My routine now, any good?

Mark M said:
Start light and try and watch yourself in the mirror. Keep your back straight and if anything is moving that shouldnt be moving then its too heavy.

Post up your new routine that your planning on doing and we can give you an indication of weight to start on.

Although for certain exercises (squats, deads, bent over row) that you havent done before you might as well start on the bar (assuming its an olympic bar) and work from there as the last thing you want to do is do your back in.
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It's the one in the sticky on this forum mate.
 
I don't think you can really advise what weight people begin to deadlift on as I have friends that weigh 80-85KG but would probably struggle to pick up 40KG.

The one thing I would advise would be to raise the bar off the floor on some boxes or plates (if you're using a fixed barbell with small discs or an olympic BB with small plates) as otherwise the bars too low and makes correct form very difficult and isn't the correct setup for the lift.

Youtube Mark Rippetoes deadlift setup/tutorial. You'll find it very useful.
 
Hi guys, not long got back. WOW I can feel it! Only managed to do chest as the gym was very busy. The only negative I have is that most of the chest exercises in the sticky are basically the same, and was really starting to struggle going onto the close grip bench press. I was using 15k on each arm for all the chest stuff which I thought was pretty good for my first time.
 
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Youve missed 2 massive muscles out of your routine!

Dont just work your chest and biceps or you'll get no where!
 
Mark M said:
Youve missed 2 massive muscles out of your routine!

Dont just work your chest and biceps or you'll get no where!
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Don't panic! I'm doing chest/shoulders/triceps on Mondays, back/biceps on Wednesdays and legs/abs on Fridays.

As I said in an earlier post, if you look at Gordy's sticky, that is the routine I am doing atm.
 
Glad you've found something you're happy with. There's tonnes of routines to try and you can always tweak things once you understand the principles of a specific one :)
 
BennyC said:
Glad you've found something you're happy with. There's tonnes of routines to try and you can always tweak things once you understand the principles of a specific one :)
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Yeah I'm starting to get my head around the whole thing now! Thanks for your help though!:D Looking forward to some serious DOMS in the morning!
 
Hi again guys, just a quick question, is their anything wrong with training all the major muscles (biceps, chest, back, triceps, legs) all in one session? Was thinking of just going to the gym twice a week from now on.

Thanks
 
why do you only want to go 2 times now?
Of course you can do a decent split over the 2 days, but an indication of why you would want to do so would help :)
 
Morba said:
why do you only want to go 2 times now?
Of course you can do a decent split over the 2 days, but an indication of why you would want to do so would help :)
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Basically I have a hectic schedule over the next 6 months or so with stupid shift work and it is very near impossible to go 3 times now without killing myself. I was thinking more on the lines of working the same muscles each time I go, instead of a split.

Sponge
 
youd be looking at taxing your body quite a bit imo doing that.

i guess if you did the basics only then it wouldnt be too bad:

squats
powerclean to push press
bench/dips
chins

that covers almost all muscles really.
 
I think you just have to accept that at the moment for a number of reasons you arent going to end up big. Go twice a week and do something similar to Morba suggests and you should start to see some definition.
 
Morba said:
youd be looking at taxing your body quite a bit imo doing that.

i guess if you did the basics only then it wouldnt be too bad:

squats
powerclean to push press
bench/dips
chins

that covers almost all muscles really.
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What's the worst that could happen by stressing my body like that? I've seen people train the same muscles everyday and they obviously gain definition and size really well. Not that I'm arguing with what you said, would just like a little more clarification.

Cheers, Sponge.
 
My main worry would be trying to do effective work on all major body parts whole remaining safe.
Heavy squats and deads will tire the hell out of you, leaving pressing either dangerous or not heavy enough to be effective. Same goes for doing it the other way around.
 
Morba said:
My main worry would be trying to do effective work on all major body parts whole remaining safe.
Heavy squats and deads will tire the hell out of you, leaving pressing either dangerous or not heavy enough to be effective. Same goes for doing it the other way around.
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Ok I understand you now. I guess I'll have to try chest,shoulders,triceps on a Monday, then do back,biceps and legs on a Thursday.

Does that sound about right?
 
Yes. You are only in there 2 times a week due to lack of time. Concentrate on the main compounds, they will all work other muscles (hence being compound).

Pulling moves will work bi's.
Pressing moves will work tri's.

Why waste time on a bi or tri specific exercise?
 
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