What do you all think of this
As I dont work (retired early), I have all day every day to do pretty much as I like. So I have been doing the following routine for a few months and tonight thought to myself why do I spend 1 hour + in my gym 3 nights a week. Why not do 25/30 minutes 5 times a week. It sure beats watching TV which has more repeats than a cow with indigestion.
My routine at the moment is.
Monday
Squats 3 x 8
Hack squats 3 x 8
Leg extensions 3 x 8
Leg curls 3 x 8
Stiff leg deadlift 3 x 8
Calf raisers 3 x failure
Wednesday
Flat bench press 3 x 8
Incline bench press 3 x 8
Flat bench fliers 3 x 8
Dumbbell press 3 x 8
Lateral raisers 3 x 8
Bent over raisers 3 x 8
Close grip bench press 3 x 8
Tricep cable pull down 3 x 8
Friday
Dead lift 3 x 8
Barbell shrugs 3 x 8
Shoulder wide pull ups 3 x 8
Shoulder wide cable pull down 3 x 8
Bent over barbell rows 3 x 8
EZ Bar curls 3 x 8
Alternate hammer curls 3 x 8
Concentration curls 3 x 8
Now then I would like everyone opinion on doing the following which does not add any exercisers, just splits up the existing routine.
Monday would stay the same as it is all legs
Tuesday
Seated upright dumbbell press
Lateral raisers
Bent over raisers
Wednesday
Flat bench press
Incline bench press
Flat bench fliers
Thursday
Close grip bench press
Tricep cable pull down
EZ Bar curls
Alternate hammer curls
Concentration curls
Friday
Dead lift
Barbell shrugs
Shoulder wide pull ups
Shoulder wide cable pull downs
My way of thinking is, if I split these exercisers up over 5 days I can reduce the time spent in the gym on a daily basis, and maybe increase the rep range of some workouts due to the fact that muscles that would normally be trained later in a workout will not be as tired.
Last edited by joboco; 08-17-2011 at 09:08 PM.
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