My workout routine...?!
Question: Tell me what you think about this. It's kinda my own variant of the 5x5 trying to focus mostly on developing my sorely lacking bench:
Monday:
5x5 (with 5 rep max) dumbell bench
5x5 incline DB bench
5x5 some kind of tricep extension
Tuesday:
Run a quick mile
5x5 squat
Some leg extensions/curls
Wednesday:
3x10 Standing barbell curls supersetted with pull ups until failure
2 or 3 21s and then a speed set of ten light curls
Some standard tricep work depending on the week - some skull crushers, extensions, pulldowns, dips, close grip bench
2x40 light forearm curls
One or two of those forearm things where you hold the bar and wind the rope around it to raise that 5 lb weight
Thursday is same as Monday - more bench
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I want to do some shoulder/back work, but how could I do it so Im not either sore from benching or sore when I go to bench?
Any other comments or suggestions?
It works really good for me. Kicks my *** every day and feels great.
Answers: Tell me what you think about this. It's kinda my own variant of the 5x5 trying to focus mostly on developing my sorely lacking bench:
Monday:
5x5 (with 5 rep max) dumbell bench
5x5 incline DB bench
5x5 some kind of tricep extension
Tuesday:
Run a quick mile
5x5 squat
Some leg extensions/curls
Wednesday:
3x10 Standing barbell curls supersetted with pull ups until failure
2 or 3 21s and then a speed set of ten light curls
Some standard tricep work depending on the week - some skull crushers, extensions, pulldowns, dips, close grip bench
2x40 light forearm curls
One or two of those forearm things where you hold the bar and wind the rope around it to raise that 5 lb weight
Thursday is same as Monday - more bench
---------------
I want to do some shoulder/back work, but how could I do it so Im not either sore from benching or sore when I go to bench?
Any other comments or suggestions?
It works really good for me. Kicks my *** every day and feels great.
Thats a good program there mate, love the simplicity of Tuesday.
I'd drop the Thursday routine and replace it with shoulders and back.
Try this:
4x10 Seated Row
3x8 Wide grip chins or wide grip pulldowns
3x6-8 Stiff legged Deadlifts
3x6 Shoulder Press Dumbells
2x6 Front DB raises
3x10 Lateral raises
2x6 Upright row
3x6 Rear delt flies
Its a huge ask, especially with the deadlifts in there, so you might even want to split it up and either add it on friday. Or add them to monday and thursday an continue doing the bench aswell.
Hope that helps