my training

divie

This is my training routine which i think is a lot to be desired because my lower back training is neglected and my legs dont get worked hard enougth in my opinion but im planning on making changes to this but is there anything else i should change guys?.I was thinking of adding an extra days training were i do a full body workout just a bit of everything at the end of the week what do you reckon?.
Oh and i do 4 sets for every exercisse unless stated otherwise.

tues,
chest and triceps,
flat dumbells bench press
incline dumbell presses
incline fyes
pec dec
french press(basicly tricep extensions)
tricep pressdowns
dips close grip for triceps not chest
abbs

wed,
back and biceps,
pull ups,
lateral pulldowns,
rows,
standerd barbell bicep curls 2 sets.
21's for just 1 set
reverse curls
hammer curls

friday,
shoulders and legs,
Dumbell presesses
lateral raises
bent over lateral raisdes
shrugs
Squats
leg extensions
hamstring machine(dunno its correct name)
calf raises
abbs

Stu21Ldn

pretty decent all though i think you're probably over training your biceps.

Also shrugs are for traps so i would do them on the back day

divie

Im going to not do the hammer curls then as i suspected i may be overtraining my biceps a little.
cheers stu

crazycal1

its taken me 4 ish years to get my back to be able to cope with squats and deads-(at any weight)they are essential for growth-stick to compound exercises - dont worry about hitting the muscles from all angles-just make sure your adding a little extra weight to the bar each week-isolation exercises are a waste of time

einsteins mind was the key to all things...to understand more than to know.

www.extremenutrition.co.uk

splinter

The stuff your doing is quite similar to me.

No deadlift though?

TommyT

Actually you may want to drop one of your other bi exercises as hammers hit the long head much better than most others. (last months muscle and fitness full article)

TommyT

I agree Brawn is a good book but isolation exercises really do have a purpose and are very beneficial you should read some other material. I think whilst one should take from that book that yes compound movements are essential and imperitive to training, isolation exercises shouldn't be ignored based on one mans genetic disposition to benefit from a particular way of training. Not everyone trains like Mike Mentzer either

crazycal1

fair point mate-wow someone else has read brawn-i do read other stuff(any suggestions welcome),but i do think brawn cuts thru all the bullshit and puts progression as the key to growth-something that i had forgotten or maybe never realised-its my bible(-well it works for me)

einsteins mind was the key to all things...to understand more than to know.

www.extremenutrition.co.uk

TommyT

hey if it works for you stick to it. There are various ways of training that work dependant on ones genetics. Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman don't train the same way. I like the principles of the book however its principally aimed at people who don't use drugs of which I can't realistically include myself ops:

I find magazines Flex and muscle and Fitness to be interesting to read every month although the amount of advertising can become a little repetitive. I find reading whole books to become somewhat tedious because most repeat large section of the others. A bizarre choice I have found recently quite motivational was Making the game. A WWF wrestlers supposesed guide to training. Whilst I used to follow the sport as a kid (I find alot of my bodybuilder friends did - It was basically admiring guys for their strength and physique) I don't anymore although I still think the guy is tremendously impressive. Whilst the training advice was minimal, basic and crap thier was a section on his recovery from a quadricep tear which motivationally was awesome.

TT

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crazycal1

you talking about HHH?

einsteins mind was the key to all things...to understand more than to know.

www.extremenutrition.co.uk