Day off mid-week?

[gettinlarger]

I'd really appreciate some input on this ... what i usually do, i.e. my routine, is ...

mon-chest, back
tues-bis/tris
wednesday-shoulders/legs
thurs-upper chest
fri-bis/tris

i'm thinking of making wednesday a day for recovery time for the body. think that will work out better than what i'm doing now? the new routine would go ...

mon-chest/back
tues-bis/tris
wed-day off
thurs-shoulders/legs
fri-upper chest

 

[gettinlarger]

also, i would really appreciate some input on my workout routine in full. heres what i normally do

day one - chest/back
flat bench, db press, cable crossovers/flys, maybe weighted dips
lat pull downs, t bar rows, seated rows, shrugs
(until i purchase a pair of wrist straps, im gonna throw in bent over rows, so i can go more intense)

day two - bis/tris
straight bar curls, preachers, standing or incline db curls, one armed preachers
skull crushers, push downs - v bar, push downs - rope, and sometimes i do some close grip bench

day three - shoulders/legs
military press, db mil. press, front and side raises
leg press (im gonna start squats, i need to work on form), extensions, leg curls, calf raises
i also wanna start deadlifting, but im not really knowledgeable on perfect form. help is appreciated.

day four - upper/lower chest
decline bench, decline flys, incline bench, incline db press, incline flys

tear it up, down, and sideways. any and all help is greatly appreciated. it may also interest you to know that when i started lifting hard, about a year ago, ive put on about 20 pounds, raised my bench at least 50 lbs, and gotten my entire body much stonger than before.

 

[greenwave611]

I take wednesday off myself. It's a nice break and you can recover well after chest/back/arm workouts.

 

[the nature boy]

I don't like your workout. You're training your chest twice, a big time no-no, IMO.

Plus you don't need to work chest and back together if you're on a bulking cycle. However if it's working for you then I can't really be that critical. You might want to try this workout just to change things up -- it's pretty standard

Mon- Chest and bi's and abs
Tue- legs and low back
wed - off
thur- shoulders and tri and abs
fri- back and rear delt and abs

like I said, try this for a change, however if you're making progress on your current workout, as the saying goes -- if it ain't broke, dont' fix it.

 

[gettinlarger]

i understand ya, but i like to split the chest up, because i train it very intensely. after 3 exercises for flat, its mad painful (pumped that is, but injury). and if i even attempt intense upper or lower chest, i could only do like ... 2/3 what i can normally put up. plus, it does work well. but thanks for your opinion. its appreciated

 

[Deepsquat]

I have been taking a break on saturday and tuesday for the last seven years...works good for me ...I split my body 3 ways . legs and calfs day2 chest back day3 shoulder arms ....I limit sets to 6-8 per BODYPART not exersice do usually 2 exersices
BTW I am 6'2" 250LBS and have been traing for 23 years.