i have been lifting for about a year and a half, and am still struggling to find a good routine.
right now im doiing a four day, repititous cycle, with out any reps.
it goes like this:
1.chest
2.arms
3.legs
4.shoulders and back
the problem is that my workout sessions are wayy too long(for my schedule at leasst). on shoulder and back day, im normally in the gym for an hour and 45 minutes. on arms day an hour and a half. legs and chest arent a prob, and are normally an hour.
a simple soltion might be to stretch my workouts to 5 or 6 days...and move it around a little bit. but, my recovery time is really quite astounding, i normally recover from a workout in 3 days. and im really killing myself in the gym, too. like, on leg days, i am never able to walk right coming out, qnd have thrown up before...arm days i can never fit into my t-shirt.....ect.
so by stretching my routine out, it would kill my gains.
so, my question is: would reducing my protien intake, slown down my recovery time enough to stretch out my schedule, and by doing so, would it hurt my gains? would this be recommendable?