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Posted by: Lord_of_the_GYM

Monday - Chest ( 28 sets of about 6-8 reps)
Tuesday - Abs and HIIT
Wednesday - Arms (Bis and Tri) (32 sets (16 for Bis and 16 for Tris) 6-8 reps)
Thursday - Abs and HIIT
Friday - Shoulder/legs (44 sets(22 shoulders/22legs)and just 2 exercises of Chest
Saturday - Back (20 sets 6-8 reps)
Sunday - rest

Posted by: mwman

Why so many sets?

Posted by: Lord_of_the_GYM

once i start lifiting i just don't feel like stopping ...
i have to really force my self to stop!!!

Posted by: goal_500_bench

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Originally Posted by mwman

Why so many sets?

That's what I'm saying...why not increase the weights to decrease sets and reps....can u post the amount of weights you use?

Posted by: eskimo515

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Originally Posted by Lord_of_the_GYM

Monday - Chest ( 28 sets of about 6-8 reps)
Tuesday - Abs and HIIT
Wednesday - Arms (Bis and Tri) (32 sets (16 for Bis and 16 for Tris) 6-8 reps)
Thursday - Abs and HIIT
Friday - Shoulder/legs (44 sets(22 shoulders/22legs)and just 2 exercises of Chest
Saturday - Back (20 sets 6-8 reps)
Sunday - rest

32 sets for arms - damn! Have you been increase the lbs you lift? That's a lot of volume, son! Especially if you are going 6-8 reps. How long have you been training?

Posted by: Lord_of_the_GYM

well for about 5 months now..

Posted by: SportinStyle

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Originally Posted by Lord_of_the_GYM

Let me just say... That would be a excellent routine, IF you were trying to lose muscle. That would definitely lead to overtraining. I used to do 16-18 sets on chest, and overtrained it. Now I do 10-12.

If you do that routine, you are gonna have to be on some serious juice.

Here's what a normal person should do:

Monday ------ ***Everything based on 6-8 reps***
Triceps ------
[Superset] Cable Pulldown (x3) ***OR*** SkullCrushers (x3)
Close-Grip Bench (x3)
Weighted Dips (x3)

Back ------
Deadlift ***Hold at told and squeeze back***(x3)
Wide Grip Pullups (x3)
Front Pulldown (x3)

Tuesday ------ OFF DAY ******************

Wendsday ------
Chest ------
Cable Fly (x3)
Bench Press (x3)
Incline Bench (x3)
Decline Bench (x3)

Biceps ------
DB Curl (x3) ***OR*** [Superset] Cable Curl (x3)
Pull Overs *Not really positive on name*(x3)
Preacher Curls (x3)

Thursday ------ OFF DAY ******************

Friday ------
Shoulders ------
Front Raises (x3)
Side Raises (x3)
Shoulder Press (x3)

Legs ------
Squats (x3)
Stiff Leg Dl's (x3)
Calf Raises (x3)
Calf Leg Pushes (x3)

Abs ------
Crunches (60x2)
Twists (60x2)
Cable Side Raise (x3)

Saturday ------
Boxing/Swimming (45m-1h)

Sunday ------ OFF DAY ******************

Posted by: Lord_of_the_GYM

the only juice i am on is Metabolic Whey protein .. i see wat you are saying about over training .. i will try to simmer down on the sets. The only reason i followed this workout for 5 mnths was because I saw some pretty good gains in my shoulder, chest and tris area.

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