a mixmash routine

Nutrition
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Hi, I was hoping some of you could comment on my routine. After a lot of reading/experimenting with westside and other routines, ive come up with this routine on my own (it might actually be some diagonal periodization technique). I?ve been doing it for 4 weeks now with good success.

My goals: hypertrophy, strength, power ← hehe, for sports

This is all kept under an hour:
Hypertrophy: max 8 exercises (3 sets each) 10-14 reps
Strength: max 6 exercises (3 to 6 sets) 1-2 core exercises (4-8 reps)
Power: depends:)

WEEK 1, WEEK 2
day 1, hypertrophy: CHEST/tri/shoulders (10-14 reps etc)
Day 2, Strength: back/legs : hamstrings (GM?s, deadlifts) , lower back,horizontal rowing (4-8 reps)
Rest
Day 3, hyp (chest/TRICEPS/shoulders)
Day 4 str (back/legs): quad (squats) ,chins,pulls

WEEK 3, WEEK 4
Day 1, Strength: chest/tri/shoulders (flat barbell bench, flat db bench, plate raise… ) (4-8 reps)
Day 2,Power: legs/back (plyometrics jump training, box/speed squats, GM?s
Rest
Day 3, pow (legs/back ) plyometrics, box/speed squats, lunges
Day 4, str (chest./TRICEPS) close grip bench (db/bar flat), plate raise

WEEK 5, WEEK 6
Day 1, Power: chest/tri: plyometrics for upper body (mb throws/tosses/plyometric pushups), speed benching
Day 2,Hypertrophy: legs/back: hams/lowerback,horizontal row (gm?s/dl?s/bent rows )
Rest,
Day 3, Pow… (same) as day1
Day 4 Hyp… (legs/back…) quads (squats/lunges), vertical back (pullups/chins)

Repeat…

Ok sorry if I didn?t write that good im half asleep, but basically while working on one phase such as hypertrophy, im working on an other phase such as strength for different body part

I don?t do anything near 1RM for lower body, squats/deadlifts for power/strength, a nagging muscle tear seems to resurface, that?s why im trying to focus a lot on the hypertrophy/strength phases (my legs strength/power don?t have any maximal loads).

What do you think? Is it too much overload? am I out of my mind? Well it seems to be working good for me so far and I plan on training like this for 18 weeks, so I?d like to know what you guys think.

Oh and I still do very light plyometrics for the lower body (jumping) throughout the entire phase (just light during the non-plyometrics phase to keep my progression going). This usually occurs prior as a warm up to my sport specific trainig.

Ok peace

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I believe that you are doing way too much. You are only have a day or two rest before you train the same body part again. Unless you are a freak (or on some serious juice) you should only be looking at once every 5 days for direct training. I also think that 18 weeks is too long to stay on the one program, esp if you are capable of these workloads as you will plataeu way before then.

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i didnt clarify that good, but say on day 1/3 chest/tri workout, on day 1 i will emphasize chest/shoulders, then on day three i will emphasize triceps/shoulders (ie palms in bench/close grip bench/close grip pushups). this is same for all strength/hypertrophy phases, ie for back/legs ill do hams/lower back, then next time quads/upper back.

also after every 6 week cycle of it i rest one week.

forgot to say alot of things :slight_smile:

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jesus sorry, and thats day1, day2, rest, day3, day4, rest, rest (week)

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i dont like it…perhaps you should read ct’s pendulum training and if u have read it again. Its hard to hybird methods, it has taken me many months to learn how to do so properly. Cut back on volume for one…youll burnout quickly…

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you mean the volume as in the strength/power phases? or as in the amount of exercises /reps i use and how many times a week i work out each body part?

the reason why ive done this is because regular periodization is what has worked best for me (ie X weeks in a row of hypertrophy, followed by X weeks strength followed by X weeks power), but i find that my strength goes down too much when i am not lifting heav during that hypertrophy phase and sets me back (when i could have maybe improved more).

ok will do, rereading pendulum now
thnx