Mass Building Workout. Critiques Welcomed

[trn123]

You seem very regimented with your rep ranges and looking over your routine your not really pushing yourself to your max, it seems your more concerned with the amount of sets and reps to be hit rather than going to failure and really pushing your body to grow. Also the movements imho need redesigning so your giving your boy the best chance of building some muscle. Why are you sceptical about increasing weight and decreasing reps!! are you building some serious size with this program your doing>

By saying I am skeptical of increasing weight and decreasing weight...I meant the way I already do. Like starting with 20, then 15, then 12, then 10. Upping weight each time...but still relatively low weight and high reps. (Was a routine I found online...was trying to get something together since I just ended stronglifts)

I am not certain if I'm building serious size due to this program. I have gained 3 lbs in 1 month on this program, but I've also been much more strict about my dieting. Throughout the past 9 months I am up 23 lbs total and from the looks of pictures to me...my body far may have lowered. So I'm not sure if those other programs were more effective or if I was just reaping in noob gains. I do research a lot and I'm not afraid to ask for advice, but I think any research isn't nearly as valuable as experience. That's why I do value all of your inputs even though I do know we all have different bodies and therefore needs.

[Khazima]

I think any research isn't nearly as valuable as experience.

This is a mistake in my opinion, both have their place but there's plenty of people with plenty of experience who are proven blaintently wrong by research. Just because something works doesn't mean it's optimal.

[trn123]

This is a mistake in my opinion, both have their place but there's plenty of people with plenty of experience who are proven blaintently wrong by research. Just because something works doesn't mean it's optimal.

Precisely why when people ask "are you gaining?" I say yes...but am I gaining to my full potential? That's the key for me. I want to do the absolute best possible...just having a pain in the ass finding what exactly that may be for myself.

[marcus300]

By saying I am skeptical of increasing weight and decreasing weight...I meant the way I already do. Like starting with 20, then 15, then 12, then 10. Upping weight each time...but still relatively low weight and high reps. (Was a routine I found online...was trying to get something together since I just ended stronglifts)

I am not certain if I'm building serious size due to this program. I have gained 3 lbs in 1 month on this program, but I've also been much more strict about my dieting. Throughout the past 9 months I am up 23 lbs total and from the looks of pictures to me...my body far may have lowered. So I'm not sure if those other programs were more effective or if I was just reaping in noob gains. I do research a lot and I'm not afraid to ask for advice, but I think any research isn't nearly as valuable as experience. That's why I do value all of your inputs even though I do know we all have different bodies and therefore needs.

Keep with it and see how things go in 3 months time from now. Well done on your progress

Your right experience is really hard to beat, with experience you find out what works for you and how your own body responds. The guys who shout research only do so because they haven't fund out what works and also don't have the experience to understand what it really means.