Strictly Compound exercises when bulking

[Him1]

Looks very good overall. Just drop the flyes and the tri pushdowns in favor of heavy close grips(if joints permit). Imo, nothing replaces close grip bench presses for triceps mass,

 

[Eminem]

would close-grips work well on chest day, I know primary stress is on the triceps but would that be over doing my chest? also when doing close-grip elbows close to your sides or should they flare out as usual just closer-grip?

 

[skaman607]

close to the sides, thats the best way to hit the triceps

 

[JoBu]

A few thoughts on your routine, ditch the hammer curls for preachers, I'd cut the volume on chest day and throw the cable flyes FAR AWAY, if you wanna do flyes use dumbells, and I'd put the deads at the beginning of your back workout and drop the reps a bit, heavy sets of 5-6 reps are safer as it's easier to maintain form, and are plenty to stimulate growth

I agree on chest day comments...maybe pick a signle movement and do 4 sets then 2 sets of a coupld others and rotate (incline, decline, flat) which you do 4 sets of each week. Flyes are nice to get a stretch at the end of a workout, but use dbs if you really want to do them. Deads...yep.

As for ditching the hammers, I'm under the impression that hammers hit the muscle under your bi (or another part of the bi) and that preachers wouldn't serve the same purpose. I don't disagree with doing preachers just think you might want to consider keeping either hammers or reverse curls in there at least once in a while.

JoBu

 

[needsize]

You're right about where the hammers hit, but at the same time you could pound that area all day and never notice a difference in your arms, especially on the measuring tape. I would suggest sticking to the major mass builders, and worrry about stuff like that when you've got some huge guns

 

[b fold the truth]

Why would you only use compound exercises when bulking? seems as if they also burn the most calories...

B True

 

[rjl296]

Why would you only use compound exercises when bulking? seems as if they also burn the most calories...

B True

agreed, always use compound movements.