if u dont go up in poundages everyworkout should u change your routine

[nclifter6feet6]

what do you guys think? i feel if i dont go up in poundages lets say i hit chest then hit it again and not able to do any more reps then next time hit chest again and stilll no gains, now then shouldnt i change my routine.

do you guys expect to go up every workout

 

[Ingram]

If I expected to go up every workout I'd be benching 900+ right now, allthough I do still make progress. If it's been months since you've bumped up some of your weights it's time to change up your routine.

 

[solidj55]

There is no way you will ever go up every single workout, just not possible, so the answer is no. If its been several weeks to a month with no sign of progress I either take a week off or make some sort of change in diet or sleep first, then if none of that works I change my routine. Are you still doing the routine that you hit every bodypart every day?? If so that may be the problem, also if you did stop that routine did you take a week off to rest before changing your routine???

 

[nclifter6feet6]

solid j. no i dont do the full body routine every day any more it just didnt work, my body felt like it was ripping apart. im still experimenting with different routines, my goal is to go up every2nd or every 3rd workout. if i dont go up by the 3 rd workout i will increase rest until i make gains steadly. im eating so much right now that i find it so odd that my deadlift has seem to gone down some. im eating alot more than i ever have yet my deadlift has gone down. im eating about 700 carbs 150 fats and 250 protien a day.

 

[Vortexx]

try some westside routines/approaches for the big lifts ?

They know a lot about technique, periodisation, assistence work, wave loading etc..

This is were bodybuilders can learn from powerlifters, cause if a bb has mastered a really big bench for 1-5 reps, he/she can probably do some heavy dumbell presses for 8-12 reps and this REALLY equals having a big chest

 

[Boss101]

There is no way someone can add 5lbs to the bar every week you might be able to do this for a couple of weeks but you will burn yourself out.

When increasing the weight on your bench, squat etc try adding 1 lb to the bar each week it doesn't sound like much but by this time next year you would have increased your bench by 50lbs.

 

[nclifter6feet6]

i really feel like i should go up maybe atleast a rep on excersises each workout with the shit load of calories im eating around 6000

 

[strong island]

i really feel like i should go up maybe atleast a rep on excersises each workout with the shit load of calories im eating around 6000

Damn, 6000 calories. How much do you weigh? I suggest your bodyweight x 20 at most. But thats just my opinion.

 

[nclifter6feet6]

i weigh 250

 

[coolcolj]

If your not doing one more rep, or lifting more weight each workout, then your either

1) overtrained
2) not leaving enough rest days to super-compensate
3) plateaued
4) Your workouts are not effective - perhaps you need to take a 1-2weeks off to de-condition, and when yiu return your body will be soft, reeady to get stimulated again

Usually the first 3 are related

I'm a firm believer in what Charlie Francis says, "what's the point of returning to gym if your not gonna do better than the last time you were there?"

Your deadlifting going down is a sure sign your overtraining - ie working too often without letting your body recover and then super-compensate to be stronger

as a matter of fact, I don't train to failure and only do 2-3 sets per exercise , and yet every workout my reps go up or my weights go up.

Last chest workout I did 3 sets on incline dumbells rows - 1st set I did 7 reps - hard. 2nd set after 2 mins rest 5 reps - near failed. I then used 60% 1RM dumbell and did some explosive 8 reps for power.
Yesterday I used the same weight blew out 8 reps, stopped the set. Next set after 2 mins rest did 8 reps as well, 3rd set did 7 reps and then 4ths set 60% 1RM 8reps explosively for power. Going up to the next heavier set of dumbells next workout and drop my reps back to 6 for 2 sets followed by my power set. When you make progress you feel good!!
This should be a rule, not the exception... but from what I see in my gym, seems like the latter is the case.