Advice on new workout routine please :)

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Hi, been going to the gym for around 3 months now. Put on about a stone, pure muscle :p and have gained a lot of strength. Is 9 and a half stone a good weight for a 5 foot 11 male. Can you all check out my routine aswell please:

Saturday
Dumbbell Lunges 14
leg extension 55
leg curl 52.5
squats 42.5
calf raises 16
hyperextensions
hanging leg raise
ab machine 45
crunches

Monday
dumbell shoulder press 24
alternating front dumbbell raises 8
side lateral raise 6
shrugs 22
barbell rear delt row ??
dips
rope pressdown 22.5
barbell curls other way 20
dumbell prone incline curl 10
ab machine 42.5
crunches

Thursday
incline bench press 20
incline dumbbell flyes ??
chest press machine ??
flat db press 35
cable crossovers 30
deadlifts ??
dumbell rows 12
lat pull down machine - more fun one 45
ab machine 45
crunches

I do 3 sets of each thing, as im trying to increase my lifts. Is this workout good and is there anything I can improve on it?
Cheers
 
Far far too complicated.

4 days a week I would personally go for an upper lower split.

do 4 auxiliaries around 1 compound for each day.
 
9 to 12 exercises a day, dam!
Waaay too many there, as mentioned above go for something more simpler - check out many a threads for typical 4/3-day split workouts :)
 
Routine needs changing, the sooner the better. Look at Kens suggesstions :)

9.5 stone is probably close to being underweight for someone who's 5'11"
 
Why can you only work 3 days a week?
9 1/2 stone is a little small in my opinion. I'm the same height as you and just tickling 12 stone now.
If your routine is working as well as you say and you have put on a stone of muscle in 3 months then its going very well and must be working for you.
Have you got any pictures in the post your pics thread?
 
Why can you only work 3 days a week?
9 1/2 stone is a little small in my opinion. I'm the same height as you and just tickling 12 stone now.
If your routine is working as well as you say and you have put on a stone of muscle in 3 months then its going very well and must be working for you.
Have you got any pictures in the post your pics thread?

College, basketball, time out
Yea i know, i am still quite skinny, but ive started putting on weight now so its good. And nah i dont have any pictures, not gonna post any either :p I am 17 though, no excuse really, but obviouly the younger you are the less weight you will have
 
College, basketball, time out
Yea i know, i am still quite skinny, but ive started putting on weight now so its good. And nah i dont have any pictures, not gonna post any either :p I am 17 though, no excuse really, but obviouly the younger you are the less weight you will have

You're lying to yourself if you think you haven't got another spare hour or two in the whole week regardless of what other commitments you have.
I agree with you about the age but I'm only 19 so.
Good work anyway mate. Stick at it at. There isn't any magic secret, just work hard, eat big and get the sleep you need.
 
You make time for things you want, no such thing as no time :)
 
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