"3" day workout - not really

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"3" day workout - not really - Friday, September 19, 2008 11:10 AM ( #1 )
Actually I really want to continue on doing the starting strength routine I am on right now. Gain has been great, but long story short, I need a "2" (NOT 3) day workout, due to the hectic life of school. So, instead of doing 3 days of full session in the gym, I am thinking of doing something like this:

DAY A
Squat 3x5
flat barbell bench press 2x5
flat dumbell bench press 2x10
pullups 2x
row 2x10
standing OH press 2x5

"DAY B"
Squat 3x5
Deadlift 1x5

DAY C
squats 3x5
incline barbell bench press 2x5
incline dumbell bench press 2x10
lateral pulldown 2x10
bent over barbell rows 2x5
oh press 2x10

What do you guys think?
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Age = 20 
started in February 16th 2007: 58kg (127.6lbs)
current : around 79-80kg (173.8lb-176lb)

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Re:"3" day workout - not really - Friday, September 19, 2008 4:11 PM ( #2 )
looks good.  if you cant make the "B" day you can just add deads into a workout whenever. instead of pulldowns i would just go ahead and do pullups again on day C, they are a much better exercise
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Re:"3" day workout - not really - Friday, September 19, 2008 6:56 PM ( #3 )
Thanks for the reply.

The reason why I thought I would do pulldowns was that I have pretty much stopped progresing on the pulups, and it's going nowhere.

Any other thoughts?
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Re:"3" day workout - not really - Friday, September 19, 2008 9:40 PM ( #4 )
It depends on the spacing of the workout days, but why not try giving a full week between workouts, of the same kind to allow for more growth.  I am not a fan of legs done with any other large muscle groups, because I find you cannot fully focus on more than one major group in one session.  Perhaps, if there are a few days inbetween workouts, you could focus on legs and lowerback with some isolation of smaller muscles, and on the next workout, do a push pull regime.  You may find that your bench and pull-up strength increases do to the opposite muscles being warm, stretched, and stabilizing on the opposite moves.  Just a thought.....take it or leave it...



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Re:"3" day workout - not really - Friday, September 19, 2008 10:50 PM ( #5 )
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It depends on the spacing of the workout days, but why not try giving a full week between workouts, of the same kind to allow for more growth.  I am not a fan of legs done with any other large muscle groups, because I find you cannot fully focus on more than one major group in one session.  Perhaps, if there are a few days inbetween workouts, you could focus on legs and lowerback with some isolation of smaller muscles, and on the next workout, do a push pull regime.  You may find that your bench and pull-up strength increases do to the opposite muscles being warm, stretched, and stabilizing on the opposite moves.  Just a thought.....take it or leave it...

I don't really get what you mean. Can you elaborate a bit more or perhaps give me a sample workout? Thanks!
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Re:"3" day workout - not really - Sunday, September 21, 2008 1:17 PM ( #6 )
If you have at least 2 days between workouts, you could do legs and lower back with ab work, shoulders, biceps, and triceps.  The second workout can contain the chest exercises and upper back exercises, as these are larger muscle groups that should not be worked on a leg day.  I will not give an exercise regime, because different exercises work different for each person, but legs should be based on squats, back based on pulldowns or chins, and chest based on the press.  All the finnishing moves are up to you, but with the legs seperated from the chest and back, you can hit them all really hard and have the energy to do it.




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