Started Lifting 3 Weeks ago. Want to get my Workout Routine Critiqued.

[Thawk86]

As for my diet..

I usually have a muffin and a black coffee for breakfast around 9am
@ 11am I drink my protien shake (Muscle Milk), just 1 serving/scoop

@ around 1130am I eat a pretty good lunch consisting of a lean meat (Turkey/Fish/Chicken) as well as one veggie and one fruit, usually pineapple. To drink I have a 5.5oz can of regular V8, and an 11oz can of V8 fusion.

@ 12pm I hit the gym. My Routine is as follows:

Wednesday: Cardio 20 min/2 Miles on treadmill and Core Training (Abs and Obliques)
Thursday: 1 mile on treadmill and Shoulder/Biceps/Triceps
Friday: 1 mile on treadmill and Chest/Back
Saturday: Cardio 20 min/2 Miles on treadmill and Core Training (Abs and Obliques)
Sunday: 1 mile on treadmill and Legs
Monday: Off
Tuesday Off

I am in the gym usually for about an hour give or take 10 minutes.

An hour after my workout I drink my second protien shake (Muscle Milk) 1 serving/1 scoop

I eat a snack at around 3 or 4 usually a handful of wheat thins and maybe some beef jerky

Between 5-6 I eat dinner conisisting of the same as lunch just not as light.

That is pretty much my diet and workout routine. If anyone can tell me what they think it owuld be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Goldfish]

Sorry for the late reply.

As a beginner, your main goal should be developing competence in a few basic lifts. This is achieved through frequently perform the same lifts, preferably with a skilled coach. If a skilled coach is not available (or not something you can afford), which is quite likely to be the case, the next best thing is to take videos of yourself lifting. Videos taken at a 45degree angle (ie not from directly in front/behind or the side, but from somewhere in between) will be the most useful. You should research the basic compound lifts: squats, deadlifts, bench press, overhead press, pull ups/down, and rows, and make them the central focus of your resistance training - in fact at this stage, you should do very little resistance training other than these exercises or exercises that help you to develop the skills required to do these exercises. The more you research the lifts, the more you film yourself lifting, the more you watch that footage and get critiques of it (you can post your videos on here for critiquing), the better.

Saying all that, while trainign different muscle groups each time isn't inherently a bad way to train, as a beginner you should be doing full-body programs, instead. Something like Rippetoe's Starting Strength (you can google it, but I wouldn't recommend just looking at the exercise list and going ahead - the program comes from the book of the same name, and the book will go a long way towards helping you to understand each exercise), StrongLifts 5x5, my Young Athlete Development Program in the stickies for the Young Athlete Development section here on these forums, and are all good places to start out. Once you're competent at the lifts in each program, you can start adapting more towards preferance, but nothing will help you progress as rapidly early on as doing these full-body programs that teach and hammer in the basics.

The cardio you're doing is fine, but I'd switch it to something to do immediately after lifting, and only do light cardio (walking, etc) on your non-training days. No need for core work on your non-training days. If you're going to do core exercises, I'd save them for Sunday or Monday - this is probably your best bet for recovery.