Am I overtraining?

[Bareknuckle]

Monday to Friday, I get up at 4am, jog about 3 miles, 15 x 2 minuet rounds of shadowboxing, 20 minuets of natural exercises (press up, sit ups, etc), 10 x 2 minuet rounds of skipping then do around 40 minuets of light weights, then on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I do padwork at my college (the college has a qualified trainer), and 6 x 3 minuets rounds of intense bagwork.

I also go to the boxing gym Monday to Friday, 6-8pm.

I assume this is a little too much, but I don't know how I can put more bagwork in Monday to Friday, because I can't make noise in my garage in the morning.

Please recommend what I should be doing and when

[msagrain]

If you pro no.....?

[Clegg]

It sounds as if you're doing over 5 hours of exercise per day at least 3 days per week.

For the vast majority of people, that'd be too much.

How many weeks have you been following this routine, and when benefits have you seen in that time?

[bernardotelo]

if your good then you should continue..i wish i could train hat much

[Suckmedry]

Monday to Friday, I get up at 4am, jog about 3 miles, 15 x 2 minuet rounds of shadowboxing, 20 minuets of natural exercises (press up, sit ups, etc), 10 x 2 minuet rounds of skipping then do around 40 minuets of light weights, then on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I do padwork at my college (the college has a qualified trainer), and 6 x 3 minuets rounds of intense bagwork.

I also go to the boxing gym Monday to Friday, 6-8pm.

I assume this is a little too much, but I don't know how I can put more bagwork in Monday to Friday, because I can't make noise in my garage in the morning.

Please recommend what I should be doing and when

wtf is the point of 15x2 shadowboxing and 10x2 skipping? Just do 10 minutes straight shadowboxing and 10 mins straight skipping.

The whole routine is too long and unless you are either super fit, or half assing all the exercises I find it hard to believe.

I would just run the 3 miles at a good pace, or do an interval routine, do the exercises like pushups, situps etc and go to the gym at night....this isn't the pros, you don't need to get up at 4 and do all that. (unless you start work at like 6 or something)

Amateur fights are 3x3 rounds, you need to do shorter hours of training, at a higher intensity.

[Bareknuckle]

Thanks for the replies

from your replies, i doubt i'm overtraining, so i'll continue with my program

and no, i'm not pro, i'm training for amateur right now

[Bareknuckle]

wtf is the point of 15x2 shadowboxing and 10x2 skipping? Just do 10 minutes straight shadowboxing and 10 mins straight skipping.

The whole routine is too long and unless you are either super fit, or half assing all the exercises I find it hard to believe.

i do 5 x 2 rounds at the start of my session, then 5 x 2 in the middle, then 5 x 2 at the end. as for skipping, i'll probably change that for 5 x 2 at start, then 5 x 2 at end

[Suckmedry]

Thanks for the replies

from your replies, i doubt i'm overtraining, so i'll continue with my program

and no, i'm not pro, i'm training for amateur right now

So you train for like what was it? 5 hours a day? For a 9 minute fight? (even shorter if you are a kid)

Makes 0 sense

[Ningy]

Overtraining...

Sounds like you got heart, but heart goes away if you get injured. Take it from a man who used to train too hard, now I have five pinched nerves in my back, bad ankles, bad knees, and a bad haircut. Now part of that was also working in the oil fields, and warehouses, but I'd recommend altering the weights. Now if you are isolating muscles and doing two different muscle groups a day, that's a lot of with everything else your doing. If I was you, I would be lifting three days a week, and putting a couple of days in between. I always recommend taking some of those days that you are running and instead swimming... Just as good, and not as much stress on the legs. The Elliptical is also a good one. Keep shocking yourself with different exercises, I didn't realize how hard rowing is... You usually don't see rowing machines in gyms anymore, but hey, you live near a river, or ocean, go for it. With that workout, I would be eating a lot of those slow burning carbs like oatmeal, and tunafish for protein. You go to college, or near a high school stadium, go do stairs. I used to do those, and nothing feels better than finishing those monsters. Hope this gives you a few ideas...

[jazluvr]

You should have a thorough evaluation done by a pro trainer and have him put you on a program set up just for you and with a goal. Once you reach your goal, set the bar a little farther.