Thread: Please critique my routine

i think its good :
on friday u wrote dumbbel press twice, i assume the first one is bench press
and the second one is overhead press, right?
do you do legs twice a week?, because you wrote lower body 2
if the answer to both of those is yes i think ur routine is perfecto

i do a push/pull/legs-i like it, but this way ur hittin ur muscles twice a week, u could keep it like that or just do all pull one day and all push one day, either way its perfect, but i would advise push/legs/pull/legs

Mike456, right the movements are D/bell bench press and D/bell overhead press, thanks. I'll only be doing 1 lower body workout every week.

yea 1 day of legs is good- so what r u gonna do- push all one day, pull all one day, or keep it as it as?

Keep it as is, unless somebody convinces me separating the two is beneficial. Thanks

nice! someone read the stickies!! you get an B+

to answer your question, you could do a variety of things.

push
pull
legs
UB1
UB2
legs

repeat

or you could go

push
pull
legs
UB1push
pull
legs
UB2

repeat!

Do you think a routine like this might lead to overtraining of the shoulders? Considering they’re getting the same volume as bigger muscle groups like chest and back.

the split myk posted is bad, thats 7 days a week of lifting!!- definitly overtraining

actually urs might be a danger of overtraining i say to be safe and have no risk of overtraining do this split:
Upper Push
off
Lower(Quad dominant)
off
Upper Pull
off
Lower(Hamstring Dominant)
here is 3 reasons why i think push/pull is better
1. no chance of overtraining if u do them the same day, the split u have makes ur back, chest, and shoulders get hit rest 2 days then get hit again- imo thats not enough rest

2 ur monday workout will suck cause your chest, back and shoulders will prolly still be sore and tired or just not as good as they can be from fridays workout

3 ur shoulders and tris will grow more/get stronger if u do them all together on chest day- the shoulders and tris get hit on the chest movements, and the tris get worked on the anterior delt movements, at the end of the workout all the muscles will be more worked than if u split them up, same with
back-biceps

the shoulders have a less chance of getting overtrained cause it is a smaller muscle, the back and chest is what u gotta worry about

Originally Posted by mike456

the split myk posted is bad, thats 7 days a week of lifting!!- definitly overtraining

NO you fucking tool! its not lifting everyday!

week 1

push
rest
pull
rest
legs
rest
rest

week 2

UB1
rest
UB2
rest
legs
rest
rest

back to week 1


or

week 1

push
rest
pull
rest
legs
UB1
rest

week2

push
rest
pull
rest
legs
UB2
rest


back to week 1

Originally Posted by mike456

the split myk posted is bad, thats 7 days a week of lifting!!- definitly overtraining

actually urs might be a danger of overtraining i say to be safe and have no risk of overtraining do this split:
Upper Push
off
Lower(Quad dominant)
off
Upper Pull
off
Lower(Hamstring Dominant)
here is 3 reasons why i think push/pull is better
1. no chance of overtraining if u do them the same day, the split u have makes ur back, chest, and shoulders get hit rest 2 days then get hit again- imo thats not enough rest

2 ur monday workout will suck cause your chest, back and shoulders will prolly still be sore and tired or just not as good as they can be from fridays workout

3 ur shoulders and tris will grow more/get stronger if u do them all together on chest day- the shoulders and tris get hit on the chest movements, and the tris get worked on the anterior delt movements, at the end of the workout all the muscles will be more worked than if u split them up, same with
back-biceps

nice split! I wonder were you got the idea from


4 day split routine, opinoins please!

lol- i stole ur training idea!!, and how the hell was i supposed to know thats what u meant for the splits

I would probably hit the lower body twice each week as well, or alternate so that the following week you hit it twice and the upper body only once. Besides that it looks good to me.

I am in the process of changing my routine as well, away from the bodypart routine I usually do.

Does this routine have enough chest work? I only see a DB press on Workout 1, and then a bench press on Workout 3.

Same thing for biceps and triceps- I only see one workout for each.

My concern is probably since Im so used to training specific bodyparts.

Thanks

pull push legs is gr8 i started doing it , but it has a disadvantage, that u won't be able to hammer your triceps well on the push day and ur biceps on the pull day after a long workout ...but i really think it works the best