Is This OK/Safe/Beneficial?

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hey

im currently trying to loose weight, and in order to do so without loosing too much muscle mass, im doing excercises on the resistance machines.
i just have one question:

1) is it alright to workout the same muscles on every day that i do muscle/resistance training?

e.g. i do resistance training on Mon, Wed and Fri. i only workout my torso and arms: Chest, Biceps, Triceps, Shoulders and Back.

is that safe and/or beneficial for my progress?

thanks alot
 
I'm...confused...what?
 
If you are asking if you should lift with the same muscles every day, that answer is generally no. You should give them a day off between for build and repair. If you are asking if it's okay to lift every other day, then the answer is yes. You don't mention any lower body exercises. Don't know if you are doing them or not, but you should really consider working the upper and lower body.
 
Since you are working out M W F, you are fine man. Just make sure to do lots and lots of good old cardio. Hey as long as you lose about 1-2 lbs of solid fat a week, you are good. The resistance training will help you burn more energy post workout and I am guessing that you run or use your leg a lot for cardio and that is why you are not training it.
 
thanks a lot for the responces people, a few of you got what i meant.

sorry for the ambiguous post, i wrote it quite late at night :p

i think this will articulate my question better:

is this alright/safe/beneficial to do?:
Monday Chest, Biceps, Triceps, Shoulders, Back
Tuesday Cardio
Wednesday Chest, Biceps, Triceps, Shoulders, Back
Thursday Cardio
Friday Chest, Biceps, Triceps, Shoulders, Back
Saturday Cardio
Sunday Rest
 
Sounds pretty reasonable. Like someone said above, I guess you are working your legs during your cardio workout. The only thing I might suggest is some weight/resistance for the legs, and wondering if you are working the abs. Don't see it in your routine, but could also be done during your cardio days. All in all, seems like a good plan. Stick with it, you should see results.:D
 
It should be fine.
Though make sure you arn't doing the same exacat work outs each of those days. If it works for you fine, but if you plataue change up the execrices each day.
 
tic said:
Since you are working out M W F, you are fine man. Just make sure to do lots and lots of good old cardio. Hey as long as you lose about 1-2 lbs of solid fat a week, you are good. The resistance training will help you burn more energy post workout and I am guessing that you run or use your leg a lot for cardio and that is why you are not training it.
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What reps and sets should I do for resistance training and I take it that this means not loosing any muscle and just solid fat? (Im on a cut)
I work out Monday/Wednesday,Thursday,Friday. Maybe I should not do weights on Thursday just cardio for an hour to the let muscles repair.
 
Good idea on taking thursday off from weight. Maybe instead try to do HIITS, "fun."

Got some "bad" news for you. Unfortunately, when you lose bodyfat, you are going to lose some muscle. The idea is try to minimize as much muscle lost as possible. Well, there is a cavat in that if you are newbie then you might actually gain some muscle.

As for the rep/set, whatever you are comfortable with man. I've read from keeping the rep / set low (3 sets of 4-8 reps) to high volume (3-5 sets of 10-15 reps). Both have it's merits. Since you are working out same muscle group 3 days a week, I would try to do 3 sets of 6-10 reps only; don't want to overtrain/use the muscle. Btw, I am not a PT or in medical profession, just a person that have been working for awhile and sharing what worked for me in the past. Everyone is different so try what works for you.

Last year when I went back to working out again, I did heavy weights with low volume while doing tons of cardio; meaning 3 sets of 4-8 reps only and did 2 body group per a day, m w f.
 
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