My routine, please critique?

[boyka]

Here's what it looks like;


Day 1
Exercise Sets Reps
Chest
Bench Press 5 5
Incline Dumbell 4 6
Decline Press 4 6
Barbell Fly's 3 8
Biceps
EZ curl 4 6
Preacher Curl 4 6
Seated Hammer Curl 3 8
Abs- Cable Crunch/Weighted leg raise/Weighted side dip 4/15,3/15,3/15

Day 2
Exercise Sets Reps
Back
lat pulldown 5 5
dbell lat pull 4 6
Deadlift 3 8
Tbar Row 4 6
Cable Pull 3 8
Barbell Shrug 4 6


Day 3
Exercise Sets Reps
Shoulders
Seated mil press 5 5
Dbelll press 4 6
Front pull 4 6
Front Raise 3 8
Triceps
Close Grip Press 4 6
Tri raise 4 6
Tricep Pushdown 3 8
Abs- bar leg raises, Bicycle Crunch, Swiss Ball Plank, superset 4/15

Day 4 (all supersets)
Exercise Sets Reps
Legs
Squat/leg curl 4 8
Barbell pull/v pulldown 3 8
Bbell bench/incline flys 3 8
Arnolds/bent fly 3 8
Skullcrusher/tri kic 3 8
Close grip curl/zotman 3 8
Barbell shrugs/calve raise 3 8


Abs - Weighted decline sit up, Decline leg kicks ,Side Plank 4/15,3/15,3,1 minute each

Cardio- 3 times a week, interval sprinting for 20 minutes.

Right now my goal is to add a lot of muscle to my upper body as I am lower body dominant. Looking to HOPEFULLY add 10 lbs of muscle to my upper body this summer, more relastically maybe 5. I am thinking of switching away from 5*5 for shoulders to dropsets which someone on here told me about. Really I just wanna look like my dam avatar lol.

If you guys can think of a way to critique this to aid in better gains please let me know. Thanks a ton!

 

[boyka]

my biggest thing is I am wondering if I should increase volume, I know everyone says low volume high intensity but I seem to always see the big guys and bodybuilders doing a lot of reps on the exercises their doing. What do you guys think?

 

[IronReps]

my biggest thing is I am wondering if I should increase volume, I know everyone says low volume high intensity but I seem to always see the big guys and bodybuilders doing a lot of reps on the exercises their doing. What do you guys think?

This gets a lot of people in a downward spiral.
More volume is not better. If you do anything, take some off! The amount of volume you have now would probably be good if you're on the juice, but naturally that seems like too much.

 

[boyka]

This gets a lot of people in a downward spiral.
More volume is not better. If you do anything, take some off! The amount of volume you have now would probably be good if you're on the juice, but naturally that seems like too much.

cool bro thanks for the advice

 

[BigKentucky]

This gets a lot of people in a downward spiral.
More volume is not better. If you do anything, take some off! The amount of volume you have now would probably be good if you're on the juice, but naturally that seems like too much.

^ I agree. Your volume is giving you diminished returns. By that I'm saying it's hurting your growth progress.

Your best routine ??

You'll laugh....

IS NOT HAVING ONE.

Serious. Train what isn't sore. Never get into a routine. Blitz biceps three times a week if not sore. Train legs back to back (if you want real pain you'll love this)...etc...etc...etc

I wake up and know instantly what I'm training. This is my last 9 days of training:

Saturday: Legs
Sunday: Biceps
Monday: Chest/Triceps and calves
Tuesday: Back and biceps
Wednesday: Legs
Thursday: Shoulders
Friday: Hamstrings
Saturday: Triceps/Biceps/Calves
Sunday (Yesterday): Back and traps

Today is a rest day..I'm too sore to even venture to the gym. Tomorrow is legs...gonna hammer so I can barely walk.

Hope this helps bro. QUALITY vs. QUANTITY !!