No time for the gym??

[Honkey]

Hi guys,

im a keen amateur sportsman.I play soccer on a saturday and also go soccer training on a thursday,i also do a circuit training session on a tuesday.

anyway,my problem is this. I have a quite physically demanding job and feel quite tired when i finish, ideally i would go to the gym 3 times a week,but feel too tired after all the weeks activity..

is there anyway i could go twice a week or even once a have a good,productive workout to all the major muscles (i.e doing chest/back/shoulders all in one session)

or should i just quit soccer!

your views are appreciated

[travis8798]

lift before work. you should focus on compound lifts. You can definitely make progress, but recovery is going to be important. as for quitting soccer, it depends on your priorities.

[SICKOFITALL]

You need to prioritize you life, is going to the gym more important than soccer? Even on the days that I feel worn out, I still go to the gym and always seem to have the energy to lift. Have you tried working out, with your schedule the way it is? You might be suprised.

[Skeetshooter]

take steroids.


j/k, but i'm sure energy drinks help. i commute to college and i'm tired as crap when classes are over, but once i drink my redbull, i get spruced up pretty quick.

[Honkey]

thanks for the replies guys.

i started to do mondays- gym (chest) tuesdays-circuit training,wednesday- gym (shoulders),Thursdays-soccer,fridays-rest,saturdays-soccer match-sunday- gym(back)

and all this whilst going to work, and it really takes it out of you.

i think i need at least two days off a week to rest.

but im told unless i train at the gym 3 times a week im not going tosee much improvement.

[CraigC]

If you can only make time for 2 workouts per week make sure that you are doing either full body workouts or have a upper body/lower body split. Focus on heavy compound lifts (ie. bench press, squats, deadlifts, military press, BB rows, pullups, dips.. ect...) If you can only make it to the gym twice a week it is no excuse for long workouts. Keep it under 1 hour 15 mins. Done correctly with a good diet and rest you can see gains only working out twice a week.

[_SaVvY_]

of course you can go once or twice a week and have a productive routine - no question about that

your main problem is recovery, you need to make sure your nutrition is good, and your getting a lot of sleep

have a workout as soon as you finish your working week - get home, go sleep for a couple of hours, wake up, get some good food in you, then hit the gym, take some food with you to eat during your workout also - lots of water too

what you need to do is not train to failure on the big lifts - squats, deadlifts, bench press, and overhead - always keep a couple of reps in you on those exercises, this way your not gonna be knackered for work, an your gonna be able to do all of them in the same workout - you could have one workout with those 4, maybe 3 sets of each after warming up - then possibly another workout sometime through the week focusing on abs plus any weak point at the time

[Honkey]

thanks savvy,

im 12 stone,quite leane ect and 5-11''

could you give me a rough diet to work on if im going to train 2/3 times a week plus my own cardio??

p.s-i only drink 'multipower' shakes after a workout

thanks

[_SaVvY_]

visit athletecentral.piczo.com an check out the nutriton page 'you are what you eat'

if you still aint sure on things then my email address is on there