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Pretty solid routine, need opinions.

AMP 33

New member
I lowered my volume because i havnt been seeing results
Monday:Chest shoulders tris
Flat Barbell Bench 5x5
Barbell Overhead press 5x5
Lying tri ext. 4x6
wrist roller 3 sets
abs 3x20

Tuesday:back bis calves
Barbell Row 4x10
Chin up 4-5xfailure
Dumbell Shrug 3-4x12
Alternate Dumbell Curl 3x10
Seated calf raises 3-4x10

Thursday:Chest shoulders tris
Incline Dumbell Press 4x10
Flye variation 3x10
Dumbell shoulder press 3x10
Side Lateral Raises 3x10
pressdown variation 4x10
abs 3x20

Friday: Back Bis calves
Deads 5x5
Cable Row 5x5
Barbell Row 3-4x6
Barbell Curl 4x6
Standing calf raises 4x6

I do about 20 minutes of cardio after workout 3 times a week.
 
Two things. Why aren't you working legs? Also move your stuff onto one day ie. Monday-Chest tris
Tuesday-Back Bis
Thursday-Legs
Friday-shoulder Abs
 
For starters your volume is way to high. Can you seriously go to failure on each of those 5 sets? Not a chance. Cut it down and raise the intensity. For instance, on incline press' I rep out 6-7 reps, I rack the weight take a few deep breaths then I rep out 1-2 reps. I may even do this again. Thats almost like 3 sets in one so to speak.
Also train each body part about once per week. I cant say exactly because we all recuparate differently.
Training isn't about sets and reps. Its all about intensity and time under tension.

Give it a try. I guarantee new growth.
 
I seriously think you should get some rest and raise the amounts of reps for at least the first two sets of each exercise. Always do legs cause they will make your body produce more test and this will add muscle and strength. If I were you I would at least add one more typ of exercise to each major muscle group.
 
:devil:
What was your old workout like? What are your goals? What are your stats? Where is the leg workout? You would get better input if you answer these questions.
 
AMP 33-
Whatsup bro? Hows the training coming along? Overall I would say that your program looks pretty solid for the most part. I would definitely suggest modifying things a tad though. For example for chest your only doing 5 sets of one exericise. I would suggest maybe breaking that up into 2 exercises one with 3 sets and one with 2. For example flat db/bb presses, and flat db flyes or dips. I would also suggest doing the same for your delts breaking it up into a press with 3 sets and a lateral movement with 2 sets. Your tri workout looks good with a basic exercise just keep increasing the weights gradually.. also maybe try lying ext. from different angles (e.g.- incline, flat, decline).

Your forearm and ab routine looks solid, however, I would suggest putting forearms with back, traps, and bis rather than with chest, delts, and tris. And move calves over to chest, delt, and tri day.

For your back routine I would keep everything the same except change the order of exercises. I always recommend starting off with chins rather then barbell rows. Chins are a highly demanding exercise that require maximum recuperation to be performed correctly. Starting your routine off with chins will allow for the greatest results I think. Really hitting your lats hard with chins, then moving onto hammering your rhomboids with bentover rows. I always suggest Yates style rows but its up to you both are excellent back mass-builders. The one exercise that your forgetting thats #1 for back development is heavy deads.. I never did them until around a year ago and my back has really exploded. Especially since I have been doing partial deadlifts. A GREAT trap and overall back builder. Maybe hit up 2 sets of heavy deads after chins and bb rows.

The db shrugs for your traps are a good choice I agree that theyre #1 for trap development. Your bicep routine looks good and so does your calf choices.

About hitting each bodypart twice a week give it a shot and see how you like it. I personally like it a LOT more. I have done 1x per week for a few years and after switching over to twice a week my body has really responded quite well. My strength has really gone up and I feel a lot better heading to the gym. DO NOT ever train a muscle when sore but as long as your not sore and your strength is still increasing I would stick with twice a week. ALWAYS do what works for you and only you can determine that.

I would drop the pressdowns on Thursday and stick to a freeweight exercise instead. I would also lower my total sets from 5 down to 2-3. Five is really too much in my opinion especially if your training each muscle group 2x a week. As a rule of thumb I wouldnt go over 18-20 TOTAL sets in any workout.

Good luck!!
:D:D

My routine is similar to yours- it is as follows.. I take rest days whenever I am sore which is usually around 2-3 days a week or more and sometimes less it just depends.
day 1- back, traps, bis, forearms
chins 2 sets 6-8 reps
bentover ez-bar rows 4 sets 6-8 reps (alternating overhand/underhand grip)
partial deadlifts 2 sets 6-8 reps
db shrugs 2 sets 6-8 reps
dynamic bb shrugs 2 sets 6-8 reps (GREAT exercise)
close-grip bb preacher curls 2 sets 6-8 reps
incline alt. zottman curls 2 sets 6-8 reps
standing reverse bb curls 2 sets 6-8 reps
one-arm hangs from a chin-bar 3 sets to failure
2 giant sets of bb wrist curls, reverse wrist curls, etc.

day 2- chest, delts, tris
incline db presses 3 sets 6-8 reps
decline db presses 3 sets 6-8 reps
flat db flyes 2 sets 6-8 reps
seated db presses 3 sets 6-8 reps
one-db side-laterals 2 sets 6-8 reps
one-arm cable side-laterals 1 set 6-8 reps
incline ez-bar tricep ext. 2 sets 6-8 reps
decline db tricep ext. 2 sets 6-8 reps
overhead straight-bar cable ext. 2 sets 6-8 reps

day 3- calves, abs
seated calf raises 2 sets 10-15 reps
standing calf raises 2 sets 10-12 reps
leg press toe raises 2 sets 12-15 reps
hanging knee raises 2 sets 15-20 reps
seated leg tucks 2 sets 15-20 reps
cable crunches 2 sets 15-20 reps

My results so far have been PHENOMENAL!!
Ask more Qs bro if your confused.
 
You simply sit at the edge of a flat bench, reach back and hold the edges of the bench behind you, and hold your feet out straight in front of you.. then you pull your knees to your sternum and squeeze your abs hard- this exercise gives me a stronger ab contraction than any other ab exercise I have ever done..

:D:D
 
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