I've always laughed at peoples' training logs before, mostly because it seems to come across as quite unnecessary. However, I recognise there could be some merit in it and I'm sure quite a few of you people here know what you're talking about with regard to any improvements that could be made to a routine.
My own experiences of the gym went from great to terrible in early 2010. I had been going for a bout 6 weeks then decided to get a consultation with the aim of bulking. 8 weeks after my first consultation things were going very well indeed and it was time for my second consultation. It was after my first session on the new regime that things went terribly wrong. I woke up one or two mornings after the session in agony, couldn't move for a few days and had to go on co-codamol. My doctor said it looked like I'd torn my trapezius and of course I was mortified because I couldn't back to the gym and all my effort was lost.
Fast forward 22 months and I'm back in the gym. I'm very paranoid about doing anything wrong because of last time. I rejoined the gym at the beginning of Jan and have been going three times a week. Here's some more details.
Current Stats:
Age: 33
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 11st 9 [163lbs]
Bodyfat: approx 20%
Goals: "Be as big, strong and lean as I can naturally get!" [as someone else put it here]
Barriers: Old shoulder injury, so just taking it carefully.
I tend to do the same routine each day which is as follows:
Warm up: ten minutes row
Lat pulldown:
12 x 55
12 x 55
12 x 55
[then repeat at end of session]
Tricep press:
12 x 50
12 x 50
12 x 50
Shoulder press:
12 x 15
12 x 15
12 x 15
Fly:
12 x 55
12 x 55
12 x 55
Barbell lift:
12 x 20
12 x 20
12 x 20
3 for shoulder [dumbbell press, front raise, lateral raise]:
12 x 5 - no rest
12 x 5 - no rest
12 x 5
then repeat
Once a week:
Leg press:
12 x 65
12 x 65
12 x 65
Hamstrings
12 x 9
12 x 9
12 x 9
Also doing cardio in every session now, 30 mins run, 30 mins cycle to burn app 800 kcal. I need to lose 9lb by the end of this month which should be easy with my diet hitting about 1800 kcal a day at the moment. 11st is a perfect weight after which I will just concentrate on weights/bulking.
This may not be the best and most professionally put together plan but any advice or opinions are appreciated.
My own experiences of the gym went from great to terrible in early 2010. I had been going for a bout 6 weeks then decided to get a consultation with the aim of bulking. 8 weeks after my first consultation things were going very well indeed and it was time for my second consultation. It was after my first session on the new regime that things went terribly wrong. I woke up one or two mornings after the session in agony, couldn't move for a few days and had to go on co-codamol. My doctor said it looked like I'd torn my trapezius and of course I was mortified because I couldn't back to the gym and all my effort was lost.
Fast forward 22 months and I'm back in the gym. I'm very paranoid about doing anything wrong because of last time. I rejoined the gym at the beginning of Jan and have been going three times a week. Here's some more details.
Current Stats:
Age: 33
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 11st 9 [163lbs]
Bodyfat: approx 20%
Goals: "Be as big, strong and lean as I can naturally get!" [as someone else put it here]
Barriers: Old shoulder injury, so just taking it carefully.
I tend to do the same routine each day which is as follows:
Warm up: ten minutes row
Lat pulldown:
12 x 55
12 x 55
12 x 55
[then repeat at end of session]
Tricep press:
12 x 50
12 x 50
12 x 50
Shoulder press:
12 x 15
12 x 15
12 x 15
Fly:
12 x 55
12 x 55
12 x 55
Barbell lift:
12 x 20
12 x 20
12 x 20
3 for shoulder [dumbbell press, front raise, lateral raise]:
12 x 5 - no rest
12 x 5 - no rest
12 x 5
then repeat
Once a week:
Leg press:
12 x 65
12 x 65
12 x 65
Hamstrings
12 x 9
12 x 9
12 x 9
Also doing cardio in every session now, 30 mins run, 30 mins cycle to burn app 800 kcal. I need to lose 9lb by the end of this month which should be easy with my diet hitting about 1800 kcal a day at the moment. 11st is a perfect weight after which I will just concentrate on weights/bulking.
This may not be the best and most professionally put together plan but any advice or opinions are appreciated.
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