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Am I lifting long enough - Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:43 AM ( #1 )
Typically I can be done in about 35 minutes and that is with 4-5 excersises. 

I know they say that you shouldn't go over an hour, but am I going to short?
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Re:Am I lifting long enough - Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:09 AM ( #2 )
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Re:Am I lifting long enough - Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:36 PM ( #3 )
Time doesn't mean anything. All that matters is what you do with it. You could dick around for 45 minutes and get a mediocre workout, or you could be totally focused and determined for 15 minutes and get a stellar workout.

I think I'm going to choose the latter.
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Re:Am I lifting long enough - Friday, June 12, 2009 8:44 AM ( #4 )
ok for example my routine yesterday was

Barbell Shoulder press
Shoulder press machine
Arnolds
Shoulder shrugs
Then finished with superset of front plate raise, side lateral raises, and another thing i dont know the name of.

this one took a little bit longer but it was still around 40 minutes
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Re:Am I lifting long enough - Friday, June 12, 2009 11:07 AM ( #5 )
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ok for example my routine yesterday was

Barbell Shoulder press
Shoulder press machine
Arnolds
Shoulder shrugs
Then finished with superset of front plate raise, side lateral raises, and another thing i dont know the name of.

this one took a little bit longer but it was still around 40 minutes


Well, you have the right amount of exercises but you have too much of one motion. There's no point at all in using the shoulder press machine when you can and are doing OH barbell presses, on top of that you are also doing arnolds, and these exercises are all the same range of motion. Really if you are on a split, a routine for shoulders which has OH press aswell as front and side raises is enough. You can also include shrugs as you are doing and many people do, although they are a 'back' muscle. Really those are the only exercises you would need. That would probably take 40-50 minutes depending on rest time and thats plenty.



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Re:Am I lifting long enough - Friday, June 12, 2009 11:52 AM ( #6 )
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ok for example my routine yesterday was

Barbell Shoulder press
Shoulder press machine
Arnolds
Shoulder shrugs
Then finished with superset of front plate raise, side lateral raises, and another thing i dont know the name of.

this one took a little bit longer but it was still around 40 minutes


Unnecessary exercises, you're already covering the range of an overhead press, so two sets of overhead presses is completely unnecessary. Arnold presses fall under the same category. It's an overhead pressing movement, the anterior delts are seeing to get hammered but for you to dedicate to shoulders there are not nearly enough lateral and/or posterior delt movements.

This would do you much better

Barbell Shoulder Press
Side Lateral Raise
Posterior Delts Raise
Shrugs


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Re:Am I lifting long enough - Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:39 PM ( #7 )
ok cool, i dont want to be a freeloader but could i get help with a routine for the rest of the muscle groups

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Re:Am I lifting long enough - Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:47 PM ( #8 )
I'm guessing from your layout you'd prefer a one muscle group per week split, so here you go.

Chest - Flat bench, incline bench, weighted dips

Back - Deadlifts, Rows, Pull-ups

Biceps - Dumbell curls (add to a back day or preferably chest day)

Triceps - Triceps extensions (add to chest or preferably back)

Legs - Squats, lunges, stiff leg deadlifts

Abdominals - Hanging leg raises, planks, bridges (side planks)

Grip work - plate pinchers

Add the small groups in with the larger groups. Example:

Day 1 - Chest/Biceps
Day 2 - Legs/Abs 
Day 4 - off/cardio
Day 4 - Shoulders/Abs/Grip
Day 5 - Back/Triceps

Something like that. 

<message edited by MVP on Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:49 PM>
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