Can anyone suggest a good 2 days a week work out regimen?

[Emevas]

2 days of strength training per week is more than enough to train your CNS efficiency. 3 days every 2 weeks is also enough, etc etc. Don't buy the Muscle and Mythness hype.

[PointyShinyBurn]

Macho, I'm pretty sure he was referring to this:

About the upper body one day/lower body the next day thing, a body builder suggested working one muscle group to exhaustion one day and then giving it a week to rest. He said that's how he trains anyway.

But maybe I shouldn't listen to him since I'm not trying to bulk up, just become stronger.

[Teh El Macho]

Oh ****, I guess I jumped the gun. gangrelchilde, sorry dude.

[gangrelchilde]

didn't see the offensive post, no big deal.

[Teh El Macho]

I thought you were saying Emevas' advise was bad (rather than the bodybuilder sjc was referring to), so I was giving you 48 hours to explain before sending your post to the purgatory :tongue3:

[kwoww]

I don't understand your logic. You're concerned that 2 days of full body work won't be enough, so your plan is to only work your upper body 1 day week and your lower body 1 day a week? That's even less training.

It sounds like you don't really have a great routine for your goals. You might want to try sticking to big movements for low reps and high sets.

Here's an example of something that'll work for yu.

Monday:
Squat
Bench
Pull-up

Friday:
Deadlift
Overhead press
Bent over row

Pick a weight you can do for 5 reps on each weight and try to do 5 full sets of 5 reps with it, keeping the same weight on every set. Do this until you can do 5 full sets, then increase the weight 5 lbs and start over. Every 3 weeks, do only 70% of the total volume, to give your CNS a chance to rest, then start the whole process over.

By volume do you mean weight or do fewer reps, or both?

[gangrelchilde]

I thought you were saying Emevas' advise was bad (rather than the bodybuilder sjc was referring to), so I was giving you 48 hours to explain before sending your post to the purgatory :tongue3:

ahhh, I'm guessing you said something to someone behind my back :p

Will use quote button better next time, promise.

[Emevas]

By volume do you mean weight or do fewer reps, or both?

Fewer total reps. So if you're doing 5 full sets of 5 reps, you're doing 25 total reps, so 70% of that would be 3 sets of 5 or 5 sets of 3 (roughly), or however else you want to work it.