Chest routine......too much?

[nygsxr1000]

1- incline db
1-15 reps warmup
2-12
3-10
4-8
5-12 to 15

2- Barbell flat bench
just 4 sets
12,10,8,12 from light to heaviest than light again

3-barbell decline
same as flat bench

4-cable pulls
4 sets

5-underneath cable pulls
4 sets(dont know what these are called sorry)

5- flys......i use the machine
4 sets
12,10,8,12

i am trying to bulk up...dont want to overtrain,but i want to do chest 2x a week...i would switch up the excersise though,i was thinking of doing
1-barbell incline(instead of db)
2-db flat chest(instead of barbell)
3-dips
4-cable pulls
i want to do it tuesdays and saturdays
workout consists of
monday-back
tues-chest
wed-legs(probably my stongest part)
thurs-shoulders
frid-bi's and tri's
sat-chest
i do cardio 3x a week for about 20-30 min
first cycle of cyp 500mg a week for 12 weeks(2 weeks in)

[-DedicateD-]

your looking at around 24 working sets which IMO is too much for one bodypart...nevermind the fact that you are trying to hit chest twice a week with that...meaning that you will only have 2 days rest from the saturday wkout to the tuesday workout...dont think its gonna work out to well for you

[SwoleCat]

Overtraining to me even once a week, twice a week is no growth at all.

~SC~

[Timm1704]

cut back on the sets mate. i did this kind of thing for awhile when i was about 15. i was doing almost 30 sets for chest. didnt know any better. then i cut down to doing 3 or 4 exercises, at 3-4 sets each, and built a good chest. i generally stick to 12-15 sets for chest just once a week, and this works for me

[nygsxr1000]

what if i cut it down to
tuesday
4 sets incline db
4 sets flat barbell
4 sets decline
3 sets light cable cross

and sat
4 sets incline barbell
4 sets flat db
dips

[Anabolios]

what if i cut it down to
tuesday
4 sets incline db
4 sets flat barbell
4 sets decline
3 sets light cable cross

and sat
4 sets incline barbell
4 sets flat db
dips

i train chest once every six days flat bench..2 sets warmup 135 for 10 then 225 for 8 245 for 6 back down 225 for about 5 and 185 for 5 all my training partners think its stupid pyramiding like that but i like it....then ill hit incline dumbells for about 4 sets then some type of cable exercise...most likely a decline movement then some type of machine or pushups or maybe light dbol flies

[Timm1704]

what if i cut it down to
tuesday
4 sets incline db
4 sets flat barbell
4 sets decline
3 sets light cable cross

and sat
4 sets incline barbell
4 sets flat db
dips

that would be better than your other idea, altho still, i believe too much. try it for a month to 6 weeks. you will know before then if its overtraining. if you get any symptoms of overtraining stop, take a week off, and come back to us.

[chinups]

basicly rule of thumb has been for yrs 12-15 sets per body part. I stay around that but mostly listen to my body. This is probably a bit much IMO

[nygsxr1000]

thanx a lot guys.....that is why i am glad i found this site........good info always on here...and the vets are always around to help

[Anabolios]

thanx a lot guys.....that is why i am glad i found this site........good info always on here...and the vets are always around to help

you dont like my advice because im not a vet

haha jk yeah they get paid 72,000 american dollars per year so they usually help a lot they get 2 bucks for every post on top of their base salary too soooo yeah but now that im a senior member i get 48 cents for each post i love it!

[helium3]

if you do go twice a week drop all the cables and fly's just do compounds and dont go over 6 sets per day for chest.if you do once a week id go with 12 sets,3 inc 3 flat 3 dec and maybe fly's.the routine you posted is too much even once tone it down a bit.