Is it safe to do a full body workout every other day? I only have limited days I can get to the gym, and latley instead of doing upperbody or lowerbody I just do full body strenth workouts.

I am trying to gain as much as I can without getting fat.

If I go every other day I will be at the gym 4-5 times a week, is that over training?

  • Moss [they/them]
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    1 day ago

    By observing the French Republican calendar, which has 10 days in a week, you can work out 5 times a week every other day

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
    hexagon
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    1 day ago

    Hai guys. Can you critique my new routine?

    Sun: Legs
    
    Mon: Chest/Tris
    
    Tues: Back/bis
    
    Wed: Shoulders
    
    Thurs: Legs
    
    Fri: Chest/Tris
    
    Sat: Back/bis
    
    Sun: Shoulders
    

    What I like about this routine is, that I get to work out 8 days each week. But, is this overtraining??

    • xXShadowXx [none/use name]
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      1 day ago

      So the issue I see here is that you have listed 8 days.

      In school I was taught about 7-day sequences, so I'm unable to process your list. Hope that helps!

  • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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    1 day ago

    Um if you go to the gym every other day, that’s actually 3.5 days a week.

    Where did you get 4-5???

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
      hexagon
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      edit-2
      1 day ago

      Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. That is 4 days. Duh.

      How do you goe 3.5 times? Half a workout or something??? Lol

      • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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        1 day ago

        I don’t do half workouts, okay?

        If you’re going every other day, then the next week you would do Tu Thu Sat. 4 one week, 3 the next.

        4+3=7

        7/2=3.5

        Do you own a calendar?

        • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
          hexagon
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          1 day ago

          Ummm yes I do own a calender you unswole weakling. I start on MONDAY okay? Get that through your head.

          I know math I go to Colledge OKAY

          • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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            1 day ago

            Okay brianiac. If you start on Monday every week and do M W F Su, you would have to perform your full body workout Sunday and Monday. TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS. That is no longer a full body workout every other day unless you have some sort of Time Machine.

            I find it hard to believe you went to college when you cannot even understand grade 2 math.

  • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 day ago

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  • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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    1 day ago

    The fastest way to do it is the +500 calorie surplus for a few months and then the -500 calorie deficit. Not wanting to get fat is getting in the way, giving you more mediocre results, and making the process slower and more frustrating (in my opinion).

    If you're a nooby little bird brained bird then any kind of workout is probably going to give you gains. If the strength gains plateau then so does the progress and then you're just pushing a bunch of silly things around for silly reasons. You won't get that stimulus response that tells your body to make all the cool stuff unless you can put up bigger numbers on your lifts week over week. We have the stickies from the... other websites in our sidebar on c/fitness

    It sounds like a lot of reps on every muscle every week. Reminds me of this short, poignant video that I found deep within the archives of my computer soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYQDo1tNCl8

    It might not be overtraining because you might not be using heavy ass weights and if it were overtraining you would feel it and you wouldn't really have to ask.