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New routine and gym - need advice - 3/30/2008 2:58:32 PM

DrRinse

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I've been lifting weights since the start of this year. Recently I left my old gym to a much better one. They gave me an assessment when I started there and said my overall fitness and recovery time was below average and I'd need to raise that.. In the 2 months I've been training with my routine, I gained 12lbs and I noticed the difference in my physique though on some exercises I've found not much progression at all. Overall though, I was pretty impressed. I showed the routine to the guy doing my assessment at the gym. He said that I shouldn't do s/l deadlifts the same day as squats. He then said my routine was a load of crap. A pretty quick judgement; after all, he only looked at one page of the routine. He told me to scrap it and follow a routine he'd made up.

Here's one day of my original routine

Barbell Squats 5 x 5 warmup then 2 heavy sets 5-7 reps
Dumbbell Lunges 1 set 5-7 reps
Stiff-Legged Deadlifts 2 sets 5-7 reps
Lying Leg Curls 1 set 5-7 reps
Barbell Curls 2 sets 5-7 reps
Cable Pushdowns 2 sets 5-7 reps
Standing Dumbbell Curls 2 sets 5-7 reps
O/H Dumbbell Extensions 2 sets 5-7 reps

One day of his routine goes something like this:

5 mins bike
Hip Flex 2 sets 25 reps
Crunches 2 sets 25 reps
Chest Press Machine 2 sets 10 - 12 reps
Rower 750m
Shoulder Press 2 sets 10 - 12reps
Dips 2 sets 10 - 12 reps
Leg Curls 2 sets 15 reps
Leg Extensions 2 sets 15 reps
Stepper 5 mins
Bicep Curl 2 Sets 10-12 Reps
Standing Calf Machine 2 sets 25 reps
Crosstrainer 5 mins
Lat Pulldowns 2 sets 10-12 reps
Treadmill cooldown

I'm pretty sure there's a good few more exercises in there I can't remember. What I do remember is how long all this took. After an hour, I was still not finished and out of steam. I don't know any more about bodybuilding the info I've read on the net but I don't see much back training in his routine though to admit, it is meant to be a general fitness routine. I also have to do this 3 times a week and from what I know, training the same muscle parts 3 times a week is excessive as are workouts that last longer than an hour.

I get the vibe that he thinks I'm some poor idiot and that he's going to fix me up. I'm open to his advice; after all, by all accounts he has 40 years experience in bodybuilding and there are impressive competition pictures of himself hanging above his desk in the gym but I am cagey about ditching a routine which looks like it's working for me.

Any advice most welcome.

Thanks,

Anthony

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RE: New routine and gym - need advice - 4/27/2008 7:50:56 PM

radbane

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ok. quick question buddy. what are you looking to do with your body? Gain mass, lose weight, get toned? coz there are many different things to do based on the criteria in which you wanna do with your body. Hit me back asap ok dude? So we could talk more about your program.

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before:

age: 25
height: 5'9 1/2
weight: 215 lbs
bench: 270 lbs
squat: 380 lbs

current:

age: turning 26
height: 5'9 1/2
weight: 201 lbs.
bench: same
squats: 400 lbs.

currently finished: Nano vapor, lost 10% more body fat

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