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Originally Posted by eemooof
so i've been lifting 4 days a week every week for about a month and a half. i have a healthy diet with lots of protein foods and protein shakes. i'm a little frustrated at the progress i've made. i'm expecting results, maybe that's a bad thing? maybe it's too early? so this is my routine...
monday : weighted dips, skull crushers, dumbell tri extensions, bench, incline bench, butterfly, weighted crunches, leg lifts. wednesday : barbell curl, preacher's curl, concentration curls, lat pulldown, bar row, hyperextensions friday : dumbell press, bent over dumbell raise, squats, leg curls, leg extension, weighted crunches, leg lifts saturday : (cardio) about 5 tours for all of the weights i do about 3 sets, 6 reps each...the last set is always a struggle so i have my partner help me out a little, but i try to do as much as possible by myself. i'm thinking about going 5 days a week... day1 - upper day2 - lower day3 - cardio day4 - upper day5 - lower i want some opinions on what to do |
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Originally Posted by Richie1888
sorry to sound like a noob but whats a 'skull crusher'?
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Originally Posted by ForemanRules
Ok your workout is terrible so drop it. Stop using weights you can't lift, your partner should not touch the weights untill your last set and rep if needed. Also get off the 6 rep for everything mode....as a beginner you really need to work on form and train in the 10+ rep range.
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Originally Posted by eemooof
so could i get some advice on what to change my workout to?
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Originally Posted by eemooof
so could i get some advice on what to change my workout to?
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Originally Posted by KarlW
Surely you've had SOME results. I see results after just a few sessions if I haven't lifted in a while. Anyway, whenever you aren't seeing results the answer is rarely to workout MORE often. This logic gives a newbie their status away. To your credit though, you are only 3 days a week which is good. Your program is a little mixed up though, lacking key movements and containing others not really neccessary. The exercises overlap too much and there is too much chest/tri and bi's and not enough of other stuff (squats appear briefly, no deadlifts, not much rowing etc) and you do bi's before your back and tri's before you chest. That is nuts!
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Originally Posted by eemooof
i do get results, i'm just not satisfied with them...i messed up when naming the exercises...i do them, just not in that order, it's usually compound exercises before the isolation
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Originally Posted by KarlW
Well then overall it's not TOO bad. Some modifications could be made but I doubt they would change your results dramatically. 6 weeks you say? You should have has something remotely satisfying in terms of results. Maybe your expectations are too high. Have you really considered what training should do for you or are you comparing yourself to Juiced up Pro's with 10 years training?..............Just a thought.
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Originally Posted by eemooof
i'm comparing myself to my partner i do all this stuff with...we started out at the same strength level and i have surpassed him in the past 2 weeks, we started out at the basically the same height/weight (me - 6'1, 170lbs...him - 6'0, 160lbs) and have the same body types i'd say, but he seems to be looking better, faster...i probably shouldn't be comparing myself with others but it's tough not to.
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