I am at the gym on average 2+ hours and I have legit no idea how some of you all can get done with your workouts so quick. I take 30-60 second breaks between each sets so I'm not just dicking around while I lift either. Here's my routine:
>Day 1 Quads: 4x6 box squats 3x8 Leg press superset with 20 second wall sits 3x10 (hold on 10th rep for 10 seconds) leg curls
Glute/Hams: 3x10 lightweight deadlifts 3x10 (hold for 10 seconds on the 10th rep) weighted hyperextensions 3x10 reverse leg curls
Calves: 2x20 straight calf raises 2x20 toes pointed in calf raises 2x20 toes pointed out calf raises
Abs: 3x10 decline weighted crunch 3x10 decline weighted crunch (sideways) 3x10 weighted leg lifts on flat bench 3x20 weighted hang leg lifts 3x10 flat bench crunches 4x50 bycycle crunches
Triceps: 3x8 Close grip bench 3x10 skullcrushers 3x10 straight arm rope pulldown 3x10 reverse grip tricep pushdown
>Day 3 Lats: 4x10 Lat pulldown 3x10 cable workout (Idk what its called but it widens your lats) 4x10 Single arm bent over rows
Biceps: 4x8 Drop set barbell curls (3 times) 3x10 Dumbbell curls while holding one arm in air 3x10 cable curls with bar attachment 3x20 cable curls where arms are in air flexing
Day 4: Delts 4x8 OHP 3x10 Sitting OHP (lightweight) 3x6 Arnolds 3x10 Front barbell raise superset with behind the head OHP and side lateral raises dumbells
Traps: 3x8 barbell shrugs 3x10 dumbbell shrugs 3x10 sitting lateral raises ending rep above head (not sure actual name)
>Day 5 rest
>Day 6 Quads Glute/hams calves abs
>Day 7 Lats Biceps
Let me know how to hit as much as possible while saving as much time as possible.
Liam Adams
Wtf
Connor Cooper
What??
Cooper Jenkins
You have too many different exercises. You're not supposed to do specialized exercises for every muscle in your body. It is the most efficient however, but not even bodybuilders have time or patience for that shit.
Levi Lopez
you're joking right? why the fuck do you have like 5 different routines per muscle per day lmao
Andrew Rodriguez
because I like to lift and only have two classes a week at 6 at night and don't work. I got a lot of time on my hands.
Adam Diaz
Which lifts are the least effective and should I take out?
What if I have the time right now, though, and willing to do it? Is it bad what I'm doing?
Jason Martinez
Half of that shit you don't need and the other half can be done in Supersets my man.
Can't really be bothered going through it all if I'm honest but it looks like you've just fallen for the more sets equals more gains meme.
No mention of a traditional back squat, front squat, deadlift or just a good ol fashioned flat barbell bench, yet you've got 3 exercises for calves which is defined by where your toes point and you've got two days for biceps.
You're either new to the gym, bodybuilding.com's biggest fan or this is bait. Can't decide.
Evan Rodriguez
If you have a lot of free time, use it to read about bodybuilding, im not trying to offend you, read at least arnold's bodybuilding guide and learn to cook.
Owen Rivera
Not to mention if you're really hitting all those exercises you mentioned, that would definitely take like 2+ hours and your TDEE is probably fucked compared to your daily caloric intake and your diets probably falling short too
James Bennett
Too much... is this your job? Do you have a job? Do you have a life outside gym and job?
Xavier Edwards
I grill a fuck ton. Hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, chicken, steak. I eat a lot of meats.
Not offended thanks m8
Henry Jenkins
It's only bad if you're not eating enough for your goals really. The post comes off like you're complaining about being there so long so we all think you're 'tarded because your routine is longer than the Bible. However, if you don't have a problem with being in the gym for as long as you are, the answer to your question is you simply do more than the rest of us (and more than what's necessary at your experience level) and that's why It takes a long time.
Nathan Hall
lmfao >same 19 sets for abs and legs >20 for chest >11 for lats >25 for arms
bro please understand this routine is all kinds of fucked up scrap like 50-70% then switch the movements to compound movements without the fluff bullshit, then scrap another 30-50%
Henry Foster
I superset two muscle groups without taking a break at all.
>box squats >10+ reps What the fuck kind of routine is that
Camden Morales
It's about the amounts breh just make sure you're eating ENOUGH. Do some maths behind it because "I'm always full" doesn't necessarily mean you're eating enough, depending where you're at in your training ofcourse.
My old powerlifting coach once told me "there's no such thing as overtraining, there's simply just under-eating and under-resting"
If you wanna be a technical asshat he's wrong in a way, but the general philosophy is pretty fucken on point
Julian Harris
In saying that I've gotta agree with the other boys here and say half of your routine is shit accessories that aren't necessary at all.
Get your compound lifts in there and do whatever else from your current routine that you can still be fucked doing at the time
Jose Butler
I mean I still hit the major compound lifts ie squats, bench, OHP, deadlifts, leg press etc so I'm not sure what other compound lifts I could implement. Should I just be removing lifts?
Brayden Butler
have you ever been to a restaurant where there's just too much shit on the menu your routine is just like that shit, I do about 5 exercises per workout I might add another one or two when I feel like it for example: Quads: Squats Chest: Bench, Dumbbell press Shoulders: OHP Triceps: skullcrushers If you don't rush it / do half ass sets this should take you about an hour
Benjamin Rogers
The LEAST you can do is one exercise either per muscle or muscle groups. If you can do like 20 sets for your chest, that means you're doing shit resistance.
There's 3 ways of exercising muscle: One makes your muscles less easily fatigued (high reps, low resistance)
One makes your muscles really dense and efficient (high resistance, low reps, last rep per set should be where you almost fail)
One is really good for hypertrophy (like 3-5 sets where you're about 2-3 reps away from failure per set).
You can ignore the shit I said though and make it simple by remembering that high resistance, fewer sets and reps is always better because your goal is to destroy that muscle tissue without causing injury. Different exercises for the same muscles counts as more sets and reps btw, you shouldn't even be able to do more than one exercise per muscle group unless you're doing it wrong because your muscles are supposed to feel fatigued.
Jason Gomez
Add more resistance to the compounds.
Angel Flores
Shit i have the same problem, here is my routine:
Mon: Bench press: 4x3 Back squat:4x3 DB shoulder press: 3x15 Pendlay row:4x5 Pull-up: 3x15 Thread-the-needle: 3x35 ea. side Chest Incline press 4×10 Flat bench 4×10 Dips 4×8 (with weight) Cable flys 4×10 Flat db flys 4×10 Incline db flys 4×10 Db pull over 4×10 Back deadlift 7×various Pull ups 4×6-8 Lat pull super set with cable pull 4×10 V bar pull superset with shrugs 4×10 Seated cable row 4×10 T bar row 4×10 Bent over bb row 4×10 Legs/shoulder Squats 7-8 × various Leg press 4×10 Leg extension 4×10 Ham curl 4×10 Smith machine press 4×10 Arnold press 4×10 Side raises super set with rear delt raises 4×10 Not gonna list arms because its just a bunch of behind the neck tricep bs Tues: Clean: 4x3 OHP: 3x8 Zercher deadlift: 3x5 Romanian deadlift: 3x5 Hyper extensions: 3x20 One arm DB row: 3x10 Pull-up: 3x15 Weighted sit-up: 3x10 Incline butt raises: 3x10 Flat bench 3x6-8 Incline bench 3x6-8 DB Skull-crushers 3x8-12 Tricep pushdowns 3x8-12 Lateral raises 3x8-12 Oblique twist 3x8-12 Planks 3xF Deadlift: 1x5 Rack Pulls: 2x12 Bench Press: 3x5 Chest Accessory: 2x12 (cycling incline db bench, decline db bench, and db chest flies) Low Bar Squat: 3x5 Front Squat: 2x12 Pendlay Rows: 3x5 Chin-ups: 2x12 Over Head Press: 3x5 Shoulder/Tricep Accessory: 2x12 (cycling db military press, shoulder raise complex, and ez bar lte/close-grip bench) Low Bar Squat: 3x5 Front Squat: 2x12 Thurs Bench press: 3x8 Hang power clean: 4x5 Front squat: 3x5 Back squat: 3x8 Bent over row: 3x10 Pull-ups: 3x15 Rack hold: 3x10 Barbell Rows 3x6-8 Neutral Pull-ups 3xF BB curls 3x8-12 Hammer curls 3x8-12 Rear delt flys 3x8-12 DB Pullovers 3x8-12 Shrugs 3x8-12 Fri: OHP: 4x3 Deadlift: 4x3 DB bench press: 3x15 Pendlay row: 4x5 Pull-up: 3x15 Plank: 4x1 1/2 mins
How do I optimize?
Carter Allen
Yes, you should be removing most of your lifts. You have three exercises for calf raises
Mason Bell
So in summary: More weight to compound lifts and remove meaningless lifts.
David Murphy
Im assuming your OP. Honestly if you have so much time on your hands do cardio or some type of tissue work in your spare time and check out omar isufs Kizen free infinite offseason program Its actually pretty fucking amazing for intermediate/advanced lifters if you dont decide to run it you can still take a look at it to kind of understand how a program should be set up
Logan Ward
Ill check it out thanks broski. I graduate in a month and will be working full time soon so I won't have all this free time for long.
Oliver Lewis
Jesus christ, are you at the gym for 4 hours on monday?
Lucas Clark
KEK we should be lifting bros my man
Jackson Flores
desu if you have a lot of time, spend an hour doing SS and spend the rest of your time with friends you fucking neet
Liam Sullivan
Remove all days but monday in this list and it's a great copypasta.
Chase Cox
kek friends are degenerate bluepilled druggies who are terrible influences. I'd rather focus on myself than hang with those dumbasses
Nathan Ramirez
Because nobody on this board actually lifts they all just come here to shitpost about it.
Brody Garcia
Then get better friends user
Asher Evans
I go to a liberal arts college and live at home. These kids are even bigger faggots than Veeky Forums
Nicholas Collins
user doing six different exercises for abs alone is entirely retarded.
Hudson Perry
Maybe you're the faggot?
If 99% of the people around you are shitheads. Guess who's the shithead?
Lucas Cooper
This. And dont pay attention to meme workouts you find on muscle and fitness.
Heres a full body you can do in 45 minutes. >blasts legs and lower back Squat 5x5 Straight leg deadlifts 3x10
>hits arms lats and shoulders Clean and Presses 5x2 One arm rows 4x8 each side
Train hard not long. Only two three heavy compound exercises and one high rep isolation exercise per major muscle group. Two isolations for each minor muscle group (abs, biceps, triceps)
Elijah Ortiz
you really only need a maximum of 3 exercises per muscle group and thats only for big muscle groups, cut it down you're doing way too much volume.
>Quad squats a squat variation or leg extensions
>glute hams deadlifts a deadlift variation or leg curls hyperextensions
Abs: Russian twists Hanging leg raises or Cable crunches side bends
Chest: Bench (barbell or dumbbell) Incline bench (barbell or dumbbell) Cable crossovers or dips
Triceps: rope pulldowns close grip bench skullcrushers
Lats: pull ups or lat pulldowns rows (either cable or machine or barbell or dumbbell) Rows with alternating grip or dumbbell rows
Delts: OHP or sitting OHP lateral press rear delt flies
Traps: Farmers walks or snatch grip shrugs
Personally your whole routine is too bloated, cut out the fat stick to the essentials. For variations and isolations keep it the same but goddamn you need to chill
John Nguyen
This is good routine imma copy and paste this thanks bro
Sebastian Jones
but y tho
Cameron Adams
How small and weak are you? That's fucking dogshit.
Nolan Foster
5'11" 200lbs 15% bf
Adam Diaz
That doesn't answer how weak you are, but you missed being an adult male by an inch, little guy.
Chase Davis
y u heff to b mad
Adam Torres
Wtf is wrong with box squats faggot?
Tyler Rivera
Bruh I'm 6'2' 215 and about 14% bf. Your routine just looks like ass.
I ain't even mad.
Andrew Peterson
I'm 6'2"; 195 lbs and ~12% bf
u jelly breh
Landon Allen
literally nobody cares faggot
Brody Russell
i completely forgot about calves, biceps, and forearms but you only need like two exercises for those
>curls >reverse curls
then either do rotating curls or do them with a cable. i dont train calves so i dont see the point to
Eli Jenkins
I was 12% bodyfat at 200 a year and a half ago, and have about 15 lbs of lean mass more than you, so no.
That's nice but how weak are you?
Samuel Gutierrez
>rest day Not going to make it
Dylan Walker
It's easy as fuck. I can get in and out of the weight room in 35 mins. You have to cut volume if you're crunched for time, but that's life
Mason Young
Why is everyone giving you shit about your routine? I normally do a bunch of different workouts when I go to the gym, I don't just want to bench, I have to also target my lower and upper chest, it takes about an hour if I include triceps, is that not how you lift?
Robert Cooper
If Im doing like 6 different lifts total I'll feel like I'm not doing enough and wasting my time.
Andrew Thompson
>upper chest, lower chest and triceps >doing all of your volume for your muscle groups in one day, making it so you're weaker for every lift after that first one >not having high frequency and higher relative intensity across all rep ranges and making more strength and size gains than dummies running brosplits
It's like you're never gonna make it
Anthony Gomez
Jesus, dude, your push days should just look like
bench 5x5 dips Incline bench OHP/shoulder press
and then you leave the gym
Jose Murphy
Have you attempted a full body workout consisting of only a few relatively heavy barbell exercises in low to moderate volume instead of a massive lift of accessory and meme lifts?
Josiah Sullivan
Ur retarder
Luke Martinez
Multi-joint Compound lifts and exercises. row press Muscle up Push up (That opposite pushup, the horizontal pull-up) That's it. Switch it up, vary grip width, pronated to sulpinated. etc
Lucas Young
PPL's work just fine and I'm there from 45-60 mins