Considering new workout routine :)

[ArianBordbar]

Hey guys, thanks in advance for your time..

Currently I lift 5 days a week and my routine is as follows.

Monday-Chest/tris
Tuesday- Back/bis
wednesday-legs
Thursday- shoulders/delts
friday-bis/tris
weekend off

For the past year I have just been lifting to get a solid base, before I decide whether I want to go down the bodybuilding, or powerlifting path. I love lifting weights, and after long thoughts I figure I want to look really, really good.

My current stats are:
height 6'1
weight 250
body fat 19%
age just turned 19

after many injuries and lots of time off, in and out of the gym, my current lifts are

Bench-315x1 (100lb dumbbellsx8 thought)
Deadlift-495x1
Squat-405x1

These are all my 1 lift maxes, as you can see my bench isn't so great..I had hit 355 at one point then caught the swine flu etc.

I know my lifts aren't that great, but I've only been at it for a year and since I'm just 19 I figure theres plenty of room to improve. I stay with form over weight.

What kind of a routine/rep scheme should I go with if I just want to get humongous? I'm not so much worried about how strong I lift, I just want to look like I have a 3000lb total, haha.

Also..having gone from 260lbs at 40% body fat, to 165 at 10% body fat(Joined the army) then up to 250 at 20% body fat has given me some pretty bad stretch marks by my armpits and inside biceps..anybody have any idea what the best way to get rid of them are?

[wharton]

Hey guys, thanks in advance for your time..

Currently I lift 5 days a week and my routine is as follows.

Monday-Chest/tris
Tuesday- Back/bis
wednesday-legs
Thursday- shoulders/delts
friday-bis/tris
weekend off

For the past year I have just been lifting to get a solid base, before I decide whether I want to go down the bodybuilding, or powerlifting path. I love lifting weights, and after long thoughts I figure I want to look really, really good.

My current stats are:
height 6'1
weight 250
body fat 19%
age just turned 19

after many injuries and lots of time off, in and out of the gym, my current lifts are

Bench-315x1 (100lb dumbbellsx8 thought)
Deadlift-495x1
Squat-405x1

These are all my 1 lift maxes, as you can see my bench isn't so great..I had hit 355 at one point then caught the swine flu etc.

I know my lifts aren't that great, but I've only been at it for a year and since I'm just 19 I figure theres plenty of room to improve. I stay with form over weight.

What kind of a routine/rep scheme should I go with if I just want to get humongous? I'm not so much worried about how strong I lift, I just want to look like I have a 3000lb total, haha.

Also..having gone from 260lbs at 40% body fat, to 165 at 10% body fat(Joined the army) then up to 250 at 20% body fat has given me some pretty bad stretch marks by my armpits and inside biceps..anybody have any idea what the best way to get rid of them are?

Tattoo over them I done black tribal over both biceps and shoulders worked for me. (i must update my pic lol)

[kaberle_15]

Hey guys, thanks in advance for your time..

Currently I lift 5 days a week and my routine is as follows.

Monday-Chest/tris
Tuesday- Back/bis
wednesday-legs
Thursday- shoulders/delts
friday-bis/tris
weekend off

I would like to see a breakdown of exactly what exercises, reps and sets you are doing currently.

Just from scanning it over quickly I believe that you are probably burning yourself out by the end of the week from going 5 straight days on. Try splitting your rest days up in the middle of the week (I will make an example split for you).

It looks like you are overtraining your arms because they are probably a weak point for you but less is more when it comes to arms. There is no need to train them 3 times a week (you train them while you train back and chest). Devote one day for biceps and triceps like you have on Friday.

Some guys like to leave some room between training certain larger muscle groups (I sure do) like training back and legs one day after the other.

sample split for you:
mon back
tues chest
wed off
thurs bi's and tri's
fri legs
sat shoulders
sun off

[ArianBordbar]

Thanks for the input guys . ALso I think I didn't clarify correctly...when I do chest/back, at the very end I will throw in 1-3 sets to finish off, not a whole 6-7 sets. For example sometimes at the end of my chest workout if I did a lot of benching instead of dumbbells my triceps will be so sore I cant even do 1 dip so I wont work them. Other days when I'm doing only 3 sets of bench and then dumbbells I'll do 1 set of dips to failure and some V bar pushdowns. Same with back, yesterday I did an intense back workout, I can't even stand straight at the end I threw in 2 sets of curls, 50lb dumbbells for 8 and then 45 for 7.

[ArianBordbar]

Also for my set and rep scheme..here's what I did this week

Chest:

some rotator cuff exercises, overhead arm claps, standing shoulder press with some 25lb dumbbells to get some blood going.

135x20
225x8-10
305x2

then flat dumbbells
100x8
95x6

Cable flys

95x8
100x8
110x6

incline dumbbells
70x8
75x8
80x6

I believe that was it. A personal trainer at my gym(hes a clean 240) told me to stay in 8 reps for everything...I am doubting the validity of that statement.

For back I did:

pulldows, widegrip

130x10
160x8
180x8
200x8

bent over row(the one where you lay at a 45 degree angle on this..pad..thing..)
2 platesx8
3 platesx8
4 platesx6

deadlifts:

135x10
225x5
315x5
405x2
315x5
365x1

pulldowns close grip 130x6(completely sore by now)
160x5

dumbbell curls 50x8
45x6-8

[Juicedupmonkey]

Also for my set and rep scheme..here's what I did this week

Chest:

some rotator cuff exercises, overhead arm claps, standing shoulder press with some 25lb dumbbells to get some blood going.

135x20
225x8-10
305x2

then flat dumbbells
100x8
95x6

Cable flys

95x8
100x8
110x6

incline dumbbells
70x8
75x8
80x6

I believe that was it. A personal trainer at my gym(hes a clean 240) told me to stay in 8 reps for everything...I am doubting the validity of that statement.

For back I did:

pulldows, widegrip

130x10
160x8
180x8
200x8

bent over row(the one where you lay at a 45 degree angle on this..pad..thing..)
2 platesx8
3 platesx8
4 platesx6

deadlifts:

135x10
225x5
315x5
405x2
315x5
365x1

pulldowns close grip 130x6(completely sore by now)
160x5

dumbbell curls 50x8
45x6-8

Seems like your training is a mixture of Powerlifting and Bodybuilding. Your obviously concerned about the numbers your pushing, maybe powerlifting is the way you want to go? I'm strictly into bodybuilding and the lowest rep I go for is 4-6 and that is only for 1 set all the rest are 8-10 using Slingshot Training.