Critique

[Kuzin Tarell]

I got this from Nark, who is a mod here as most of you know, he posted it at another forum I frequent and would like some opinions. I am just getting back into the flor of things as far as weights. I am planning on doing 2 excercises per body part so I dont over kill it. lket me know what you guys think.





hit everything twice per week. When i say twice per week.. i don't mean in the conventional sense that'd involve the use of 3-5 exercises per session.. nope... Hit everything twice per week using 1-3 exercises (per bodypart) per session Each weight session will last approximately 45 minutes followed by 30 minutes cardio... Meaning you'll be in the gym for just about 1 hr 15 minutes total:

Sunday: Chest [incline bench]; anterior/medial delts [dumbell press]; triceps [tricep pressdown]; 30 mins cardio

Monday: Quads [squats]; hams [lying leg-curl]; calves[seated calf-raise]; 30 mins cardio

Tuesday: Back [chins; barbell rows]; rear-delts[bent-laterals]; traps [dumbbell dhrugs]; biceps [seated alternating dumbbell curl]; 30 mins cardio

Wednesday: Active rest: 45 minutes cardio

Thursday: Sunday's workout

Friday: Monday's workout

Saturday: Tuesday's workout

Sunday: Active rest: 45 minutes cardio

Following this pattern...


I would do 2 excersises per major body part. nothin crazy so I dont over train.

[Pinnacle]

Personally I'd never do chest/back /quads back to back like that.I need recovery time in between large muscle groups worked.

~Pinnacle~

[Kuzin Tarell]

Personally I'd never do chest/back /quads back to back like that.I need recovery time in between large muscle groups worked.

~Pinnacle~

well I had a shitty routine before wich was sun-thursday with resting friday and saturday, I think I can handle it.

[CanadianGhost]

How many sets are you doing?

[Kuzin Tarell]

3 sets each excercise with a light warm up before and some stretching after to release lactic acid build up in the muscle

[CanadianGhost]

Hmmm... The workout looks alright to me but 3 sets of EVERYTHING wouldn't work for me.

For example I would probably need 4 of Incline Bench Press and only 2 for dumbbell curls.

My bi's would overtrain quickly at 6 sets per week, keeping in mind they are being used throughout several exercises.

What is your rep range? Do you go to complete failure or partial failure on any of your sets? Sorry for all the questions.

[Kuzin Tarell]

Hmmm... The workout looks alright to me but 3 sets of EVERYTHING wouldn't work for me.

For example I would probably need 4 of Incline Bench Press and only 2 for dumbbell curls.

My bi's would overtrain quickly at 6 sets per week, keeping in mind they are being used throughout several exercises.

What is your rep range? Do you go to complete failure or partial failure on any of your sets? Sorry for all the questions.

well I wil be training by my self , so I guess i cant go to complete failure, rep range will be around 10, if i can squeeze out another rep I will, I dont think 3 sets of everything is to bad, 3 sets on two different excercises wont be that harsh I feel. and dont worry about the questions , ask away.

[CanadianGhost]

Everyone is different...You know your body much more than I do, so listen to what it is telling you.

I would mix it up a bit and do some lower rep ranges and focus a bit more on the large movement compound exercises and less on "shaping" exercises but it all depends on what your goals are.

Overall it doesn't look bad so maybe try it out and see where it goes. If something isn't working you can always change it.

Hopefully I've helped enough that should you need any alterations you have some new possibilities...Hope this helped and good luck to you.

Peace Bro!

[Kuzin Tarell]

well im trying to cut up a bit, sorry, I should have mentioned that.thats why I thought these were good for what i was trying to do.

[CanadianGhost]

OOPS! Yeah that is different. I was definately looking at bulking (I thought everyone wanted to just get bigger no??!! hehehe)

I guess give it a shot, record your results religiously so you can look back on it, and don't be afraid to change it up if it needs to be.

[Kuzin Tarell]

bump for nark to see this....you think it will work for me guy?