Thread: trying to make a routine good routine

I can't comment on diet cause I got no knowledge of that to actually comment but routine wise I think it's a good mix up. I do similair split bb chesttri leg rest. Just make sure ur benching, squating, dead, chin up, and shoulder press and glute ham raise if u got em. That's my thought.

I would take off shoulders from the leg day and have a day for shoulders by itself, and split the arms. Put bicep with shoulders and tricep with chest, this way you can do two three days for upper body and two days for lower. You can do something like this:
Chest and tricep.
Back and traps.
Legs.
Off
Shoulders and biceps.
Legs.

This way you are splitting up your days fairly between upper and lower body.

Originally Posted by Ogedi

I can't comment on diet cause I got no knowledge of that to actually comment but routine wise I think it's a good mix up. I do similair split bb chesttri leg rest. Just make sure ur benching, squating, dead, chin up, and shoulder press and glute ham raise if u got em. That's my thought.

yeah; i've been doing the basics.. wanted to also at clean's to my work out but don't know what day to do them.. so far its been like this; also doing
Monday: db bench, db incline, db decline, pecdeck
tuesday: deadlift; latpulldowns,seated row and shoulders presses/shurgs lat raises
wed: off/ cardio
thursday: squats, leg press, curl, calf raises...
friday: bi's, tri's however i wanna hit them.

i'll do abs twice a week; and thinking about doing cleans after squats? light weight maybe?

I do abs when ever they feel rested just make sure it's at the end. O and get obliques too. Ur lower back get hammered enough from squats and deads. I always power clean and I learned it from my strength coach. Just ask around for some teaching. Start light till ya get it. I personally do pc before squat cause the explosiveness of the lift get ur legs pumping and ready!

Originally Posted by LionInTheJungle

i really want to make a routine where i can maximize the growth/potential of each muscle. i can work out 5 days a week but prefer 4 days and hit cardio on my rest days. this is what i've been doing
monday: Chest
Tuesday: Back
wednesday: off/ cardio
Thursday: Legs/ shoulders
Friday: arms

what's the best way to work this split?
chest/tri
Legs
off
back/bi
shoulders

if you want more details let me know..... would five days a week be better?
i feel like my diet is straight... i eat 6 meals a day: 6 proteins/6 complexcarbs throw a few veg's in a couple of meals... on top of that i have a post workout protein shake/ simplecarb gatorade....

Splits can go many different ways...the key is variety.

This is what I am doing currently:

Mon: Chest/Bi's
Tues: Legs
Wed: Shoulders/Tri's
Thursday: Cardio/Abs/Calves
Friday: Back
Saturday: Cardio/Abs
Sunday: And on the seventh day GMO rested.