what do you think?

[Migs]

Monday - Chest, 1.5 mile run, abs, stretching routine
Tuesday - Back, elliptical, abs, stretching routine
Wednesday - Arms, 1.5 mile run, abs, stretching routine
Thursday - legs, abs, elliptical, stretching routine
Friday - shoulders, abs, 1.5 mile run, stretching routine
Saturday - cardio
Sunday - rest

looking to shed weight, gain strentgh and endurance.  I'm weak as hell so I will have to start with lighter weights and work my way up.

[pumpster]

This will work as long as the diet's also in place. I'd say that no more than a mile run's needed, with a little more intensity.

Myself i like twice a week per muscle on a split but that's just me.

[Migs]

I plan to eat 6 times a day. 

meal 1: 1 cup oatmeal & 6 egg whites
meal 2: ON whey shake & a piece of fruit
meal 3: cottage cheese
meal 4: 6 oz. lean protein, 2 cups of vegetables
Meal 5: 6 oz. lean protein, 2 cups of vegetables
Meal 6: Cytopro casein shake

taking in approximatley 1600 calories through out the day. 

[DylanPG]

I wouldn't necessarily recommend doing abs 5 days a week..

[Migs]

how come? 

[pumpster]

There's a theory that abs are lilke other muscles and need rest days. Same theory would apply to doing cardio. My own opinion is that some exercises like those for abs and cardio can be done daily; i've done it and found it more effective.

[QuakerOats]

all that training and running on 1600 calories? say hello to muscle loss.

[Palpatine Q]

Monday - Chest, 1.5 mile run, abs, stretching routine
Tuesday - Back, elliptical, abs, stretching routine
Wednesday - Arms, 1.5 mile run, abs, stretching routine
Thursday - legs, abs, elliptical, stretching routine
Friday - shoulders, abs, 1.5 mile run, stretching routine
Saturday - cardio
Sunday - rest

looking to shed weight, gain strentgh and endurance.  I'm weak as hell so I will have to start with lighter weights and work my way up.

You're training 5 days straight then only having one day where you don't even go to the gym?

You are going to beat the piss out of yourself

I would do this:

Chest, cardio,abs
Back,cardio,abs
OFF
Legs,abs
Arms,
Shoulders,cardio,abs
cardio

My reasoning is this:

Chest and back are two Heavy lifting days,so you follow them with a total rest day. And no cardio before leg day so they are fresh. after the rest day you hit legs and abs, which is also a killer day, but the next day is JUST arms so it's almost a rest day in itself.

Then shoulders ,which is a solid day followed by a cardio day so when you start the cycle over your entire upper body has had a full days rest. IMO 5 days straight of weight training is too taxing on your body.


EDIT: on leg day, at the end of my workout, I do like 5 mins on an eliptical set on it's HEAVIEST resistance, to completely fry them

[Migs]

that makes sense.  Although my heavy lifting days is probably on the low end of what you guys probably warm up with lol.

as for the calorie intake, i know it's low, but most of it at least comes from quality protein and decent carb sources.  I weigh 209 and am 5'6 so my tubby ass needs a kick start.  Later as I progress I will up my calorie intake as needed.

[pumpster]

Don't worry about the 6 day schedule or daily exercise, i've always done that when getting in shape. It's in vogue now to believe the body needs excessive recuperation, which is a highly over-rated belief from my experience-the body's quite resilient in fact.

The only thing is getting enough nutrition to cover most of the energy used up.

[Palpatine Q]

Don't worry about the 6 day schedule or daily exercise, i've always done that when getting in shape. It's in vogue now to believe the body needs excessive recuperation, which is a highly over-rated belief from my experience-the body's quite resilient in fact.

The only thing is getting enough nutrition to cover most of the energy used up.

I don't believe in excessive recuperation either, but if your going to train your entire body over the course of six or seven days anyway, why not recuperate each muscle group as much as you can within that time frame?  it's not like recuperating is a BAD thing.

[calfzilla]

1.5 miles is nothing.  Do at least 2.5. 

[pumpster]

if your going to train your entire body over the course of six or seven days anyway, why not recuperate each muscle group as much as you can within that time frame?  it's not like recuperating is a BAD thing.

You mean in terms of the sequence of workouts in a week in order to maximize recuperation,  defintely.

1.5 miles is nothing.  Do at least 2.5.

No more than a mile's necessary, all he has to do is run at a fast pace. Longer distances are ok but increase the likelihood of muscle depletion.

[tbombz]

first three years i was training i traiined 7 days a week 365. rain snow sick vacation birthday christmas. whatever.

tried it at 3 days a week. tried it at 4 days a week. 5 days. right now im doing 6, have been for about 8 months. and i normally just skip the day off and make it 7 days...ill juts take a break when its not convenient to get n a training session. while there is some legit science why days off are beneficial, in my expeience training very day yeilds better results than any other regimin. for me.

[The Apprentice]

There's a theory that abs are lilke other muscles and need rest days. Same theory would apply to doing cardio. My own opinion is that some exercises like those for abs and cardio can be done daily; i've done it and found it more effective.

my abs are usually sore for two days so i tend to do them twice a week.

[pumpster]

my abs are usually sore for two days so i tend to do them twice a week.

The more often they're hit, the less time it takes for recovery.