Advice on Routine please

[Timberman1]

Hey guys, Been given this routine, just want to know if its ok or not

Friday Legs,
Squat 3x10
Leg Press 3x10
Sldl 3x8
Calves 3x25

Sunday Chest/Triceps

Flat Bench 3x10
Incline Dbs 3x10
Weighted dips 3x8
Close grip bench 3x10

Tuesday - Back/Bis

Deadlift 3x10
Rows 3x10
Lat pulldown 3x8
Curls 3x10

Thursday - Shoulders

Seated Military press 3x10
Standing db press 3x10

Thanks!

 

[blut wump]

I think it'd be better if shoulders were moved together with chest/triceps and it became a three-day workout.

I like that you're using mostly compound exercises but I prefer the arrangement in the Bill Starr program as evangelized by Madcow. If you haven't seen it already, take a look at this site:
http://www.geocities.com/elitemadcow1/table_of_contents_thread.htm

Also bear in mind that what you posted here is nothing more than an arrangement of exercises, a routine, if you will. For long-term progress you need a program that plans to the future. As I mentioned, take a look at the Madcow site.

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

^^^ Agree, if you want to do a seperate day for shoulders, try bumping up the volume. Looks like a waste of time for 2 sets of 3x10. For a split, decent selection of compound exercises, not too much fluff at all. IMHO I would do military press standing, followed by push press, then your DB work. Push press will allow you to practice locking out heavier weight.

Also, seeing as SLDL are more demanding than leg press (a waste imo) I would switch the order of those. If you are squatting nice and deep ATF, then leg press is kinda redudant, you might consider hack squats.

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

I personally like to keep things like Biceps and back as far away from each other as possible, same with Tri's and chest.. since I find when I do back.. it works biceps.. when I do chest it works triceps.. etc etc..

I find that one of the biggest things that has helped my ability to lift weights with my upperbody is training my forearms, now I can squeeze the shit out of the bar and my forearms are not the first muscle to hurt.

If you can't hold onto heavy weights, you can't really lift heavy weights.. just a thought!

though I am a newb.

 

[BiggT]

While this is probably one of the better ''critique my routine'' threads I've seen in a while on here, I have to agree that you should look at the link BW posted. Training is about fostering progress, not a special combo of days/sets/reps/angles/exercises.

In this case, if you don't want to train all pressing on 1 day, space everything out over 4 days, Mon bench (do biceps here)...Tues squat.....Wed off....Thurs overhead (do triceps here).....Fri or Sat deadlift

But, I'd click that like BW posted, if you're pressed for time, bookmark it and save it for a rainy day, it's worth the read.