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    Critique my workout routine

    Please don't slam me to hard as I am sure I have plenty of oppertunity here . My main goal right now is size.

    Mon-
    Bench 10, 8, 6 generally increasing weight 10lb each set
    Alternate Flys, Incline, or decline 3x8
    Dips 3x12
    Overhead rope pulls 10, 8, 6 like bench
    Abs 6 sets rotating between (hanging leg raises, declined cruches, ball cruches, basic crunches, reverse decline crunches)

    Tue-
    40 min running

    Wed-
    Deadlift 3x8
    rotate Pull ups or lat pulldowns 10,8,6 increasing weight
    bent bar curls 3x8
    Rope curls 3x8

    Thur-
    40 min running

    Fri-
    Military press 3x8
    Shoulder Raises 3x8
    Bench 3x8

    Sat/sun is typically rest, on occasion I will go for a jog.

    I don't work legs much other than running and I know I'm missing the squat but my legs are already bigger then the rest of me and I'm still not really interested in focusing on them. I would rather have a big chest and arms.

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    Weight 178-180
    Height 5 9
    BF% around 13%

    Goal is to be about 190 9.9999% bf

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    This is my split and it works great for me

    Mon- Quads Hams Calves (soleus)

    Tue- Delts Traps

    Thu- Back calves (gastro)

    FRi- Chest Bi Tri

    I beleive in INTENSITY!

    Low volume being my prefered method of training, im a sicko and like to feel like im about to die at the end of my work sets.

    If u dont want to be that intense i would reccomend a higher volume approach

    All that running is not going to be helping you out, i would stick to 3 low intensity sessions per week for 30mins each


    An exaple of what i call INTENSITY, tonights leg workout

    Leg press- 4 warm up sets, 1 set to total failure, 1 all out set as follows ( fail at 10 reps, partner forces 3 more, drop 4 plates, fail at 10 again, rest pause, fail again)

    Hack squats- 1 work set ( pick a weight u can do for 10 reps, now perform 18 breathing reps, followed by 2x10second negatives)

    Quads done (3 working sets) hard to walk, light headed, now for hams

    I train hams in a straight set fassion at around 10 reps per set

    Lying leg cur (cable machine) 3 sets to failure, explosive reps, slow negatives
    Lying Leg curls (hammer) 3 sets to failure, slow reps, peak contraction

    Seated calf raise- warm up then 3 failure sets
    1 all out set im similar style to the leg press exercise

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    And remember if you want your body to progress you need to force it to do so

    You need to be progressive in your training, progressive tension overload

    Basically that means adding weight, you need to show ur muscle what it is up against, week in week out, your numbers need to be going up, just remember ur form needs to stay perfect of it dont count

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    I understand the intensity tip, thanks. I don't really want to start over with a new program as I built this over time and it works well for me. I more so want to make sure I'm not doing something very wrong or to know if there are some more tweaks I can do to improve it. Anyone?

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    I just dont like this layout much, how about

    Mon- back lower back

    Deadlift
    Barbell row
    Lat pull down
    Pull over

    Wed- chest biceps tri

    Flat bench
    Incline bench
    Floor press or CGBP or pushdowns
    Barbell curls

    Fri- delts traps

    Mil Press
    Side laterals
    Rear laterals
    Barbell shrugs

    IMO that woupd work better than what u have ATM, u could do ur low intensity CV on off days

    This is more basic

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