My routine

RE: My routine (andy)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:18:11 GMT

O i know im not saying any ones wrong im just saying whats working for me.

RE: My routine (hoSSo)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:53:21 GMT

How old are you? Do you think that doing everything your way is going to work all the time? Your probably young and have a fast metabolism , but that wont last forever. Atleast try to consider what the people here are saying, they`re talking with experience and just trying to help you out.

RE: My routine (andy)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:04:43 GMT

I like doing my routine. Because i like the results and i can see them. Im gonna have a before and after pic soon once the teen competition is over so you guys can see that it does work for me.

RE: My routine (8pack)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:58:57 GMT

andy, you might injure yourself if you keep up that routine

RE: My routine (cpl)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:44:42 GMT

You might want to seriously consider changing that-
Training everything every day is a sure way to slow your gains, and eventually stop them- And possibly risk injury due to overtraining. Muscle builds while it's at rest, not while you're in the gym. Check around here, you'll see that most people train each muscle group only once or twice a week- Most of them only once a week though. Train one body part per day, doing three or four exercises per muscle group, three sets per exercise- That's a real workout. Then you don't train that muscle group again until next week, giving it an entire week to recover and rebuild. Sure, you might feel like it's ready for another workout a day or so later- But just because the muscle isn't sore anymore doesn't mean it's done rebuilding.
Another thing- Why are you only working your chest, abs and arms? Most people who do that have no real strength, because they don't have the strong lower back and legs required to really make the best use of strong biceps and pecs- Read this thread. Even if you don't care about building real strength, those muscles you're working are considered vanity muscles- If you're concerned about looking your best, you have to build everything in proportion. Nothing looks weirder than someone with large biceps and small triceps, or a big upper body on stick legs. Like I said in another thread of yours, running on a treadmill is not a challenge for your legs- You'll never build leg muscle just by running, you have to train your legs with weights. Plus, not only does a well developed chest look weird when you don't have the shoulders to go with it, you'll most likely never get one without training the shoulders just as hard- Shoulders play a big part in stabilizing the weight during bench presses. If your shoulders can't handle the weight, you can't bench press it, which means your chest development will suffer.
I used to train like you, trying to blast the hell out of my muscles every day, and only working the muscles I felt like working- I never worked my legs, back or shoulders- But after coming here and getting some great advice on training the entire body with proper rest and nutrition, I have made gains that I never could have gotten with my old routine. There are a lot of misconceptions out there when it comes to training, and this place is great for busting them. Like I said in your other threads, you seem to have great genetics- But you've been training wrong. Imagine what those genes will do for you once you get on the right program.

RE: My routine (8pack)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:41:14 GMT

Try them out, see if you like them

RE: My routine (8pack)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:40:16 GMT

I'll recommed the same thing as i did to coombs. Go with Max-OT if you think you are experienced enough, go for The Basics if you dont think your experienced enough

RE: My routine (8pack)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:37:58 GMT

andy, you go 7 days a week? wheres the rest man, your muscles need rest to recover, and that routine is.........i dont know.

So you work chests, abs, biceps and thats it??? I dont know man, you seem to be getting results looking at your pictures, but I think if you got on the right track, you'd be getting great results.

Your not working any of your muscle enough but you are going everyday.
Since you do them everyday, it must mean you got time, you should try going one or two muscle groups a day, like work your chest only on mondays, but Work them out right, not just a couple sets of bench press.

RE: My routine (Marc David)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:34:59 GMT

Sounds like classic overtraining.

More is not better.

My routine (andy)

Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:26:15 GMT

every day i do~

BENCH as much as i can 5 times for 3 sets
CURL as much as i can 5 times for 3 sets
HANG CROUCHS as many as i can do 2 sets
1 ARM EXTENSIONS with a 20 lb db 10 times 2 sets both arms
1 ARM PRECHER CURLS with a 20 lb db 8 times 3 sets both arms
RUN 2 MILES on the treadmill

then repeat 2 times and thats what i do