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    Look it over...

    Okay, so it has been a little bit since I really was in the gym and didn't just go through the motions. I want some opinions on this routine. It is very simple, and old school-esq, but it is tried and true. It is just broken done by the body part. I have never really followed a monday is chest, tuesday is back type of schedule... just what I felt like doing ya know.

    Okay, so here it is....

    Chest:
    incline dbell press 4x8
    flat dbell press 4x8
    incline smith 3x10
    some sort of fly... 3x10

    Back 1:
    deads 6x6
    assisted pull-ups 5x8

    Back 2:
    tbar rows 4x8
    pull downs 4x8
    some sort of low row... bent row, one arm, low cable, etc 3x8

    Arms:
    straight bar curl 4x8
    skull crushers 4x8
    incline curls 3x6
    close grip 4x8

    Legs 1:
    squat 5x8
    leg curls 5x8

    Legs 2:
    leg press 5x8
    hacks 3x6
    leg curls 5x8

    Shoulders:
    dbell press 4x8
    upright rows 4x8
    rear delt flies superset with side delt flies

    I alternate my back and leg routines weekly. It kind of mixes it up and allows me to go heavy while working the muscle group in different ways.

    Let me know what you think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Lifts-a-lot View Post
    Okay, so it has been a little bit since I really was in the gym and didn't just go through the motions. I want some opinions on this routine. It is very simple, and old school-esq, but it is tried and true. It is just broken done by the body part. I have never really followed a monday is chest, tuesday is back type of schedule... just what I felt like doing ya know.

    Okay, so here it is....

    Chest:
    incline dbell press 4x8
    flat dbell press 4x8
    incline smith 3x10
    some sort of fly... 3x10

    Back 1:
    deads 6x6
    assisted pull-ups 5x8

    Back 2:
    tbar rows 4x8
    pull downs 4x8
    some sort of low row... bent row, one arm, low cable, etc 3x8

    Arms:
    straight bar curl 4x8
    skull crushers 4x8
    incline curls 3x6
    close grip 4x8

    Legs 1:
    squat 5x8
    leg curls 5x8

    Legs 2:
    leg press 5x8
    hacks 3x6
    leg curls 5x8

    Shoulders:
    dbell press 4x8
    upright rows 4x8
    rear delt flies superset with side delt flies

    I alternate my back and leg routines weekly. It kind of mixes it up and allows me to go heavy while working the muscle group in different ways.

    Let me know what you think.

    looks pretty good

    are u cycling atm?

    IMO ur doing to much incline work for chest, and placing more pressure on your shoulders rather then your chest

    if i was you id replace incline smith machine with decline bench press, since this will work your chest more and less you shoulders

    and id wouldnt do flys, i personaly think 11-12 sets for chest is plently

    ur back workout looks good, i like the way uve alternated the weeks giving more emphasis on lats and mass in back workout 1, and more inner back on back workout 2,

    however on you back 1 workout i would do 4 sets of pull ups rather then 5, after 6 sets of deadlifts i dont think ull be able to do 5 solid sets of pull ups anyways

    also id put ur rear delts on your back day, since they are heavily stimulated on your back day (instead of your shoulder day), so do your rear delt flies superset with side delt flies on your back day

    for ur arms i think you should do close grip bench press before u do skull crushers, since you do do alot more weight with close grip bench press and is a better mass builder then skull crushers

    for leg workout 1: i would add in 2 more sets of leg press, or other compound leg exercise

    and i would only do 3 sets of leg curls, 5 is abit much

    for leg workout 2: again i would do only 3 sets for leg curls, but maybe u could try a different form of leg curl

    e.g leg workout 1 u could do seated or lying leg curl

    and leg workout 2: u could do standing leg curls

    itll help keep ur body guessing

    also i dont see any calves work, maybe u could throw in (4 sets total) 2 sets of standing calve raises, and 2 sets of calve raises using 45 degree leg press on your leg day

    for shoulder as i suggested do ur rear delts on your back day, id add 3-4 sets of barbell shrugs on your shoulder day to help target ur traps

    let me know what u think of my suggestions


    also whats ur split look like? monday-sunday

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