Ok guys looking for some advice here please. I am looking to mix up my training routine as I feel I am not achieving as much as I could. Just about to turn forty-five and have only really been training for around six months. In that time I have gone back down to a twenty-eight inch waist and, in the last three months, managed to put on around 7kg of muscle. I am 5’9” and 70kg. Objective is not to become massive but certainly bigger than I am now.
My current routine looks as follows
Saturday evening, Tuesday and Thursday (all at 3 sets of 6 reps)
Chest Press (75kg)
Leg Press (160kg)
Shoulder Press (40kg, my weakest area)
Rear Deltoid Row (70 kg)
Lateral Pull Down (75kg)
Fly (80 kg)
Tricep Dip (80 kg)
Dumbbell Bicep Curl (16kg dumbbells)
Shoulder Shrug (36kg dumbbells)
Not too worried about the weight (yeah I know they aren’t big) at the moment as it is improving and a lot more than when I started.
In addition I do an hour’s cardio on Wednesday, Thursday (after weights), Saturday morning and Sunday.
I was thinking of trying something like this alternating A and B (i.e. A Saturday B Tuesday etc) for 5 sets of 5 reps with the aim of upping the weights quite quickly.
A B
Push
Chest Press
Shoulder Press
Tricep Dip
Leg Press
Lateral Raise
Dumbell Military Press
Pull
Lateral Pull Down
Pull ups
Rear Deltoid Row
Dumbell Fly
Bicep Curl
Shoulder Shrugs
Deadlift Row
Has anyone got any opinions on this? Am I just wasting my time? I am aware that I would be better using free weights rather than the machines but I am just not that confident yet and tend to train alone so I have no one to spot for me.