New to working out. need help

[djeclipse]

Why is that?

From Madcow's 5 x 5 site.

Full Body or Most of Body - "Training Lifts"
If at any stage of experience your goal is to add as much muscle as quickly as possible, the objectives you will stress will be raising your best compound lifts in some viable range - best set of 5, 8, or 10 maybe best 5x5, or 3x8 or whatever. That and the eating is the best way to add muscle and generate the adaptation you are seeking. And the organization for that? Well doing those lifts 1x per week and throwing in a bunch of garbage is a pretty crap way to get better at them. If you have any clue, you would not select some outrageous 5 day bodypart split with tons of exercises and train the lifts 1x per week. In this kind of training you focus on lifts, not bodyparts and generally it doesn't get more complicated than upper/lower. For the record, I don't believe in push/pull/legs because that's basically chest/back/legs and you are right at the cusp of a bodypart split.

 

[rollinsusmc]

thanks for the help. i looked at madcows site but i dont need to do the squats or dead lift cuz i have a leg workout program for track at school. but i decided to do workouts according to movement. like monday and thursday i will do push and tuesday and friday i will do pull. and i decided to do two exercises for each body part that i want to isolate. like for biceps im doing barbell and dumbell curls. and for shoulders im doing shoulder press and shrugs. does this sound decent?

ok, as far as push/pull goes, not so sure it is a good idea. try this. chest&triceps, back&biceps, shoulders&forearms, legs. they all stay with the same concept as in chest&tri is all push. back is pull, and biceps can be both. shoulders is push, forearms is pull, maybe push, and legs is both. you need to alternate, just to be on the safe side. and all these incorporate both muscle groups with the most effective muscle groups. it worked great for me, but i know all body types are different. just try it out for a couple weeks, and if you would like a sample of the exercises for each day, send me a PM and i will try and help you out

 

[djeclipse]

ok, as far as push/pull goes, not so sure it is a good idea. try this. chest&triceps, back&biceps, shoulders&forearms, legs. they all stay with the same concept as in chest&tri is all push. back is pull, and biceps can be both. shoulders is push, forearms is pull, maybe push, and legs is both. you need to alternate, just to be on the safe side. and all these incorporate both muscle groups with the most effective muscle groups. it worked great for me, but i know all body types are different. just try it out for a couple weeks, and if you would like a sample of the exercises for each day, send me a PM and i will try and help you out

That is pretty much the 5 day, one body part/ day BB split, which is the absolute worst way to lift if you want to gain size and strength.

Read my quote above.