How is this routine?

[forgotten1]

It's based pretty heavily off of the 5x5, but I want to try it with 5x3. Let me know if anything can be improved, etc.

Day 1
Chest
Flat Bench 5x3
Incline Dumbbell 2x6-8
Incline Fly 2x6-8

Day 2
Back/Shoulders
Deadlift 5x3
Military Press 5x3
Pull-ups 2x6-8
Shrugs 2x6-8
Side Lat 2x6-8
Seated Rows 3x5

Day 3
Abs/Calves

Day 4
Rest

Day 5
Arms/Light Chest
Close Grip Bench 5x3
Standing BB Curl 5x5
Skull Crushers 2x6-8
Incline Curls 2x6-8
Pin Press 3x3
Decline DB Press 3x5

Day 6
Legs
Squat 8x3
Leg Press 2x8-10
SLDL 2x6-8
Hamstring Curls 2x6-8
3-pt raise 3x6

Day 7
Rest

 

[Mike_Rojas]

I think it looks pretty good. I might have trouble hitting shoulders the day after bench. I'm not a big fan of flyes and laterals. I would be wiped out on your shoulder/back day. It looks pretty solid, though. Bump for other opinions.

 

[Lord_Suston]

start the week off right

with legs.

are you going for speed onyour legs cause I don't think 8x3 will build much absolute strength, mostly explosive power and usually only with boxes.

I am not also a fan of the leg press machine, it seems the quads are getting neglected a little, try a hack squat machine for 2x8-10, the rest of your leg routine looks good, need some calves though.

on chest main day try doing 5x3 on Incline then 2x8 with flat, then maybe 2x8 with decline, just a thought could throw some flyes in at end for hypertrophy work

maybe some rear delt work on back and throw traps on another day, example, deads 5x3, military 5x3, pull-ups 2x8, facepulls 2x8
barbell rows 2x8, upright rows 2x8

I persdonally don't like low rep arm excercises since the muscles are made for speed, they respong better to higher reps IMO

 

[thebrute]

lookin good!! i like the setup!! let us know how it goes. tb