Thanks for the info guys. Jweave i am going to try your workout and see if it works for me. How many reps do you do for each set. Do you do both chest exercises then shoulders? How do you feel about french presses for triceps? I love this exercise. Dont know if you have tried this or not but try and do skull crushers on a decline bench it adds alittle something to the exercise, including a greater stretch at the bottom.
Thanks,
Dean-o
I generally do 6-8 reps. Usually my plan is when I make gains and can do 10 reps each set, I add more weight to reduce reps back down to 6-8.
As for french presses (skullcrushers)... yeah I love them, a must-have tricep exercise IMO. Declines do work very well, but I usually just do them flat because some idiot has the decline bench used for abs
I do both chest exercises then shoulder, yes. I usually do them in this order:
1. db incline bench
2. flys or dips
3. bb front shoulder press (don't do behind the neck military, no need for that stress on the rotator cuff IMO).
4. skullcrushers
5. db rear delt raise (2 sets, not 3)
6. tricep cable pushdowns
7. db lateral delt raises (2 sets, not 3)
It's a fairly decent amount of total work for one day, but it is a 3 day split, and I never do 2 days in a row or any day more often than every 7 days.