Hi guys, i made my own training plan and eating plan on a lot of the info i got from these forums and other sites and info also. I have been training for about 2 months now and have had great sucess and gains, How ever i talked to a new personal trainer today about my training plan and what i was doing and he said i was doing it all wrong and i shouldnt be... now ever thing i have read and even proved to my self so far has lead me to believe he is wrong, but it would be nice to get some other opinions...

Here goes

My normal week training plan is pretty easy and goes like

Monday: Legs
Tuesday: Abbs or rest day
Wednesday: Bicep, Back and Sholders
Thursday: Abbs or rest day
Friday: Tri's and Chest
Saturday: palaties (sp?) or just a streach session for my legs to gain more flex since i am soooo tight and cant even get close to a 90degree angle or touch my toes :rolleyes:
Sunday: rest

Now i have been traing quite hard for my self... low reps and high weights, kinda Max-OT but slightly tailerd to my self (not a lot though) and have been getting great gains and results... and i feel good after each workout, its painfull but good.

Now after talking to this trainer he says that i should stop it all and just do 2 full body work outs a week and add more cardio... that seems weird to me since i have never even really seen a training plan for a full body work out twice a week :confused:

My goals are to bulk up for 8 weeks as much as i can then cut and loose some BF for 6 weeks, this is cause i want to bulk up a bit (since im a blobby IT geek) i dont want to be big like body building or any thing i just want to be toned all over and gain a fair bit more muscle and fitness and then keep it... the plan i set for my self is to bulk up then cut it back a bit so my 6 pack showes and im physicaly toned all over and also fit and then keep that plus slowly add to it/chang my routine....

Am i going about this the right way or should i be doing this 2 times a week all body work outs?

any info would be great... and also i have only been going for 2 months, so i dont want to over do it and kill my self early... i have eased my self in to it so far and im now starting to add the weights to things i can only JUST lift for MAX 6 sets...

Thanks guys

There is always a difference betwen what works and what is optimal. I have no idea what might be optimal for you, but if you have found something that is working for you right now, I say stick with it. Try soemting new when either:

1) you get a lot of evidence it will improve your gains
2) you stop seeing the results you expect (may be different from the result you'd like)
3) you get bored and need a change

Often 2 and 3 go together.

I think the most important thing to do is what works for you. Do what you can stick to, and change it up if you have problems sticking to it. You can always improve your routine, I would file the trainers info under advice, and consider it as you do all other advice. Perhaps you can integrate his advice at a later time, make sure you keep records of your gains, so you can figure out what truly gives you the most "bang for your... um... lift"

:D

My normal week training plan is pretty easy and goes like

Monday: Legs
Tuesday: Abbs or rest day
Wednesday: Bicep, Back and Sholders
Thursday: Abbs or rest day
Friday: Tri's and Chest
Saturday: palaties (sp?) or just a streach session for my legs to gain more flex since i am soooo tight and cant even get close to a 90degree angle or touch my toes :rolleyes:
Sunday: rest


Now after talking to this trainer he says that i should stop it all and just do 2 full body work outs a week
Am i going about this the right way or should i be doing this 2 times a week all body work outs?


Your trainer is not far off from what I might have said. I would have said 3 full body workouts with heavy weights, low sets and some moderate cardio on non weight days. Work flexibility on weekends.

But I won't say what you are doing now is wrong, it is different from what he and I said. We all need to try out different things, see how it feels. But do something for six weeks before your throw it away.