Changing My Routine

Training Bodybuilding
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hey fellas this is the routine imanna be starting…
Day One: Chest
Incline Bar: 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Flat DB Flyes: 4 x 8-10
Decline DB Presses: 4 x 8-10
Incline Cable Flyes: 4 x 8-10
Standing Cable Cross: 3 x 8-10

Day Two: Back
Deadlift 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Lat Pulldown (wide): 4 x 8-10
Bent-Over Row Bar: 4 x 8-10
Lat Pushdowns: 4 x 8-10
Good Mornings: 3 x 8-10

Day Three: Rest

Day Four: Arms & Abs
Straight Bar Curls: 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Decline Skullcrushers: 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Hammer Curls: 4 x 8-10
Tricep Pushdowns: 4 x 8-10
Incline DB Curls: 3 x 8-10
Tricep Cable Kickbacks: 3 x 8-10
Decline Ab Crunches (with plates): 4 x failure
Ab Crunches (on cable): 4 x failure
Leg Lifts (with weights on feet): 4 x failure

Day Five: Shoulders
Standing Military Presses: 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Side DB Raise: 4 x 8-10
Front Bar Raise: 4 x 8-10
Bent-Over Rear Delts (cable): 4 x 8-10
Upright Bar Rows: 4 x 8-10
Shrugs (in front bar): 3 x 8-10
Shrugs (in back bar): 3 x 8-10

Day Six: Legs
Squats: 12, 10, 8, 6, 12
Lunges: 4 x 8-10
Leg Curls: 4 x 8-10
Leg Extensions:4 x 8-10
Stiff-Leg Deadlifts: 3 x 8-10
Leg Press Calf Raises: 4 x failure high reps
Seated Calf Raises: 4 x failure high reps
Rev Calf Raise Sled: 4 x failure high reps

Day Seven: Rest, then repeat on day one

Would any of you see any problems with me changing the reps of the compound lifts to say… 5-4-3-2-1? that way im pushing heavier weights so i can put on more size. my diets in order, i get around 200-300 grams of protein a day depending how the day is.

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You didn’t mention what your goals are and what your current strength levels are.

One of the days you are performing 32 sets and one of the days you are performing 27 sets. This is more sets than most modern professional bodybuilders perform. The exercises are all good, you just perform too many and do too many sets. Don’t be afraid to cut out exercises and perform only 1 or 2 sets of an exercise.

I’d limit the total number of sets to 16 on any given day. More isn’t better. I made this same mistake for the first seven years I trained. I did every exercise imaginable and progressed very slowly if at all on every one of them.

Focus on getting much stronger on the big basic exercises.