Wednesday 19 January 2011

My Current Routine

So I've had a few people asking me what routine has worked best for me for gaining muscle and strength.
Before I start I will talk about some of my past routines.
When I first started going to the gym which was around 2 years ago I weighted 108lbs and had never lifted a weight in my life. I was very skinny but at the same time I grew up getting into a lot of fights so I wasn't too weak. I started on a 3 day routine which looked like.

Monday: Chest and Triceps
Wednesday: Back and Biceps
Friday: Legs and Shoulders

As a beginner I didn't know much about the exercises and diet but I knew I had to eat a lot more. I saw great gains (noob gains) but I started noticing problems while doing this routine. After doing a big workout on my chest I didn't have much energy to work my triceps which prevented me from lifting heavier weights. This resulted in lower strength and mass gains. This was the same for back and biceps. I would usually do a few sets on biceps and call it a day. This became a big problem for me because i noticed my chest and back grew the fastest for me, whereas my arms lagged behind.

I knew I had to change something about my routine and swapping the order I did my body parts was a no go. I decided to do a lot more research about training and looking up many different routines.

Stay tuned..

20 comments:

  1. Cool, I'm always interested in seeing everyone's routine. Gives me ideas on how to improve on mine.

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  2. looking forward to more :)

    your friend,
    http://ectomorphmuscle.blogspot.com/

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  3. looks good man. awesome stuff. anyone that follows me let me know with a comment and ill follow back

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  4. Personally, I like a full-body workout, 3 times a day.

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  5. ^^ Yeah I do the full body workout to...love the feeling of whole body aches when you're done lol

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  6. personally prefer the 5 day split! currently killing me at the moment

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  7. I been doing a 4day split recently. how's the 3day working for u?

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  8. Nice routine bro, check me out
    http://nickk-bigpoppa.blogspot.com/

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  9. Haha Jigga and Chris i'll get onto that a bit later :)

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  10. i do the full body workout since it's much easier to remember. herp derp

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  11. Nice routine bro,
    Good job


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  12. Arnold is my hero. I have him on the background of my blog as well!

    bulkingjobra.blogspot

    I'm following

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  13. i approve of this post. nice stuff bro.

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  14. Routine has to be one of the most important things when trying to build muscle, without a correct routine and time management these kinds of problems would arise.

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    http://laymanslaboratory.blogspot.com

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  15. just keep on learning and working and you'll get there eventually man.

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  16. Im on a 6-day split, hit one muscle group a day with plyos on sat!

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  17. sounds like my routine
    yourmirin.blogspot.com

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  18. Used to have a similar routine when i first started :)

    http://the-viral-network.blogspot.com/

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