My Routine Good?

[Shrek211]

I have been doing this routine for abit now and seems to be working for me but maybe thinking bout switiching it up.

Mon - Chest
Tues- Back
Wed- Shoulders
Thurs - legs/biceps
Friday - chest/triceps

I just read bout training 5 days in a row is to much but I have had good gains off this, but I am open to new things. So any advice would help me out.

6'1
235;bs
3yrs lifting


P.S. I know someone is going to ask why I workout chest twice aweek so I mite as well answer it now. It is the thing I like to train the best and I also wanna gain the most size in my chest so thats why I work it out twice aweek.

 

[putski]

I have been doing this routine for abit now and seems to be working for me but maybe thinking bout switiching it up.

Mon - Chest
Tues- Back
Wed- Shoulders
Thurs - legs/biceps
Friday - chest/triceps

I just read bout training 5 days in a row is to much but I have had good gains off this, but I am open to new things. So any advice would help me out.

6'1
235;bs
3yrs lifting


P.S. I know someone is going to ask why I workout chest twice aweek so I mite as well answer it now. It is the thing I like to train the best and I also wanna gain the most size in my chest so thats why I work it out twice aweek.

Do you lift 80% of what you can lift? Or are you fatigued by the end of the workout? Or do you go to failure on the last set or every set?

Are you making the same gains on your chest?

 

[hammer53]

i do a 5 day as well:

#1 - biceps / forearms

#2 - Chest / triceps / abs

#3 - shoulders / traps

#4 - back / abs

#5 - legs

days 1,2,4,5 i work for a sanitation co. and am running behind a truck from 6am-11am, do a light cardio (3.8 on t-mill) before my routine, and jump rope for about 15 minutes after workout...

days 6,7 i do light abs, hard cardio (tmill-jump rope) and boxing

im currently running 10 weeks 150mg prop eod - cutter...

I do chest on day 2 because im usually a bit sore the day after and i dont work on day #3 (usually weds)...

 

[hammer53]

... but im about 3-4 weeks into my cycle and am considering switching routines and throwing a day off midweek...

im usually running 5 exercises @ 3 sets each to fatigue...maybe change it up to 2x8 and 5x5

 

[blackbeard]

I have been doing this routine for abit now and seems to be working for me but maybe thinking bout switiching it up.

Mon - Chest
Tues- Back
Wed- Shoulders
Thurs - legs/biceps
Friday - chest/triceps

I just read bout training 5 days in a row is to much but I have had good gains off this, but I am open to new things. So any advice would help me out.

6'1
235;bs
3yrs lifting


P.S. I know someone is going to ask why I workout chest twice aweek so I mite as well answer it now. It is the thing I like to train the best and I also wanna gain the most size in my chest so thats why I work it out twice aweek.

this really doesnt tell us much since you can be doing 30 sets per bodypart or 5?a split really doesnt mean all that much..working your chest on tuesday instead of monday doesnt mean your going to grow any more or any less

what kind of results have you seen from using this routine..if its working why switch?

 

[GymLift]

if its working why switch?

Good advice.

 

[putski]

im running 5 exercises @ 3 sets each to fatigue...

What do you mean by FATIGUE?

Do you mean not to failure?

Do you mean Fatigue after the set?

Or exercize?

How can you tell if you are making progress if you don't lift to failure on at least the last set?

 

[Behemoth]

How can you tell if you are making progress if you don't lift to failure on at least the last set?

Gee, I always thought a tape measure was a good way to tell?

I think training to failure is overrated. All it's going to do is fatigue your CNS and require more recovery time until you can hit the weights at full strength again. Think about it this way. You go a set of 5 with your 5 RM, hitting failure on the last rep. Oh shit, now you can't do any more sets. Or, you can cluster it, or something like that, and end up doing 20 reps with your 5 RM instead. Seems like the second option would cause more microtrauma.

As long as you don't go to failure, you can train as often as you want, pretty much.

 

[hammer53]

What do you mean by FATIGUE?

Do you mean not to failure?

Do you mean Fatigue after the set?

Or exercize?

How can you tell if you are making progress if you don't lift to failure on at least the last set?

ok..should read fatigue/failure...depends on the exercise really...when i do bi's, i superset preacher curls and hammer curls so i do them to fatigue, bench to failure, Seated Bent Over Rear Delt Raise to fatigue, kickbacks to failure...etc... may not be the "scientifically proven best" method (if any truly are), but im getting good results and increasing maxs each week. If im going to failure i lift as heavy as possible, enough to get 3-7 reps in, fatigue i lift moderately heavy, but enough to get between 10-15 reps in...