Thread: Confused.............

Originally Posted by the_general64

If you are making gains by doing a horrible routine do you continue to do that until you stop making gains or stop and change it immediately? for example, when i first started lifting i bench pressed every other day. i went from doing 8 reps of 140 to 8 of 200. then i learned that you shouldn't bench that often so i benched about once every four or five days, and continued making gains. right now my routine is:
mon flat and incline bench machine flys
tue machine rows pullups close grip pulldowns
wed close grip bench press dips overhead presses
thurs sqauts sldl's back extensions seated and standing calf raises
fri off
sat off
sun mon workout
most people on this board do a 2 on 1 off and those who don't, don't workout 4 days in a row. so if i am making gains doing this, which i am do i continue or change? i also have to figure out how to work in arms because my arms haven't gotten any stronger with just the pull day workout

when you are first starting out, you can pretty much do whatever the hell you want to do and you will make gains. it isn't magic. you have to get more creative as your training age grows in order to keep making progress.

The thing that I would change about your routine is that you have all that pressing (2 different days) and not a lot of pulling. I would change that because you need to really make sure that you strengthen your upper back to prevent shoulder injuries and other issues that arise from excessive pressing movements.

could you give me some advice on some other pulling movements i could possibly do? and would i do them on a separate day or on the same pull day?