Please Critique My New Routine

[BigAndy69]

Bro, please don't take what I said out of concept. You quoted only part of what I said.

"You usually increase sets and reps, and decrease rest to BURN MORE CALORIES."

I had made it a point to use caps, how could you miss it.

I am saying that some BB use higher reps and sets because they can't use as much weight when dieting and it BURNS MORE CALORIES. They also decrease rest between sets, and use supersets. This becomes more of an aerobic workout. No, higher reps are not for cutting, but used in conjonction with the other guidelines listed, they can be used for losing bodyfat.

Liberator, for leg presses, put your legs lower on the platform, and try different variations on the angle of the pad. Experiment. Is your ass more sore after a leg workout than your legs? This could be a problem. Your biomechanical needs may be different than others. I think you are 6'5, am I mistaken? I have a client who is 6'5-6'6, and can't get a good pump in the quads or chest because of his long limbs.

For calves, you really need to KILL them like no other bodypart. Straight sets don't do much. Try rest-pause.

Bro, Arnold could have grown doing whatever. His training is completely insane for anyone to follow, it only worked for him because he is so gifted.

 

[Liberator]

No man, I am 6ft 3.75

My legs were thin as hell a year or so ago, now they look alot better. I'll try the idea with the leg press, before I made sure my knee was over my toe, is this right or does it not matter on this? I thought any other way was bad for your knees.

I'll cain my calfs then, they definately are abit behind, but they would be using that shitty machine I was using

No its still more legs, or used to be, just seems to be hams more than anything now, I'll try supersetting if it doesnt work next week, I know this works as I tried it once, I couldnt walk for 6 days !! haha

I just read that Arnold used wide grips all the time, totally un-authordox at the time

One thing I was going to say was that I did flat bench and incline db on monday, I got next to no soreness in my shoulders at all but excellent soreness in my chest (for 3 days, still abit sore today, but almost gone), whereas ALWAYS before when I used the FIXED INCLINE BENCH (barbell) my shoulders were killer sore nearly all week and chest about 1/2 days MAX

is it

A) THE BENCH COULD BE AT THE WRONG ANGLE, 45 DEGREES AS SOMEONE ELSE POINTED OUT

or

B) I'M DOING IT RIGHT, IVE MOVED MY GRIP INWARDS ABIT AS I WAS GOING ULTRAWIDE WHICH MY SHOULDERS DIDNT LIKE

I can train now without any shoulder problems
Thanks

 

[einstein1]

"One thing I was going to say was that I did flat bench and incline db on monday, I got next to no soreness in my shoulders at all but excellent soreness in my chest.. "

Are you under the impression that soreness is the result of a productive workout?

 

[Liberator]

Well I know its probably not, but I have been using it yeah, it seems a good enough guide

I just couldnt understand how I did not get soreness in my shoulders and was trying to find out if it was because the bench angle was too steep

If so, I wont use it as I want to target my chest more, not my delts

 

[einstein1]

As your incline approaches 90 deg. the more you are working your shoulders. As for this:
"Well I know its probably not, but I have been using it yeah, it seems a good enough guide"

Mentzer would ask,"If you don't get sore after a workout, what are you going to do next time, bend over backwards so you are sore?"

When you say it is a good enough guide, you are really talking about your feelings (if you feel sore, then you had a good workout). Bodybuilding is a science, a like every other realm of science, feelings are not proof of a theory. For example (again from Mentzer), take NASA. It's 2 seconds away from blast off when "Fred" says,"I've always pushed the blue button before liftoff, but something doesn't feel right, I'm going to push the yellow button this time." A key to science is precision, feeling sore is not a precise sign of a good workout.

 

[Scott Steinner]

You have to switch between exercices for musclegroups. Don't do the same exercises over and over again. Don't give them time to get used to the exercises! I just can't tell what my exercise routine is because it is always different! The more you do this the more stress you place on you're muscles! I you're muscles get stressed they will grow because the don't like to get hurt so they will make thereselfs stronger and bigger to be prepared to the next trainingsession!

 

[Robboe]

Don't change order or type of exercises each week you idiot! I've said this before.

This means you won't be able to gauge progression as good, and also, best gains come after about 4 weeks of doing that exercise.