell out and do it all again the next day.

 

[truthwalker]

I feel your pain. I work a physically demanding job and can be gone from home from before the sun rises until long after it sets.

Do you have a home gym by any chance? Keeping a gym membership, even at a 24-hour gym, just isn't worth it to me. But I can come home, play with my kids for a little while (if they're still awake), hit one or two muscle groups hard as hell, eat, shower, shit, shave, then pass the hell out and do it all again the next day.

Yeah I'm lucky right now that my gf and I don't live together and I'm not really expected to be over there during the week, so I get to work out on my way home, but once we move in together I'm definitely going to be investing in a home gym.

Then I won't have to wait for the leg press, or feel like a jerk when I'm hogging it

 

[Kgkle]

I feel your pain. I work a physically demanding job and can be gone from home from before the sun rises until long after it sets.

Do you have a home gym by any chance? Keeping a gym membership, even at a 24-hour gym, just isn't worth it to me. But I can come home, play with my kids for a little while (if they're still awake), hit one or two muscle groups hard as hell, eat, shower, shit, shave, then pass the hell out and do it all again the next day.

Yeah i do currently go to the gym I have a home gym but it's my dads and it's too small for me now but I'm going to try to split my gym time up more and use the shower at the gym. To save some time.

 

[DonQKong]

Stop whining and get to the gym. Get swole or get out, fat kid.

 

[Kgkle]

Lol I'm not whining Im still going but I've missed some work outs because I've worked 15 hour days. I'd seriously like you to go to the gym for an hour after hulling tile and pouring concrete like get the the fuck out lol.

That's why I'm switching up my routine more intense less volume.

I am going to miss the volume tho but even after a week or so of cutting my workouts down a bit I've noticed a big difference in strength.

 

[rjx]

To begin with, I feel many (most?) people do too much volume as it is. I'm an advocate for the less is more approach to building our bodies. High intensity, more frequency (in working each muscle group), and less volume.

Many people get good results from working each muscle only one time per week with a lot of volume when they could be getting greater results if they at least cut the volume. More is not better! More volume, especially with a good level of intensity, requires a lot of time to recover, yet most bro's are already working the same muscles before they had enough time to properly repair / grow.

So to cut to the chase as it applies to Kgkle, high intensity, low volume workouts are fast. You'd be getting straight to the point. No doing shit loads of sets, ultimately tiring yourself out before you get to the sets / reps that matters the most. Warm up and BOOM, you're already giving it all you've got for that 1 set or 2. That's all it really takes to build strength and size if all the other factors are in place.

Super sets, rest pause, slow negatives, and drop sets are great intensifiers. I'd focus on rest pause (select your weight, bang out as many reps as you can, rack the weight, wait 30-40 seconds, bang out as many reps as you can, rack the weight, wait 30-40 seconds, bang out as many reps as you can, done).

I'm a big fan of Mike Mentzer's training principles along side with Dorian Yates and Dante's Doggcrapp training routine. I can't recommend enough customizing a quick routine based on the above. Shit works! It takes a different mind set because we've been told for decades that we need to perform a lot of sets for each muscle group. We don't! You can break down your muscle fast with only 1-2 sets per muscle group, per workout, which allows you to recover faster and start growing faster. 2 workouts = whole body. Hit the gym 3x per week and you'll be working each muscle group 3x per 14 days. It's fast, you get straight to the point, you recover faster, grow faster, and are able to train that muscle sooner which means you'll trigger growth more times per year and actually grow more than you would've with more traditional workouts.

 

[Ryno1980]

To begin with, I feel many (most?) people do too much volume as it is. I'm an advocate for the less is more approach to building our bodies. High intensity, more frequency (in working each muscle group), and less volume.

Many people get good results from working each muscle only one time per week with a lot of volume when they could be getting greater results if they at least cut the volume. More is not better! More volume, especially with a good level of intensity, requires a lot of time to recover, yet most bro's are already working the same muscles before they had enough time to properly repair / grow.

So to cut to the chase as it applies to Kgkle, high intensity, low volume workouts are fast. You'd be getting straight to the point. No doing shit loads of sets, ultimately tiring yourself out before you get to the sets / reps that matters the most. Warm up and BOOM, you're already giving it all you've got for that 1 set or 2. That's all it really takes to build strength and size if all the other factors are in place.

Super sets, rest pause, slow negatives, and drop sets are great intensifiers. I'd focus on rest pause (select your weight, bang out as many reps as you can, rack the weight, wait 30-40 seconds, bang out as many reps as you can, rack the weight, wait 30-40 seconds, bang out as many reps as you can, done).

I'm a big fan of Mike Mentzer's training principles along side with Dorian Yates and Dante's Doggcrapp training routine. I can't recommend enough customizing a quick routine based on the above. Shit works! It takes a different mind set because we've been told for decades that we need to perform a lot of sets for each muscle group. We don't! You can break down your muscle fast with only 1-2 sets per muscle group, per workout, which allows you to recover faster and start growing faster. 2 workouts = whole body. Hit the gym 3x per week and you'll be working each muscle group 3x per 14 days. It's fast, you get straight to the point, you recover faster, grow faster, and are able to train that muscle sooner which means you'll trigger growth more times per year and actually grow more than you would've with more traditional workouts.

^^^^^^ this is good info... something to remember, depending on what your goals are, sometimes more is not better... while 20 minutes a day in the gym isn't worthless by any means, it isn't much good for anything other than maintenence. .. working the amount of time per day your currently putting in, u gotta get rest or your workouts are worthless... couple options...
Super sets for sure if u r getting 20 to 30 minutes..
Day 1 arms... super sets bis and tris..
Day 2 chest
Day 3 back
Day 4 shoulders
Day 5 legs
Start over...
With your schedule you might be better off looking at 1 on 1 off... meaning give it a full 1.5 and then a rest day... 4 good days a week beats a 20 minure session any day of the week

 

[Kgkle]

^^^^^^ this is good info... something to remember, depending on what your goals are, sometimes more is not better... while 20 minutes a day in the gym isn't worthless by any means, it isn't much good for anything other than maintenence. .. working the amount of time per day your currently putting in, u gotta get rest or your workouts are worthless... couple options...
Super sets for sure if u r getting 20 to 30 minutes..
Day 1 arms... super sets bis and tris..
Day 2 chest
Day 3 back
Day 4 shoulders
Day 5 legs
Start over...
With your schedule you might be better off looking at 1 on 1 off... meaning give it a full 1.5 and then a rest day... 4 good days a week beats a 20 minure session any day of the week

I see what you are saying, but here what I have so far it's

Monday chest bi
Tuseday back tri
Wednesday legs
Thursday sholders, rear delts
Friday chest bi
Saturday back tri
Sunday legs

It's simple easy and I was doing 1 and a half - 3 hour work outs before I started this new job cutting my workouts down to half hour ish is making me stronger already.

 

[Kgkle]

To begin with, I feel many (most?) people do too much volume as it is. I'm an advocate for the less is more approach to building our bodies. High intensity, more frequency (in working each muscle group), and less volume.

Many people get good results from working each muscle only one time per week with a lot of volume when they could be getting greater results if they at least cut the volume. More is not better! More volume, especially with a good level of intensity, requires a lot of time to recover, yet most bro's are already working the same muscles before they had enough time to properly repair / grow.

So to cut to the chase as it applies to Kgkle, high intensity, low volume workouts are fast. You'd be getting straight to the point. No doing shit loads of sets, ultimately tiring yourself out before you get to the sets / reps that matters the most. Warm up and BOOM, you're already giving it all you've got for that 1 set or 2. That's all it really takes to build strength and size if all the other factors are in place.

Super sets, rest pause, slow negatives, and drop sets are great intensifiers. I'd focus on rest pause (select your weight, bang out as many reps as you can, rack the weight, wait 30-40 seconds, bang out as many reps as you can, rack the weight, wait 30-40 seconds, bang out as many reps as you can, done).

I'm a big fan of Mike Mentzer's training principles along side with Dorian Yates and Dante's Doggcrapp training routine. I can't recommend enough customizing a quick routine based on the above. Shit works! It takes a different mind set because we've been told for decades that we need to perform a lot of sets for each muscle group. We don't! You can break down your muscle fast with only 1-2 sets per muscle group, per workout, which allows you to recover faster and start growing faster. 2 workouts = whole body. Hit the gym 3x per week and you'll be working each muscle group 3x per 14 days. It's fast, you get straight to the point, you recover faster, grow faster, and are able to train that muscle sooner which means you'll trigger growth more times per year and actually grow more than you would've with more traditional workouts.

I agree like I just said I was a endurance hound in the gym back day was 3 hours . Now I'd die if I'd try that after work lol

 

[high-octane]

I feel you bro. I'm working 15-16hr days. Do more intensive training. Less time between sets. Take no more than 30secs. Shock the fuck out your muscles. They'll thank you later.

 

[G2Ready]

A lot of guys work out that 5-7 days a week

Something to consider... I like 4 days

Friday, Saturday,Sunday,and Monday
Chest, back,shoulders,legs and arms
(Hit some bicep every session, and tricep on shoulder day)

Days where I have best chance to snag some extra zzz's and eat

 

[Demondosage]

Hers something to consider; change your job and have enough time off to have a life. Fuck money, it's not everything. I know this is easier said than done but if you're pulling 14 hr days and you want at least 6 -7 hrs of sleep (which you'd need working that much) then you literally only have 3 or 4 hrs for yourself during waking hrs. Think about that, it's 3-4 hrs to eat, spend time with your significant other, work out, meal prep, shower , etc etc. That's nothing and you're working your life away