Critique

[Inhibitor13]

I am thinking of changing some things on my workout...what do you think I should do?

Current:

Monday: Chest/Bis

Tues: Quads/calves

Wed: Back/Tris

Thurs: Shoulders/ Hams

Question: I dead on thurs and do BBrows and Tbar rows on back day... do you think I should bump deads to back day and move hams on tues with quads or keep them seperate?

 

[petpre61]

are fri sat and sun days off?

moving hammys to your leg sounds good to me. kinda hard not to work your hammys while doing quads.

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

I agree, you will be using your hams whenever you move your legs. Keep them balanced. Then again, some nice deep squats do both so that could kill 2 birds with one stone.

 

[Inhibitor13]

I take a day off then go do another 4 days so its 4 days on 1 day rest

Ok, but wouldnt deads/bb rows and tbar rows on back day be overkill?

 

[Kabeetz]

I take a day off then go do another 4 days so its 4 days on 1 day rest

Ok, but wouldnt deads/bb rows and tbar rows on back day be overkill?

Yes. I don't think you should be doing three heavy pulls back to back to back. If your deads are heavy you're gonna be fried before you get to anything else.

 

[Inhibitor13]

Yes. I don't think you should be doing three heavy pulls back to back to back. If your deads are heavy you're gonna be fried before you get to anything else.

so what would you recomend?>

 

[mad dipz]

so what would you recomend?>

just space it out 2 or 3 days out of the week. deads one day and BB rows the next. those two are pretty much all you need for back. and do deads at the end of your workout if you're going heavy, depending on what other major muscle group you're working on for that day too.

 

[Kabeetz]

so what would you recomend?>

I like what mad dipz said. While I can tell you that all that amounts to too much pulling from my own lifting experience with compound movements and the drain I feel from deads and also BB rows, it would be impossible to do them on the same day along with T-Bar rows and hit all three anywhere near 100%. On the otherhand I am not at the experience level that I feel comfortable to give anybody specific advanced routine/split recommendations, as I'm still learning myself... hope that makes sense.

 

[Protobuilder]

Question: I dead on thurs and do BBrows and Tbar rows on back day... do you think I should bump deads to back day and move hams on tues with quads or keep them seperate?

You can avoid this whole convoluted process by thinking in terms of training "movements" rather than "bodyparts." Move toward more of a "whole body" workout each gym session, or at least an upper/lower split, spread out over 3 or 4 sessions/wk. Pick a squatting movement, a pulling movmenet, and a pushing movement, and train them each workout, with a handful of assistance movements afterwards if you have the time/energy/desire.

That's just another approach and you don't wind up worrying about "did I do forearms yesterday? are my triceps ready? my left hand got worked yesterday brushing my teeth so today I can't do left arm work . . . "