Q: Hello Mike,i would like hear ur advice.I do proper nutrition and weight training 5 days a week.But 2 of these days i have to work at night till morning.And the 2 of them are together(Friday and Saturday).That means Friday morning i work at gym and night i work at my job till morning then i sleep in the Saturday morning and after i wake up i go to gym again Saturday afternoon and after at night working again till Sunday morning.As u can imagine it is very hard(also at night as i work i eat every 3-4 hours good foods )so i would like u to tell me ur opinion:Does this work?Does my body have the necessary time to recover from one weight training to another?Would it be better the one session of these 2 days to be added to anothers day session?I have heard also that it is better to have a break between weight trainings and a day in which u will totally rest.So,iam thinking of adding Fridays session to another day so i do 4 days a week and with a break thus allowing my body to rest and recover better(also every day i train different parts of my body).

A: It definitely sounds like you understand the issues involved here and trying to do all the right things. In the end you are in better position than anyone else to say whether such a routine is too much for you -- look for the usual signs of overtraining, especially around the weekend: lack of strength, lack of appetite, possible insomnia, tiredness during the day, irritability, sickness, etc. 5 workouts per week is on the high end anyway, so I would probably err on the side of caution and drop at least one of those Fri/Sat sessions and just do 3 or 4 workouts per week on other days. Even if you keep the 5-day routine for now, don't do it for more than a couple of months in a row. Good luck!