Thread: Need some routine tips...

Day 1 - Bench, Incline Bench, Decline Bench, Peck Deck Machine.

Curl EZ Bar, Curl Dumbell, Curl EZ Bar using diferent grip.

Cable Pressdown, Skull Crushers, Cable Pressdown using different grip.


Day 2 - Standing EZ Bar Upright Row, Seated Dumbell press, Shoulder Shrug, Dumbell Lateral Raise, Lift Weight up front.

Abs + Cardio


Day 3 - Dead Lift, Pull ups, Seated Cable Row, Back Extention, Wide Grip Lat Pull Down, Dumbell "outboard motor pull for a boat".

Same Bicep and Tricep routines as Day 1.


Day 4 - Squat with Barbell on shoulders, Leg Curl, Leg Extension, Calf Raise, Hack Squat.

Abs + Cardio.


Day 5 - Eat and rest.

Any tips or anything would be very much appreciated. My main questions are as follows though...

- What is a "superset" that I keep hearing about?
- Is it better to do all your chest routines together or to mix it up with Bicep/Tricep?
- Should I do cardio after every workout? I absolutly hate cardio.

Thanks for your time.

PS: Im 6 foot 2 inches and I put on about 10lbs so Im at 182.

Originally Posted by Purdue Power

You might want to group Chest & Bis together and then Back & Tris. They won't wear each other out when you do them on the same day, because it is one "push" and one "pull. Thus, you get more out of each muscle group. You can also group legs and shoulders together.

I would suggest doing legs and shoulder once a week and all others twice a week. You shoulders get a secondary workout with each chest, tri, and bi workout, so there is no need to hit them more than once a week in my opinion. As far as deadlifts for back, you don't need to do them more than once a week. Once every other week would be good too. Make sure you still keep 2 days of rest spread throughout the week. I take my rest days Sun and Thu.

Make sure to keep changing your number of sets and reps quite often. It is also good to incorporate different excercises into your routines each time to sub for another.

Im probably getting annoying with this but I have to say it. Thanks. Anyway on to the topic...

- Do you really need to rest 2 times a week? I get some sick satisfaction when I go to the gym. I feel like Im waisting time (kinda) when Im not there. I rationalize by saying "I cheated a little bit on a few of my workout, thus I dont need much rest." I also only get about 7 hours of sleep a night. Do I need to sleep more as well?

- Thanks for the chest/bis and back/tris tip. Ill definitly do that.