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Hey, long-time lurker making my first post here. I'm 19 and I plan to train MMA soon, but first I wanna improve my workout routine. Now that I'm done with school for the semester, I'm going to have more time on my hands, and I want to make the most of it. I feel my workout routine probably has problems and could use improvement, so thats why I'm here posting this. I'm still relatively new to this (been only working out consistently for a year) and realize I still have a lot to learn.
For starters, my work out routine is split into two different work outs, one that's mainly for cardio and the other for strength-endurance. For example, I'll do the cardio one one day and the strength one the other day and rotate like that. Both of them are circuit-training, so on the cardio day I'll do different cardio exercises (like burpees, jogging, mountain climbers, etc) at high intensity with little rest in between. I also mix in abdominal exercises on that day. Then for the strength day, I use weights and circuit-train by doing squats, arm curls, pull ups, bench press, barbell lunges, stuff like that. I also do them at a high intensity- fast speed with more reps but not max weights.
This is where things start getting sketchy for me. I've been doing this workout routine for about a year, I'm in much better shape then when I started and I've added more reps/more weight to the exercises as time has gone by but I'm not sure if this is the ideal workout routine. For example, I don't do dead lifts and I've recently read here that they're integral for a work out routine. Should I add them to my circuit training day for strength? And as you've probably already noticed, I don't really lift weights for strength, I use them more to build endurance and stamina. Is that a mistake? Do I need to add in another day of workouts for strength training at heavier weights? Or do I need to completely re-work how I'm doing things? Is my workout just complete trash and making me come off as smart as my amount of posts? Seriously though.. I wanna improve what I'm doing, I'm still new to this and I want to hear your thoughts.
For starters, my work out routine is split into two different work outs, one that's mainly for cardio and the other for strength-endurance. For example, I'll do the cardio one one day and the strength one the other day and rotate like that. Both of them are circuit-training, so on the cardio day I'll do different cardio exercises (like burpees, jogging, mountain climbers, etc) at high intensity with little rest in between. I also mix in abdominal exercises on that day. Then for the strength day, I use weights and circuit-train by doing squats, arm curls, pull ups, bench press, barbell lunges, stuff like that. I also do them at a high intensity- fast speed with more reps but not max weights.
This is where things start getting sketchy for me. I've been doing this workout routine for about a year, I'm in much better shape then when I started and I've added more reps/more weight to the exercises as time has gone by but I'm not sure if this is the ideal workout routine. For example, I don't do dead lifts and I've recently read here that they're integral for a work out routine. Should I add them to my circuit training day for strength? And as you've probably already noticed, I don't really lift weights for strength, I use them more to build endurance and stamina. Is that a mistake? Do I need to add in another day of workouts for strength training at heavier weights? Or do I need to completely re-work how I'm doing things? Is my workout just complete trash and making me come off as smart as my amount of posts? Seriously though.. I wanna improve what I'm doing, I'm still new to this and I want to hear your thoughts.
