Advice on my training schedule and musle groupings

[jgnyc]

What's up all,

I'm about two weeks in on a cycle of test cyp and hgh. If you're interested in doses I'll post them. My current routine is as follows and I was hoping for some pointers, advice or opinions on what I'm doing right or what I can do differently.

Monday - Shoulders/Legs
Tuesday - Back/Tri's
Wednesday - Chest/Bi's
Thursday - No lifting (cardio only)
Friday - shoulders/legs
Saturday - Back/Tri's
Sunday - Rest/Off Day
Monday - I go on to the next day which would be chest/Bi's.

I keep my smaller muscle groups to 3-4 exercises with 3 sets of 10-12.
Larger muscle groups I do 4-5 sometimes 6 exercises but always keep it to 3 sets and 10-12 reps

I perform my workouts in supersets with a calisthetic in between. For example on Chest/Bi's day, one set will be made up of 10-12 dumbbell presses followed immediately by barbell curls and then jump rope for 20-30 seconds. That concludes a set, I'll wait about a minute to a minute and a half (or till I catch my breath) then hit the next set. I try to focus on not resting more between sets then I have to. I switch up the calisthetic between jump rope, jumping jacks, air squats, seal claps, etc. My goals are to put on size, increase strength and burn fat. I lift as heavy as I can without compromising form on all exercises and I try to include as much of a negative as I can in all lifts.

Diet wise, I'm disciplined and I follow the Paleo diet pretty strictly. I stick to proeins/fruits/veggies/nuts/seeds/olive oils/avocados/protein shakes (whey during the day, casein at night).

Any thoughts, comments, constructive criticisim would be greatly appreciated!

[jgnyc]

154 reviews and not 1 reply, was it something I said?!

[aportinastorm]

Not a bad looking routine, but i need your stats to know if its a good routine for you.

[jgnyc]

I'm 29 years old, 6 feet even and I weigh 245. My goal is too lose weight (bf) and gain some size and definition. Eating wise, I eat strict paleo.

[aportinastorm]

Not a bad looking routine for you, if your looking to lose fat i would personally throw in three days a week of 30 minute cardio(running, biking, swimming etc) and would flip flop bis and tris so that chest and tris fell on the same day. good way to sneak in some cardio between sets though with the jump roping ill have to give that a try.

[jgnyc]

Not a bad looking routine for you, if your looking to lose fat i would personally throw in three days a week of 30 minute cardio(running, biking, swimming etc) and would flip flop bis and tris so that chest and tris fell on the same day. good way to sneak in some cardio between sets though with the jump roping ill have to give that a try.

I'd have to agree with you, I haven't been doing as much cardio as I should be I'll start doing it more. I honestly don't mind I think I've just been convinced that what I'm doing between sets and the intensity at which I'm lifting is enough cardio... It's obviously not lol.

I'd definitely recommend the jump rope and super setting as part of one "set". I love it!

On what you were saying about the bi's & tris. I used to do chest/tris, back/bi's but I found I'd get less out of my tri workouts when doing it same day as my chest. Since I switched it I feel I get much better strength out of those muscle groupings. Thoughts?

[aportinastorm]

If it works for you then go with it man. My personal feeling on anything fitness related is there are definite wrong ways to do certain things but if someone tells you theres only one right way id argue with them all day long. There are plenty of right ways to get the results you want and since everyones bodies are different a lot of working out is trial and error and trying the system that works for you. Even if someone tells you thats not the way they do it, if it works good for you and getting you toward your results then stick with it.