5-day split for Mass/Strength - Criticism Welcomed!

Jezacorne

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Hey guys, I am 20 years old and have been training for about 3 years. I weigh 70kg's and have just come up with a possible 5-day split for myself while I am at University. If you could give me some feedback and/or tips that i could use to tweek and change the program if necessary that would be fantastic.

I should say I aim to incorporate going to crossfit occasionally during the week.

In this I use the split: Monday-Chest/Shoulders, Tuesday-Back, Wednesday-Off, Thursday-Legs, Friday-Biceps/Triceps, Saturday-Abs/Cardio

Monday

3x Flat barbell Bench
3x Incline dumbbell Press
3x Flat bench dumbbell Fly
2x very light incline cable fly finisher (20 reps)

3x Military Press
3x face pulls
3x front raise superset with 3x lateral raise

Tuesday

3x Pull Ups
3x Bentover Rows
3x Lat Pulldown
3x Seated Cable Rows

Wednesday

Off

Thursday

3x squats
3x deadlifts
3x leg press (or lunges?)
3x Calf Raise superset with seated calf raise

Friday

3x slow chin-ups
3x standing ezbar bicep curls
3x incline dumbbell bicep curl

3x barbell skull crushers superset with close grip barbell press
3x cable tricep extensions

Saturday

Abs + 30 minute run
 
OnionKnight

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look phat by layne norton. yours is more like a push/pull/legs routine with a useless arm day thrown in and one cardio day
 
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I would put deadlifts on your back day. Your trying to do two of the most body taxing exercises in a row. So in the long run one of the exercises is going to lag. Also like onion said arms day is a waist of time, arms are secondary muscle groups they shouldn't have a sole focus, same with your abb day if you ask me.

Just for reference here's what I'm following right now and it works great for my work week.

Monday: 5 ex back, 2 ex traps, 1 ex abs
Tuesday: 4 ex chest, 3 ex bi's, 1 ex forearms
Wednesday: 4 ex quads, 2 ex abs
Thursday: 4 ex shoulders, 3 ex triceps
Friday: 3 ex hams, 2 ex calves, 1 ex abs
 

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