Please Critique Routine!!!

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Please Critique Routine!!! - Tuesday, August 05, 2008 11:38 AM ( #1 )
Been sick the past couple of days, doing nothing but sitting at home, so I've been doing alot of brainstorming on 2-day-a-week routines, and came up with something of my own that I plan to start as soon as I'm feeling better. I wanna touch this up as much as I can before I use it, so please post anything I need to add, leave out, or improve on. This is for gaining mass.

Each workout doesn't necessarily correspond with a specific day of the week, because my work schedule varies. However, they will be done with 2-3 days of rest in between.

STATS:
18 yrs, 5'10", 157 lbs. I've been weightlifting seriously for about 10 months.

DAY 1:
Squat 2 x 15-20
Deadlift 2 x 8-12
Calves 2 x 15
Military Press 2 x 8-12
Upright Rows 2 x 12,8 OR Sitting Shrugs 2 x 12
[I'm having confusion here as to how much I should do shoulders. And also, my traps need work: should I isolate them?]

DAY 2:
Bench 3 x 8-12
Dips 1 x 8-12 (For tricep exhaustion)
Pull-ups 3 x 6-12
Rows 2 x 8-12
Bar or Dumbell Curls 1 x 8-12 (For bicep exhaustion)

Abs will be done before or after each routine, 2 sets of crunches, 15 reps each.

Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
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RE: Please Critique Routine!!! - Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:12 PM ( #2 )
Looks good to me.
 
If I were you though I would turn that into a 3 day split, just for the fac there's so many movements in each day.
 
 
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RE: Please Critique Routine!!! - Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:59 PM ( #3 )

ORIGINAL: Baboon

Looks good to me.

If I were you though I would turn that into a 3 day split, just for the fac there's so many movements in each day.




Yeah, I had trouble squeezing all that into 2 days with only 10 sets in each day. I did also come up with this:

It's a three-day cycle, but I'll still be training about 2 times a week (sometimes three), so it will take a little over a week to complete each cycle.

DAY 1: Chest/Tri/Shoulders
Bench 4 x 15,12,8,20 (May also use various types of presses)
Military Press 2 x 10
Dips or Skullcrushers 2 x 10
Side Lateral Raises 2 x 12,10

DAY 2: Legs & Power Movements
Squat 2 x 15-20
DL 2 x 12,8
Calves 2 x 15
Shrugs 2 x 12
Abs 2 x 15

DAY 3: Back & Bi's
Row 3 x 12,10,8
Pullups 3 x 12,8,6
Curls 2 x 8-12
Abs 2 x 15

Is this any better?
I also came up with a different 2-day routine with slightly more sets per workout (14-15), but it more muscle groups. Like I said, I've been BORED!

DAY 1
Bench 2-3 x 8-12
Incline 2 x 8-12
Military Press 2 x 8-12
Side Lat Raises 2 x 8-12
Skulls or Dips 2 x 10
Abs 3 x 15,15,10

DAY 2
Squat 2 x 15-20
DL 2 x 8,6
Pull-ups 3 (to failure)
Row 3 x 8-12
Curls 2-3 x 8-12
Sitting Shrugs 2 x 12
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RE: Please Critique Routine!!! - Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:38 PM ( #4 )

ORIGINAL: ZigZagZig


ORIGINAL: Baboon

Looks good to me.

If I were you though I would turn that into a 3 day split, just for the fac there's so many movements in each day.




Yeah, I had trouble squeezing all that into 2 days with only 10 sets in each day. I did also come up with this:

It's a three-day cycle, but I'll still be training about 2 times a week (sometimes three), so it will take a little over a week to complete each cycle.

DAY 1: Chest/Tri/Shoulders
Bench 4 x 15,12,8,20 (May also use various types of presses)
Military Press 2 x 10
Dips or Skullcrushers 2 x 10
Side Lateral Raises 2 x 12,10

DAY 2: Legs & Power Movements
Squat 2 x 15-20
DL 2 x 12,8
Calves 2 x 15
Shrugs 2 x 12
Abs 2 x 15

DAY 3: Back & Bi's
Row 3 x 12,10,8
Pullups 3 x 12,8,6
Curls 2 x 8-12
Abs 2 x 15

Is this any better?
I also came up with a different 2-day routine with slightly more sets per workout (14-15), but it more muscle groups. Like I said, I've been BORED!

DAY 1
Bench 2-3 x 8-12
Incline 2 x 8-12
Military Press 2 x 8-12
Side Lat Raises 2 x 8-12
Skulls or Dips 2 x 10
Abs 3 x 15,15,10

DAY 2
Squat 2 x 15-20
DL 2 x 8,6
Pull-ups 3 (to failure)
Row 3 x 8-12
Curls 2-3 x 8-12
Sitting Shrugs 2 x 12

as far as that goes move shoulders to leg day chest shoulders and tri's all at once is to much imo.
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Squat Clean 185

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RE: Please Critique Routine!!! - Wednesday, August 06, 2008 8:59 AM ( #5 )
Looks ok but if your looking to bulk up then you need to drop your reps to 6-8 and do 3-4 set now if your looking to lean out then that will work but I dident see and arm or forarm workouts in your routine.
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