Tell me if my routine is gay

[Citruscide]

If you want my honest opinion... I wouldn't work Chest and shoulders together on the same day... NOR would I work BACK and LEGS on the same day.

I have to bust my ass to get the best workout I can on Legs or Back... if I did them both in the same day, whichever one I did last would get a shitty workout... because I'd be SPENT after my first bodypart.

Now... adding in either biceps or triceps after a workout of back or chest I think would be acceptable.

For the most part, Ican't tell you what sort of workout would be GOOD for you, without knowing more ABOUT you... what are your goals? Statistics, etc. I would have completely different advice for different people.

C-ditty

 

[tableedge]

i wasn't too sure about the chest/shoulder and leg/back thing either. but i figured i could kill myself and do soso for each day. if i do chest, i'll be too sore for shoulders the day after. i'm sure it will subside. but i was skeptical about doing deads and squats on the same day as well. i could switch it just as easy, if you think that will do better. i'm after size and strength, but i don't really focus on it. i just go to do something. my friend wants to lose some weight and look less like a marshmallow.

last year i tried a 3 day thing sort of like this, and lost fat, lost a ton of strength, and put some muscle mass on. when i got back to a regular moderate reps/body part every day routine i got stronger than i was before. so i guess

 

[tableedge]

pretend the "so i guess" isn't there

 

[teen1216]

You could try reading about HST here for the basics:
http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com/articles.html

 

[Citruscide]

i wasn't too sure about the chest/shoulder and leg/back thing either. but i figured i could kill myself and do soso for each day. if i do chest, i'll be too sore for shoulders the day after. i'm sure it will subside. but i was skeptical about doing deads and squats on the same day as well. i could switch it just as easy, if you think that will do better. i'm after size and strength, but i don't really focus on it. i just go to do something. my friend wants to lose some weight and look less like a marshmallow.

last year i tried a 3 day thing sort of like this, and lost fat, lost a ton of strength, and put some muscle mass on. when i got back to a regular moderate reps/body part every day routine i got stronger than i was before. so i guess

How about not repeating the same workout 2x a week?

Doing a so so??? I don't think I've had a "so so" workout in a while..

I have a 4 day workout routine...

Day 1 -- Back/bicep
Day 2 -- Chest/trap
Day 3 -- off
Day 4 -- legs
Day 5 -- Shoulders/Triceps

My tris and shoulders are far isolated from my chest workout... and as for my back and Bi... i feel it works better like that... at least for the time being. The two days off in between day 5 and 1 are really needed too... after a week of that, I REALLY need a breather!

If you break your bodyparts down into different days, you can blast them MUCH harder... thus justifying only working them once a week... because they will NEED that week to recover... IMHO.

C-ditty

 

[erickthegreat11]

Hee hee, "We are definitely having sex", "Umm..... having sex?", "no, nope the correct answer is working out"

 

[supersizeme]

i would say that routine is "10 guys in a hot tub" gay.

it's obviously better than not training at all, but hitting back and legs in the same day, legs twice a week, chest + shoulders + tris all on the same day is not too good. you can break up all the muscle groups a lot more effectively in a four day split. no need to hit everything twice a week, either. search around for some splits on here.

 

[Mindwraith]

You forget the original meaning of the word gay means happy and joyful.

I suppose it has 3 seperate and unrelated meanings now. Yet all 3 can be used in the sentence "He's gay." English is very confusing.


As for your routine, I'd recommend dividing your days up into muscle groups so as to give each group special attention and intensity. This so far is working very well for me. i.e. put your back and biceps on one day, chest and tri's on another, and quads and hams on another, etc..

 

[hittman]

HAHA gay, i can relate to this form of teenage informality. Everything seems to be gay these days huh

 

[Debaser]

How about not repeating the same workout 2x a week?

Doing a so so??? I don't think I've had a "so so" workout in a while..

I have a 4 day workout routine...

Day 1 -- Back/bicep
Day 2 -- Chest/trap
Day 3 -- off
Day 4 -- legs
Day 5 -- Shoulders/Triceps

My tris and shoulders are far isolated from my chest workout... and as for my back and Bi... i feel it works better like that... at least for the time being. The two days off in between day 5 and 1 are really needed too... after a week of that, I REALLY need a breather!

If you break your bodyparts down into different days, you can blast them MUCH harder... thus justifying only working them once a week... because they will NEED that week to recover... IMHO.

C-ditty

Do you even know what HST is? It's proven to be FAR MORE effective than these "magazine routines."

http://www.hypertrophy-specific.com

But, I guess you guys can continue at the same volume routine year after year without putting on appreciable muscle without gear to make up for training ignorance.