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Old 01-20-2009, 05:09 PM
xAtamx xAtamx is offline
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Originally Posted by Kane View Post
You asked for it...

First off, welcome. I'm sure you'll find lots of useful info here.

What you posted is not a routine. Its only a small piece. You have the general layout and your plan for exercise selection but the big things that are missing are the reps/sets and the exercises. You're also missing hamstrings in your split.

Splits are not a very good approach. Most people are drawn to them because it seems like your concentrating on that muscle. Sort of a divide and conquer attitude. When's the last time you used your quads or traps and no other muscle? You're much better training MOVEMENTS instead of muscles. By movements I mean compound exercises, squats, bench, deadlifts, and variations of those. Train your body to perform these movement and it will grow to adapt, and it will be better than doing huge sets of leg extensions and pec flyes.

Just as an example, you could do day 5 with only a few exercises. Military Press, Dips, Pullups. You've just worked delts, tris, biceps, plus your back and pecs. And it was all done without a single isolation exercise. Someone else might say side laterals, tri extensions and bicep curls. You'll work the muscles you set out to work, but thats a shitty exercise selection imo.

Of course the above example means nothing without a set/rep scheme. Doing 3 sets of 15 is not the same as doing 4 sets of 5 or 8 sets of 3.

That's my advice for now I guess. I suggest poking around the training forum and taking a look at some routines and journals. Once you've got something you can ask for more specifics and I (and everyone else I'm sure) would be happy to help.
No problem, thanks for replying. I see your point. I poked around a bit and see whole body and split "routines". I wasn't sure if whole body or splits were better towards a bodybuilder's workout (not powerlifiting or sports).

I was planning on starting out with 3 sets of 10 reps on the major body parts using moderate/Heavy weight to build mass. My goal is mass. I was planning on sticking with mass building excercises like bench press for chest, squats for legs, barbell curl for biceps, etc. I wanted to hit the muscle groups with 1-2 (no more than 3 max) excercises per muscle group as oppose to more which I am worried will be overworking the muscle group. The hamstrings I was planning on grouping with quads on leg day.

I have a gym membership and started my diet already. Please pardon my ignorance if I have it all wrong. I need help putting this together so any input is appreciated. Thanks again guys.
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