[poppins3]

I know that weight training requires a 48-hour break between working the same muscle groups. I also know that some training regimens (i.e. Slim in 6) allow you to work out the same muscle groups everyday.

I just found a great yoga/calisthentics workout that I like (which includes squats, lunges, scissor kicks, etc.), and I would like to incorporate it into my exercise routine, but I'd also like to contine doing weight training every other day.

Is this plan safe?

Day 1: Total body strength workout
Day 2: Yoga/calisthenics
Day 3: Total body strength workout
Day 4: Yoga/calisthenics
Day 5: Total body strenght workout
Day 6: Yoga/calisthenics

Assume I'm also doing 30-60 minutes of cardio each day.

I know it is a substantial amount of exercise, but I have the time now, and I'd like to get into great shape while I have the time so that I can start slowly reducing the amount of time spent exercising.

Thanks!

[Is that really me]

I don't know but it seems like you'd be working the same muscle groups for like six days in a row, not to mention the cardio w/probably work your legs even more, unless you're swimming. Maybe cut the ub/lb workouts down to two days a week and fill in w/the yoga/calistentics?

Jo

[Depalma]

There are many different types of yoga so to answer this with 100% accuracy, I would need to know more about your yoga workout, but on the face of it, it looks fine to me.

While you are utilizing the same muscles in both the yoga and resistance training, you are working them in different ways. Even when some of the movements appear similar, they are likely to be actually quite different. Take lunges under as heavy a load as you can work with vs. a typical yoga lunge which is unweighted and normally held longer. The goal of the weighted lunges is to build muscle/strength and endurance and will probably be trained in the anaerobic zone. The yoga lunge is a stretch that will elongate the muscles that usually get shortened during resistance training, will target an increase in flexibility, and is normally performed below or in the aerobic zone. See the major differences? Depending on the load and manner performed, a lunge can be a resistance exercise, a static stretch, or a dynamic stretch. All will put some different demands on the body and provide different benefits to the body.

Stretching actually enchances muscle recovery so doing most types yoga on non-weight training is a good thing in my opinion. Now, of course, if the type of yoga you are doing is some type of "power" yoga where the line between resistance/flexibility training is more blurred, then we could hitting a grey area.

The cardio is also fine as you are now working the cardiorespiratory system. Sounds like a good total fitness plan to me.

You don't say when you are doing the cardio, but if it is that duration, In my opinion it would be best if it was well separated from the resistance training. A day/night type of thing if it is on the long side. If you are doing both together, my hope would be that you are doing the cardio last.

All that being said, it is a very heavy and ambitious workload, so you will have to pay close attention to the feedback your body is giving you to avoid getting "burned" out. Don't be afraid to take a rest day now and then when you feel that you need it (and/or a rest week or light week every 8-12 weeks) You will certainly have earned it.