This week's been pretty easy school-wise and I thought I'd do a whole week of gym runs to take advantage.
I've gone once yesterday and I'm going again today after I finish studying.
Is it good or bad to continue with this routine?

If it means anything, whole upper body's aching from yesterday's thing.

No, in fact, I wish I would go to the gym everyday. But don't work out the same muscle groups two days in a row. One day, do cardio and lower body, the next do upper body, then repeat in a cycle.

If I do lift two days in a row I would just make sure I would do different muscle groups.

Just don't do the same muscle groups every day.

Even with working different muscle groups I would tend to shy away from weight lifting two days in a row. With all the compound lifts that you're doing, you're going to see some overlap anyways, yes?

What they said. But never do cardio within six hours of lifting.

Huh? I've read pretty much everywhere that cardio, as long as it's not really intense, is a great way to get blood flowing before lifting...

I think Morm's saying don't go running for say 20 minutes, but a nice short 5 minute warm up run is a good idea.

Right, what I meant was not to do your cardio routine at the same time as your lifting routine.

What would be better - a full body routine every other day or different muscle groups every day? As of now I do a full body every other day. I read that full body routines are great because some hormone is released in a larger quantity with full body workouts, BUT if get the same amount of hormone in lower levels but spanning more days. wouldn't that even out?

And as far as running is concerned, I used to lift then run for like 30 minutes afterwards. Now I know better and do a simple 5 minute warm up when I want.

Right now I'm trying to bulk and then in a couple of months I'll be cutting and doing heavy cardio.

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I'm on the fence about full body routines every other day. On the one hand, what I've been doing has been working fine so far and I really haven't had the chance yet to do as much research as I'd like. On the other hand, a few well-respected posters on one or two other boards I post at are really sold on full body routines.

I only started lifting a few months ago, after having done nearly nothing but bodyweight exercises and martial arts training, and I've been splitting up my routine. I've only heard recently about the benefits of doing a full body routine and have barely had enough time to work out let alone do the necessary research to determine whether it will work for me. But I will definitely be looking more into this also when I've got the chance.

It depends. Is every other day enough time for your body to completely recover?

Wouldn't a full body routine take a loooong time?

For my full body routine I do one exercise for each muscle group. I try not to waste time between exercises but I go with some of my friends so we talk and socialize quite a bit so typically we spend about an hour at the gym.

I'm trying to rotate muscle groups..

I've only been rotating arms/shoulders/chest and cardio.
I'm not too sure what I should do about lower body (legs, hips, i'm not sure?).

Any suggestions?

I don't care much about legs, but I do squats because legs are a HUGE muscle group and working them results in the release of more growth hormone for muscle recovery all over your body.

So even if you're not going for the BULGING CALVES OF THOR, it'd still wold be a good idea to work them a bit so your body reacts by stepping up the recovery and growth process as a whole. That's what I'm doing anyway.

And no one wants to be uber built in the upper half of their body and a twig below.

woah woah woah

I need enlightenment

Fair enough. I guess I shoulda said that I put more emphasis on my upper body rather than my legs.

dont leave me hangin guys

building muscle needs an excess of calories, and cardio will burn off that excess

No.