well i do about the same thing big al
I do about the same thing big al,
i stopped doing cable i try to stick to the weights, my gym is very basic, like you see in arnolds bible of BB, we dont have a smith machine overthere, at my old gym we did and i loved doing incline press on it.
I do chest flat on the first workout then on the second i do it inclince.
I always lift heavy between 4-6 reps, 4 reps behing the max last set.
I used to train using 4 sets of 10 reps but my world was turned around when in went on the www.ast-ss.com i read the max ot training workout, i add been lazy for 4 years not lifting heavy and having right elbow problems, but when i saw that i started training got my elbow checked out and bought some straps so now i strap it when i do heavy sets and i dont feel it anymore.
I always try to lift the heaviest weights warming up in a 12-10-8-6 format for the first exercice then my working sets look like this 2X6 and 1X4
this would be say bench press
then after hitting incline press i dont warm up anymore becose my muscles are already primed to go i do 3 X6
and same has for dips, i stopped using peck decks, cables and most isolation exercices.
Check it out the max ot program its worth it and it doesnt cost a cent.
Its complete.
Thats what is working for me, after trying max ot my bodyweight went from 185 pounds to 205 pounds in less then 3 months, i fine tuned my diet and now i am up to 212 took me maybe 6 months.
I am working toward 220 that will be my all time high at 5 feet 10, then i wanna work with this weight, getting my waste smaller but my muscles harder.
I dont train more then 1 hour each times either.