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  1.  03-28-2011  09:15 PM
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    Critique my Routine?


    This is very rough, and I know it needs work. My overall goal is size, not strength. Specifically I need to work on biceps(they are lagging behind badly, arms are only 16.6, and tricep is making up a huge amount, more than it should) chest width, back (more width, than thickness, but both). I'll be running Halotest-25 50/50/75/75/75/100 while doing this.

    Mon-back & traps
    4x10-15 Pullups
    4x10-15 Lat Pulldown Hammer Strength Machine
    3x8 Deadlift
    3x10 one armed DB rows
    4x10-15 seated cable rows
    4x10-15 shrugs

    Tues-Chest
    4x10-15 flat bench
    4x10-15 incline db press
    4x10-15 dips
    4x10-15 cable flies

    Wed-legs
    4x10 Hacksquats
    4x10 leg press
    4x10 leg curls
    4x10 calf raises

    Thr-Bi’s & Tri’s
    Skullcrushers- 4x12 10 8 6
    Closegrips- 4x12 10 8 6
    Standing BB curls 4x12 10 8 6
    Hammer Curls 4x12 10 8 6
    Preacher Curls 4x12 10 8 6

    Fri Shldrs
    4x10-15 seated Military Press do 4 sets, 8-16 reps
    4x10-15 side laterals
    4x10-15 rear delts
    4x10-15 upright rows

    A few notes:
    Might lower volume on arms depending on how they respond.
    Going to alternate deadlifts every other week, I need a replacement exercise
    The leg workout looks weak, I know, but my legs have always responded extremely well to lower volume (they are 30inches atm).
    I also might move legs day to shoulders day if I need that Wednesday off.

    I appreciate the help.



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    I would switch your arms day with your shoulders day. That way your shoulder press won't suffer from an exhausted tricep.

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    Just a couple of things to mull over:

    For deadlifts, I'd go even heavier than you're suggesting. It's such a great mass packing exercise, why waste it doing light weight for reps?

    And modifying what first reply said, I would maybe rotate out hack squats and leg presses with other movements, or at least have them on hand and know you have them at your disposal if/when you burn out on doing those other 2 movements. I personally wouldn't have 2 machine leg movements unless you're experienced enough to know you're using the right range of motion every time.

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    Originally Posted by JerseyDrew77 View Post
    I would switch your arms day with your shoulders day. That way your shoulder press won't suffer from an exhausted tricep.
    Yeah, I've ran a split like the poster has before and found that my tricep felt real weak on my shoulder presses. However, and maybe it was me, when I switched the two I didn't really find any difference. This was when I was training with heavy weight/low rep range, though, and maybe it might make a difference with higher volume.

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    Okay, yeah I can definitely go heavier with the deadlifts, I actually prefer to. And I'll have to experiment with the shoulders triceps day, because I've done something similar, not with this much volume , and it never affected me. As far as other leg exercises, I'll just have to experiment, because like I said I'm not that interested in getting them bigger than they are. My main concern with this workout was number one biceps, and then chest width, and back width/thickness.

    ALso, any suggestions on how long I should wait in between my sets?

    Thanks for the help

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    Thanks, PM sent.

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    Originally Posted by Torobestia View Post
    Yeah, I've ran a split like the poster has before and found that my tricep felt real weak on my shoulder presses. However, and maybe it was me, when I switched the two I didn't really find any difference. This was when I was training with heavy weight/low rep range, though, and maybe it might make a difference with higher volume.
    The split was set up like that so that I can do back early in the week, and than biceps later in the week, so the biceps have time to recover from back workout day, before I hit them hard on arms day

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