How is this routine?

[carcass]

Sun - Shoulder/tricep
Monday - X
Tuesday - Chest/back/biceps
Wednesday - Shoulder/tricep
Thursday - X
Friday - Chest/back/biceps
Sat - X

tues and wed would it be overtrain? for the triceps

 

[TomoUK]

what about legs, they re rather important!

 

[asdfzxcv]

How about listing things like exercises,sets,reps and how often you intend to progress in weights/reps.A vague list of bodyparts and days does not constitute a ''routine''.I suggest you read the training information sticky in this forum for ideas on routines.

 

[BiggT]

I agree, you can't just come into the gym to blindly kill 'bodyparts' with no plan for progression, meaning training overheads and bench presses and jerks progressively and using dips as assistance is good, but doing an assortment of flyes, crossovers, and lateral raises is a crappy stimulus, so you definitely need to be more specific than bodyparts per day.....also, you forgot 50% of your body, the most important 50% no less. What are your current goals, etc?? How long have you been training? And where are you at currently? (height/weight/age/years training/ general body comp).

 

[djeclipse]

what about legs, they re rather important!

ba, forget about legs, just wear sweat pants all the time like the rest of the tools in the gym with twig legs, lol.

 

[carcass]

I can't edit it for some reason so I made reply instead.

I'm new, I just started 2 weeks ago, never weightlifted before. I want to work these muscles 2x a week (I'll fit legs in there once this is ok).

My main question is the -> sun-fri schedule....would this be overtrain or is it alright Thanks.

Sun - Shoulder/triceps
Monday - Back/biceps
Tuesday - Chest
Wednesday - Shoulder
Thursday - Back/biceps
Friday - Chest
Sat - X

Chest (8-12 reps)
DB flat bench 3 set
DB incline bench 3 set
DB flat bench flys 3 set
standing cable flys 3set

Shoulder (8-12 reps)
DB shoulder press 3 set
lateral raise 3 set
rear delt raise 3 set
upright row 3 set

Tris (8-12 rep)
skullcrusher 3 sets
rope pulldowns 3 sets
rope pulling over the head 3sets
maybe kickbacks 3 sets

biceps
precher curls 3set
hammer curls 3set
standing curls 3set

back
bent over rows 3set
seated straight back rows (pulling)
deadlift
front pull down with cable

 

[cuthroat]

you still need legs...

 

[asdfzxcv]

Your plan is currently nothing more then a shotgun array of exercises with no plan for progression.I suggest you pick 4-5 major compound lifts (squats/deadlifts/rows/overhead press/bench press) with perhaps a few secondary exercises(pull-ups/dips/etc) and focus on improving them over time whilst eating enough food to grow.A person who spends a few years working up to a 500lb squat,600lb dead and a 300+lb bench/row is not going to have any problems with muscle development.

I suggest you spend a few hours reading about the 5x5 program in the sticky in this forum to get a idea of a basic,yet highly effective training template.

 

[BiggT]

Your plan is currently nothing more then a shotgun array of exercises with no plan for progression.I suggest you pick 4-5 major compound lifts (squats/deadlifts/rows/overhead press/bench press) with perhaps a few secondary exercises(pull-ups/dips/etc) and focus on improving them over time whilst eating enough food to grow.A person who spends a few years working up to a 500lb squat,600lb dead and a 300+lb bench/row is not going to have any problems with muscle development.

I suggest you spend a few hours reading about the 5x5 program in the sticky in this forum to get a idea of a basic,yet highly effective training template.

This is excellent advice.

Carcass, it is impossible for anybody to tell you if something is 'overtraining' just by looking at exercises/sets/reps/days....it may or may not be depending on weight selection relative to your abilities, as well as many other factors unique to you.

Personally, I think that program you listed is cluttered with fluff work and isolation crap, making it very inefficient. It is just a list of random exercises with no plan for progression and no plan at all in general, except to probably work hard, try to get sore, and cross your fingers and hope something good happens for all your efforts. By the way, you probably won't be able to press worth a shit the day after training 'triceps'.

Also, this is the last time I'll say it, you need to squat and train the lower body or you will end up looking like a moron and limiting your potential to progress. If you could just blow up the pecs, delts, and guns with iso exercises while being natural, then all the kids at the gym training just like that would have huge upper bodies, but instead they are 150lb geeks who need to buy wife beaters 3 sizes too small and pray that somebody thinks they might workout.

I would try an upper/lower split or full body workouts. Add 100lbs to your bench press , military press, deadlift, and squat over the next 6 months to a year and you'll like what you see. Check out the stickies and ask any questions you may have.

 

[carcass]

Thanks, you guys are right. I will check the stickies out.

 

[TheOak84]

no leggies?

shame on u