Brad224

From everything I've seen at this forum, it looks like too much training equals less success. Any help/suggestions about my routine would be great. Am I doing too much? Not enough? Any areas I'm lacking?

Mondays - Chest, Triceps, Shoulders.
Chest routine
3x8 wide-grip bench supersetted with dumbbell flys
3x8 decline bench supersetted with dumbbell press
3x8 incline bench

Tricep routine
3x8 skull crushers supersetted with lying extensions
3x8 weighted back-the-back dips
dropset of cable extensions to failure

Shoulder routine
3x8 military press
3x8 front and side lateral raises

Wednesday - Abs and legs
Ab routine
4x25 incline situps
3x15 cable crunches
3x8 woodchoppers
3x8 hanging leg lifts

Leg routine
3x8 narrow stance parallel squats
3x8 wide stance parallel squats
3x8 calf raises at Smith machine
3x8 leg extensions
3x8 leg curls
3x8 leg press
3x8 calf press

Friday - Back and Biceps
Back routine
3x8 wide grip pullups
3x8 deadlifts supersetted with shrugs
3x8 seated cable row supersetted with bent over dumbbell row
3x8 lat pulldown
3x8 standing row at Smith machine
3x8 lower back machine

Bicep routine
3x8 EZ curl bar curls supersetted with concentration curls
3x8 dumbbell preacher curls
dropset EZ curl bar curls to failure

I'm always afraid that if I walk away from the gym not feeling totally pumped, it's a bad workout. I also think that if I'm not sore for the next several days, it's a bad workout. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Scotty the Body

Hows your progress???? If its good then keep doing what your doing.

For me, your doing to many sets on leg and back days and I wouldn't do the supersets all the time.

Cool

Prince

Do you do all of those different exercises every work-out? If so, I would do less exercises and alternate them, one week do squats the next week leg press, etc.

I do not know what your goal is, but for size volume looks a bit high overall, if you cut out some exercises and alternated them it would be a better. Also, supersetting is okay, but it should be used sparingly not every work-out.

Getting pumped is great, but it's not the best measure for a good work-out, just like being sore the next day is not always necessary. There are times when I have great work-outs and I am not sore the following day, that does not mean they were unproductive work-outs.

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