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    Ready To Up My Training How Does It Look?

    After a year and a half - 2 years of 12 sets for each body part (except bi's which i do less and legs which i do more) I am ready for 16 and more sets for my body. I know many will feel thats overtraining but I have hit a wall and I believe this is what I need. Past three weeks my chest routine has looked like this:

    Barbell Bench 4 sets 12,8-10,6-8,6 (same rep scheme throughout)
    Dumbbell Flyes 4 sets
    Incline Barbell 4 sets
    Pec Dec Flyes 4 Sets
    Dips 3 sets

    I love it, it completely kills my chest..

    Triceps looks like this now

    Dumbbell Overhead Tricep Press 4 Sets
    E-Z Bar Lying French Press 4 Sets
    Tricep Pushdowns 4 Sets
    Tricep Pulldowns (pushdowns with reverse grip) 4 sets

    Biceps looks like this

    Barbell Curls 4 Sets
    Incline Curls 4 Sets

    Back:

    Lat Pulldowns Wide Grip 4 sets
    Lat Pulldowns Close Grip 4 Sets
    DB Rows 4 Sets
    Shrugs 4 Sets

    Shoulders:
    DB Front Raises 4 Sets
    DB Side Raises 4 Sets
    Barbell Rear Delt Row 4 Sets
    DB Overhead Press 4 Sets
    Cable Internal Rotation 2 sets
    Cable External Rotation 2 Sets

    legs i don't feel like posting

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    Are you doing this once a week? Twice?
    Workin any of these parts together?

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    Once a week like everyone should do it...and Chest is alone, Bi's Tris are together, Back/Shoulders together, legs alone

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    if youve been sticking to the same routine for 2 years and this new one is giving you a good pump/burn then it could just be the fact that your switching it up you can try same amount of sets with a different rep scheme and stuff but be careful not to overtrain...good luck

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    At once a week I would (and this is just my opinion) go with a 6-8 rep set structure and get the weight up on all exercises and then work my way back to the 12 reps.
    Sometimes this will break mental as well as physical plateaus.
    Workout scheme looks decent - but there is always room for tweekin.

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