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critique my new workout

toughdawg

New member
trying to gain size:

Day 1
chest/bi's

flat dumbell press
4 sets (including one warmup)
I go up in weight each time going to failure
10,8,6 reps (the warmup i do about 12-15)

Incline dumbell press
4 sets all to failure
10,8,6,4 reps

Overhead presses (not sure what they are called, but its when you lay on your back and extend a dumbell over your head, almost to the ground and back up over your chest)
3 sets of 10

FLYs
3 sets of 10 (should i pyramid, and go to failure with these?)

Bi's
Alternate dumbell Curls
3 sets of 10 (pretty much failure- can barely get the last ones up)

Preacher Curls
3 sets all to failure

Concentration Curls
3 sets of 10

Legs
5 sets squats (one warm up)
4 sets of 10,8,6,4

Incline Sled
3 sets of 8
(failure)

Leg extensions
3 sets of 10

Leg Curls
3 sets of 10,8,6

Calfs
Seated and standing- three sets until failure

Day3
Cardio/abs

Day 4
Back/tris

Deadlifts 3 sets
10,8,6

Weighted pullups
3 sets to failure

bent over rows
3 sets 10,8,6

one armed dumbell rows
3 sets of ten

Seated Rows
3 sets of 10,8,6

Tri's
Close grip bench
3 sets 10,8,6

Palmenated grip bench
3 sets 10,8,6

Seated over head arm extensions
3 sets 10,8,6

Pulldowns
3 sets of ten

Day 5
Shoulders
Dumbell Press
4 sets
10,8,6,4

Alternate dumbell press
3 sets of ten

military press (behind head)
3 sets
10,8,6

Front Arm raises
3 sets of 10

RearDelt Raises (on smith machine i stand in front of the bb, with my back turned to it, and raise pull the bar up just above my ass)
4 sets 12,10,8,6

Shrugs
3 sets all to failure

Day 6
Cardio/abs

Day 7
Start over
 
Here are my thoughts:

1)Drop the cardio.
It's counterproductive while trying to bulk up. Use these days instead to let your body fully recover from your lifting sessions.
2)Don't go to failure on every set.
This is a quick road to overtraining, particularly with the level of volume present in your current routine. Instead, use your initial sets as moderately taxing warm-up before a final all out set. I'd also go with 2 or 3 sets max for each exercise. I'd also pare down the number of exercises. Three types of rows? The exception to 2-3 sets per exercise would be the big compound movements like deads or squats where I think jumping up 200lbs at a time is generally a bad idea.
3)Only giving yourself two days between doing squats and then deadlifts is going to allow precious little time for recovery.
I'd pick one or the other depending on your preference, or at the very least give yourself a couple more days between the two.

That's just my advice, though.
 
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