Critique my routine please

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Doko

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I'm planning a 4 week M1t/4AD cycle and have put together this routine to put on as much LBM as possible. I want to do this until PCT is finished then switch to something else.

3 days on 1 day off ad infinitum. Each day focus on either chest, back, or legs with 4 different exercises, 5 sets each, reps +/- 8. Then finish off with 2-3 isolation lifts, maybe 3-4 sets, same rep scheme. For example:

Day 1 (chest)

Incline Smith press 5 x 8
Weighted Dips 5 x 8
Pec Deck 5 x 8
DB Flys 5 x 8
Military presses 3 x 8
DB lateral raises 3 x 8
Crunches 3 to failure


Day 2 (legs)

Deads 5 x 8
Calf presses 5 x 8
Leg presses 5 x 8
Abductors 5 x 8

Day 3 (back)

Bent-over BB rows 5 x 8
Pullups 5 x 8
Pullovers (lever) 5 x 8
Upright rows 5 x 8
DB curls 3 x 8
Oblique extensions 3 x 8
Swiss ball crunches 3 to failure

Day 4 (rest)

Day 5 (repeat day 1)

I'm trying to mix up freeweights, machines, etc. I know the first comment is going to be "overtraining" but I will be "on" so hopefully recovery will be accelerated. Also if you notice I keep the sets under 30 which I don't think is too much, and I'll be alternating exercises throughout the week, for example instead of leg presses I'll be squatting (opposite my deadlifting days).

Comments, flames?
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Day 1 (chest)

Incline Smith press 5 x 8
Weighted Dips 5 x 8
Pec Deck 5 x 8
DB Flys 5 x 8
Military presses 3 x 8

DB lateral raises 3 x 8
Crunches 3 to failure
Drop the smith machine and do incline barbell or DB. Drop either pec deck or Flys. I would drop the p-dec. It also looks to me like you are doing to many sets. Try
Incline barb or db 3 x8
Bench press or db press 3 x 8
dips 3 x 8
Flys 1 or 2 x 10
legs look ok but do calves last instead of inbetween dls and lp.
Are you not going to do arms at all?

I would also include hitting the rear delts with the lateral raises.
 

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