What do you think about this routine run from Monday to Saturday (6 days in a row) for someone with 10y experience. Would it be too much based on your experience? Last sets taken to failure.
Push #1
Bench press 3 × 6-8
Machine shoulder press 3 x 8-10
Cable fly 3 x 10-12
Cable lateral raise 3 x 10-12
Cable triceps extension 3 x 10-12
Triceps pressdown 3 x 10-12
Pull #1
Pull-up 3 x AMRAP
Chest-supported DB row 3 x 8-10
DB pullover 3 x 10-12
Rear delt fly 3 x 10-12
Alternating DB curl 3 x 10-12
Preacher DB curl 3 x 10-12
Legs #1
Barbell squat 3 x 6-8
RDL 3 x 8-10
Leg extension 3 x 8-10
Lying leg curl 3 x 8-10
Seated calf raise 3 x 8-10
Hanging leg raise 3 x 8-10
Push #2
Incline DB press 3 × 8-10
Seated DB press 3 x 8-10
DB fly 3 x 10-12
DB lateral raise 3 x 10-12
DB skull crusher 3 x 10-12
Pull #2
Barbell row 3 x 6-8
Lat pulldown 3 x 8-10
Machine row 3 x 8-10
DB shrug 3 x 8-10
EZ-bar curls 3 x 8-10
Hammer curl 3 x 8-10
Legs #2
Leg press 3 x 8-10
DB lunge 3 x 8-10
Seated leg curl 3 x 10-12
Leg extension 3 x 10-12
Standing calf raise 3 x 10-12
Cable crunch 3 x 10-12
To clarify, this means, on the squat, you are going to squat until you attempt a rep, fail on the concentric, have the bar crash onto the safety pins of the rack, then unload the bar and re-rack it before you move on to your next exercise?
For the RDL, you’re going to train that final set until you go to pull a final rep on it and fail on the concentric?
On the pullover to failure, do you do anything in particular to protect your face?
That is quite different, and it’s why I ask those questions. People will post “rate this routine” and either leave out or incorrectly state details about it.
In turn, you will not get much of a successful evaluation of this routine from internet strangers. Your best bet is to try it and see what happens.
Only you could answer the question in the title. A lot of people have had success with the type of routine you’ve shared here. If you’re currently using it and progressing, you’re probably good to go. I’m currently successfully using way more volume than this and I’ve had success using way less volume than this. There is no black and white answer here. At 10 years of experience, you should certainly be aware of this!
IMO, it is very difficult to guess when you will fail on the next rep doing leg press. I seem to be able to get just one more a few times after I believe that I might be done.
Try it and find out. I’m doing something similar but I take a slightly different approach to the sets and reps based on the exercise.
My main difference from your plan is that I’m not planning to go six days in a row. My life just doesn’t allow for it. I will work out between 3:30 - 5:00pm or not at all. I have plenty of things that interrupt my week so I end up getting through the six workouts over the course of eight to 10 days. I take days off due to other life requirements or because I’m feeling worn out and need a day off.
I know it’s the norm to schedule a training ‘week’ so that it fits a calendar week, but it’s okay to break that cycle. I don’t plan workouts with days like ‘Monday’, ‘Tuesday’, etc. I call them Day 1, Day 2, etc. I just go in order regardless of the day of the week.
Also, as usual, you didn’t actually post a routine. Just a list of exercises and sets and reps. Zero mention of how you plan to progress, which 90% of what’s important. I’m all for writing your own program, but it seems like finding a prewritten program would be better in your case. And by that I mean written by a veteran of the industry, not this workout of the week slop that chatgpt can spit out.