
Originally Posted by
hillbill78
im working out 5 days a week split muscle groups and i train mid morning.
monday: chest & triceps
1. incline bench press 4 sets, pyramid from 12-6 reps
2. cable crossovers 4 sets 10-15 reps
3. incline dumbell press 4 sets 10-15 reps
4. skull crushes 4 sets 10-15 reps
5. bench dip machine 4 sets 10-15 reps
6. rope cable pressdowns 4 sets 10-15 reps
monday evening 1 hour run
Get rid of the two incline presses here. Stick to one (BB or DB) and rotate each week. Also, throw in some Decline BB or flat bench as your second exersize and save the cable cross overs for your last chest exersize. Tricep routine looks ok to me.t
tuesday: back & biceps
1. seated hammer lat machine ( i think its called ) 4 sets 10-15 reps
2. lat pull ups 4 sets 10-15 reps (with a spot)
3. seated cable row 4 sets 10-15 reps
4. lat pull downs 4 sets 10-15 reps
5. preacher arm curls 4 sets 10-15 reps
6. hammer curls 4 sets 10-15 reps
Too much lat/width work here and not enough exersizes geared to overall thickness. Start off with Deads of rack deads, pick two lat exersizes (Lat pull down and hammer strength lats) and finish off with a thickness exersize (cable row could work--but I'd rather see you throw in a t-bar or some two arm DB rows).
wednesday: shoulder & traps
1. single arm arny press 4 sets 10-15 reps
2. behind the neck barbell press 4 sets 10-15 reps
3. laterall raises 4 sets 10-15 reps
4. seated laterall raise machine 4 sets 10-15 reps
5. dumbell shrugs 4 sets 10-15 reps
6. cable shrugs 4 sets 10-15 reps
wednesday evening 1 hour run
Stick to seated BB military, standing BB military, or seated DB shoulder press. I don't see a need to have Arnold presses in here. Ditch the cable shrugs for traps. Everything else looks ok. I like how you have two exersizes targeting the medial delt head, instead of having a front delt isolation in there. Front delts get nailed through chest day, no reason to touch them again directly.
thursday: legs
1. hack squat machine ( i think its the name) 4 sets 10-15 reps
2. leg press 4 sets 10-15 reps
3. calf raises 4 sets 10-15 reps
4. quad raises 4 sets 10-15 reps
Very similar to my leg routine. You may want to go heavier on the hack squats because its portraying your compound movement, Try 6-8 reps and keep the rest high reps.
friday: tricep & bicep & forearms
tricep
1. bench dip machine 4 sets 8-10 reps
2. dumbell skull crushes 4 sets 8-10 reps
3. single arm cable pressdown 4 sets 8-10 reps
bicep
1. dumbell curls 4 sets 8-10 reps
2. 21s close grip barbell curl 4 sets 8-10 reps
3. single arm cable curls 4 sets 8-10 reps
forearms
1. forearm wrist curls (dumbell) 4 sets 8-10 reps
2. forearm wrist revers curls ( barbell) 8-10 reps
friday eveing 1 hour run
Get rid of the bench dip machine, you're already using the same exersize on monday. Throw in weighted dips or a reverse grip bench on the smith. Ditch the bicep cable curls, not going to ge much out of them. Change the 21's to straight BB curls for sets of 8-10. Also, you may want to change the DB curls to seated incline curls to give it some variety. And just choose one exersize for forearms. They get worked out severely through back and bi related stuff, no reason to over kill them
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