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I've been lifting weights for several years, but have reached a point where I feel my workout is no longer gaining anything and I want to switch it up. My main concern is to get my body fat down and maintain size. Here is the workout I just started.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - an hour of cardio (treadmill or elliptical)
I don't know what I should use for sets/reps/weight for maximum gains. I started this routine a couple of weeks ago and walked away each day not feeling like I even worked out.
I was planning on using this for 8 weeks, then switching it up for another 8 weeks (something along the lines of a 'weighted' full body workout, where I would focus on 1-2 body parts while still doing 1 exercise for other parts) and then go to a split routine for 8 weeks and then come back to the full body, etc.
That is quite a bit my friend. Thing is you do have quite a bit of compund lifts which is very good! One down side about compound lifts is that they are hard and take a lot out of you when compaired to someone doing only iso and a few compounds.
If you can cut you routein down to say something like:
Bench
Row
Squat
Shoulder press
Pull-up
Chin-up
Lower back extention
and only do like one lift for each "catigory" and do it, and do it hard
What should I be doing in the way of number of sets/reps/weight? For example right now I am doing 4 sets, I start with the first set lighter and increase the weight while decreasing reps. The fourth set is usually close to my max weight for that exercise while doing 4-7 reps.
OMG, I had a heart attack ustr eading all of those exercises....
I would recommend what the above poster suggested......select 3,4 or even 5 compounds max per workout and do a variety of rep set schemes. I like 5x5, 4x6 and 3x8. i even throw in 2x12 if I need to save some time.
Considering you have been working out for a couple of years I am sure I dont need to tell you that you dont need to isolate muscles to work them. Adding to that I think that isolation exercises are pointless in a cut.