Need advice on legs in U/L routine

[Miguel7]

Hi all, I am new here and this is my first post. I've been working out properly for about 9 months now, mainly doing a push/pull/legs routine on a 5-6 day cycle but feel I have plateaued and need a change ahving made good gains in the first . The 5/6 day cycle was proving hard to maintain also due to inconsistent workout days so I've opted for a Upper/Lower body split. My goals are strength and mass - I opted against a pure 5x5 as want to do the other isolation exercises and 3 x per week just doesn't feel like enough for me. I have researched and read all stickys on here and decided upon a plan.

I'm pretty happy with my Upper days but need help on my legs routine. I'm incorporating 5x5 into my workout for the compounds in order to gain more strength, sticking with straight sets for all of them other than deadlifts where I will ramp. Could you please let me know

- if there's anything horribly wrong here
- whether I should be adding or changing anything around with legs?
- SHould I add a traps exercise (upright rows)
- Should I replace DB press with lat raises as doing military press
- Also I have 2 back exercises in UPPER 2 but undecided whether to include an extra chest exercise in UPPER 1 to balance it out - maybe something like cable crossovers?

any other advice much appreciated. Workout below:

UPPER1:

Bench 5x5
Barbell Rows 5x5
DB Shoulder Press 4x 6-8
EZ Curls 3 x 8-10
Skull Crushers 3 x 8


LOWER 1:
Squats 5x5
RDL / Leg Curl 3x8
Weighted HyperExtensions 3x10
Calf Raises 3x8
Abs


UPPER 2:
Pullups 5x5
Military press 5x5
Incline press 4x6-8
Barbell Rows 3x6-8
DB Preacher Curls 3 x 8-10
Dips 3 x 10

LOWER 2:
Deadlifts 5x5
DB Walking lunges 4x10
Leg Press 3x8
Calf Raises 3x8
Abs

Thanks again...
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[Buildingup24]

1. Add rear delt and lateral work--doesnt have to be a ton--like 3 high rep sets is a good start (though I tend to do more rear delt workas it helps give that full look to the shoulder)
2. Add volume to legs. Stiff Leg Deads on Squat day--keep the weight light and reps higher---On Deadlift day, add more sets to the leg press OR Have a "quad emphasis" on squat and "hamstring emphasis" on Deadlift Day.
3. Overall its good, the only thing I would do is match your sets of "pushing" to be the same as "pulling"
4. May wanna play around with rep ranges for calves cuz they tend to grow with more TUT

 

[Miguel7]

1. Add rear delt and lateral work--doesnt have to be a ton--like 3 high rep sets is a good start (though I tend to do more rear delt workas it helps give that full look to the shoulder)
2. Add volume to legs. Stiff Leg Deads on Squat day--keep the weight light and reps higher---On Deadlift day, add more sets to the leg press OR Have a "quad emphasis" on squat and "hamstring emphasis" on Deadlift Day.
3. Overall its good, the only thing I would do is match your sets of "pushing" to be the same as "pulling"
4. May wanna play around with rep ranges for calves cuz they tend to grow with more TUT

Thanks for the comments, that's really helpful. I will definitely tweak it as suggested.