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 I would like your experienced oppinion on this routine

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Hady
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I would like your experienced oppinion on this routine - 29 October 2009 15:10
Hey guys let me give you a bit of history about my self, I have always struggled with my weight (being too fat) and have recently joined a gym and adjusted my diet. I have gone from 84kg's to 72kg's in just under 3 months, now that I have reached a weight I am happy with I am striving for a leaner and meaner body! I am been on this routine for 2 weeks now but was doing a general workout without free weights for the last 2 and half months.

Could you kindly have a look at this routine drawn up for me by one of my gym's trainers and let me know what you think.
This will be done as a 4day split, he said it does not matter in which order I do the days.

BACK/BI
Bent over bar row 3-4 sets 12 reps
Single arm bent over dumbell row 3-4 sets 12 reps
Seated row and Latt pull down 3 sets 10-12 reps (done as a super set)
reverse curl (using ez bar)/ Bar curl (using flat bar)/ dumbell hammers 3 sets 8 reps no rest in between those 3


CHEST/TRI
Chest press 3-4 sets 12 reps
Incline Press 3-4 sets 12 reps
Rope pulldown 3-4 sets 12 reps


LEGS/ABS
Leg Press 4 sets 12 reps
Weighted Lunges 4 sets 12 reps
Ham curls with ball 4 sets 12 reps
Ab crunch on ball 3 sets 10-12 reps
Plank/Side Plank 3 sets 15-20 seconds


SHOULDERS
Shoulder press 4 sets 12 reps
Shoulder PNF pattern (not sure how to name it but that is what is written in my routine booklet) 3 sets 12-15 reps
Side raises 3 sets 12 reps
Shrugs 3 sets 10 reps
Rear delt fly 4 sets 12 reps

So sorry for the long ass post but please let me know what you think also please excuse my ignorance I am still very new at this.

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naththebeast
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Re:I would like your experienced oppinion on this routine - 29 October 2009 15:40
is average tbh mate, but could be a lot better

For back/biceps day


Add in deadlifts at the start, and only need one of bent over row or single arm row, drop one of those.
Drop reverse curl and keep the other 2, but give yourself some rest between sets

For chest triceps


Add in something like cable crossover or flyes (imo) or even just dips would be fine.

Would personally add in squats for legs

For shoulders dont ahve a clue what PNF pattern is but would probably drop that and keep the rest as that would make a solid shoulder routine.

Basics are pretty good just a few tweaks here and there will help.
Make sure you get diet pretty good too.



scruffy
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Re:I would like your experienced oppinion on this routine - 29 October 2009 19:48
welcome to the Hady,,,,  as pointed out above if you add the two big compounds in it will help greatly with your routine...

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Re:I would like your experienced oppinion on this routine - 04 November 2009 04:58
I would like to say thankyou to naththebest and scruffy for taking the time to reply :),

I have followed the advice shared by you guys and have now dropped the bent over row added in deadlifts aswell as squats and now give my self a break in between sets (rly glad about the last one :P )

My diet is awefull at the moment nathan Im having a hard time figuring out how many calories I should consume to be able to keep loosing weight as I would like to hit 65kg's. I have heard that having a calorie intake of 1500 ( my current calorie intake) is useless if I am trying to gain muscle but I have not yet reached my weight goal. Do you guys think with that low a calorie intake I am doing my weight training in vein and wont see much muscle increase or have i not understood the concepts properly?

Thanks again guys look forward to reading your replies.


naththebeast
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Re:I would like your experienced oppinion on this routine - 04 November 2009 13:34
losing fat and gaining muscle is a very hard objective to achieve and it is often advised to concentrate on one.

However the weight training isnt in vein at all as it means when youve reached your target goal and trying to add back on muscle mass (clean bulk) then you'll be used to the weight training.

Yes at 1500 cals youre very unlikely to be gaining in size however the weight training will also burn extra calories and as i said in previous paragraph will make it easier to weight train after youve reached your inital goal.

Post in the diet section though mate to get your diet in check.




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