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Hey

I am in the gym since 10 months but I felt like I wasn't going anywhere.

The gym routine I am now doing since 4 weeks is basically a Push Pull Legs but I only do PPLPP Rest Rest. At the end of my push workout on monday I do Squats with light weight and at the end of my pull day I add RDLs with light weight.

"+" behind Sets always means the last set is an AMRAP Set.

Monday Push A:

  • 5x5+ Incline Barbell Bench Press
  • 3x8(-12) Standing Barbell Shoulder Press
  • 3x8(-12) EZ Bar Skullcrushers
  • 3x10+ Machine Chest Flies
  • 3x10+ Pushdowns
  • 3x10+ Cable Lateral Raises
  • 3x10 Barbell Squats

Tuesday Pull A:

  • 5x5+ Weighted Pull Ups (currently 5 kg added)
  • 3x8(-12) T Bar Rows Chest supported
  • 3x8(-12) EZ Bar Curls
  • 3x10+ Reverse Machine Flies
  • 3x10+ Rope Hammer Curls
  • 2x15+ Cable Face Pulls

Wednesday:

  • 5x5+ Barbell Squats
  • 5x3+ Deadlifts
  • 3x8(-12) Leg Press
  • 3x10+ Calf Raises Smithmachine
  • 3x10+ Leg Curls
  • 3x10+ Leg Extensions

Thursday:

  • 5x5+ Seated Barbell Shoulder Press
  • 3x8(-12) Incline Dumbbell Bench Press
  • 3x8(-12) Pushdowns
  • 3x10+ Machine Chest Flies
  • 3x10+ EZ Bar Skullcrushers
  • 3x10+ Cable Lateral Raises

Friday:

  • 5x5+ T Bar Rows Chest supported
  • 3x8(-12) Regular Pull Ups
  • 3x8(-12) Rope Hammer Curls
  • 3x10+ Reverse Machine Flies
  • 3x10+ EZ Bar Curls
  • 2x15+ Cable Face Pulls
  • 3x10 RDLs

Thats basically all I do... is this too much after 10 months consistant training without a program?

I am natural, I try to eat a lot but hardly make it to 2700 kcal a day. My protein requirement is always met...

My thought behind this is that I can only have 1 leg day, since my legs are sore anyways for 4-5 days and can get another extra rest day saturday instead of another workout day.

So basically I am still hitting Squats "light" on monday and heavy on Wednesday and RDLs light on Friday. I took Deadlifts instead of RDLs for Wednseday though.

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[โ€“] Grogon@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I tried upper lower but the issue is:

I am sore after a leg day for atleast 3-5 days.

The next thing I don't like about Upper is that I have to do 8-10 exercises that day and by exercise 6 I have a feeling I can't put 100% into the exercises.

I tried this order for upper day once:

  • Bench Press 5x5
  • T Bar Rows 5x5
  • Shoulder Press 3x8-10
  • Pull Ups 3x8-10 (I couldnt even do 6 Pull Ups at this point... for set 1)
  • Triceps Pushdowns 3x10-15
  • Biceps EZ Bar Curls 3x10-15 I quit the day and didn't even do Lateral Cable Raises, Face Pulls, Chest Flies,...
[โ€“] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

You didn't answer their question. What do you mean when you say "I felt like I wasn't going anywhere"?