Am i doing the right thing? Help me!

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jeremeneses

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Please take a look at my daily routine and see if it's ok.

M - 10 min cardio, stretching, chest workout, bicep workout stretch

T - Cardio (Basketball or 30mintreadmill+30minbike)

W - 10 min cardio, stretching, back workout, bicep workout, stretching

Th - Cardio (Basketball or 30mintreadmill+30minbike)

F - 10 min cardio, leg workout, shoulder workout, stretch

Sa - None (Seldom Physical Activity)

Sun - Basketball

Am i doing the right thing? plus... how and what should i eat? a detailed explanation would be much appreciated. im 5'11, 180lbs (at the moment) and 21 years old.
Thanks.
 
Welcome to the forum!

What are your goals? It's hard to say if you're doing the right thing without knowing what you want in the end :)
 
hey. thanks for the welcome. my goals are to be fit enough to play basketball because i really like it for fun and cardio and plus i wanna get that six pack. hit me back with revisions/suggestions in my routine
 
Before I make too many suggestions, I would recommend that you read through some of the stickies that are at the top of each forum section, especially these ones: Weight Training.

The main suggestion that I would make to you is that a split might not be appropriate for you. You may be better off doing a full body workout 3 times a week instead. As for cardio, you should try some form of interval training even just once a week, instead of only doing constant-intensity cardio all the time. In basketball, you don't always run at exactly the same speed...
 
hey. you've been a major help sir. thank you really. last thing, what do you mean by interval training and do i still eat the same way (e.g. protein shakes, carbs) even though i am not working out?
 
real interested in HIIT bro. you already commented on my diet so im good with that. gonna do SS first for about a month and try out this HIIT training. thanks!
 
Hey! another thing, regarding HIIT, im planning on doing mine with a jump rope. 1 min jump rope, 30 sec rest for about 20 to 30 mins. what do you think? 2 - 3 times week alternating with weight training.
 
Ya I realized that I had commented on your diet on another thread after I replied here...

If you're just starting out with getting into an exercise routine, sticking with SS cardio for a few weeks is not a bad idea to get your body adjusted to regular exercise. Once you start interval training though, only do it once a week for 20 mins max (plus a warm-up and a cool-down). If you are doing true HIIT, you will probably not last this long at first anyway, so you will likely be doing a form of interval training that uses higher-intensity intervals, but likely not ALL-OUT intervals. After a few weeks, add a second interval training day into your week. This is to avoid injury and overtraining. If you're planning on doing HIIT with a rope, I would recommend doing at least a few minutes of easy jump rope on each of your cardio days, starting now. Unless, of course, you want your calves to hate you when you suddenly start jumping rope at high intensity :)
 
jeremeneses said:
ayt! thanks bro! ima get back to you with results! wooohoo!
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Sounds good, can't wait to hear how it goes! Have you started a training journal? If you have, let me know what it's called and I can follow it.
 
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