Help with Training Routine

[hardhatarea]

Hey bros, can you check out my workout routine and give me some feedback? Any help would be greatly appreciated. All reps are between 5-8, I lift as heavy as I can reaching failure only on the last set of the last exercise. I'm 5'10" 190lbs (I'm an ectomorph ). I've been training off and on for 8 years and consistently for 3 years. I also have a few AAS cycles under my belt.

Day 1 (secondary muscles - delts and tris)
DB Flat Bench (4 sets)
DB Incline Bench (3 sets)
Weighted Dips (3 set)
EZ BB Curls (4 sets)
Cable Curls (2 sets)
Hammer Curls (3 sets)
Reverse Curls (2 sets)

Day 2

Side Laterals (5 sets)
Shrugs (bar - front) (5 sets)
Squats (5 sets)
Leg curls (5 sets)

Day 3:Triceps
Skulls crushers Superset with Close Grip bench (4 sets)
Tricep Extensions (4 sets)
One Hand Reverse Tri Ext. (2 sets)
Tricep Dips (2 sets)

Day 4

Incline Flys (4 sets)
Flat Bench Flys (3 sets)
Cable Flys (2 set)
Pull Overs (2 sets)
Preacher Curl w/ bells (3 sets)
21s (2 sets)
Cable Curls (2 sets)
Reverse Curls (2 sets)

Day 5: (Secondary muscles - triceps)

Behind the neck Military Presses (4 sets)
DB Shoulder Presses (4 sets)
Side Lateral Raises (4 sets)
Shrugs (Dumbbells) (5 sets)
Deadlifts (5 sets)
leg raises (5 sets)

 

[AnimalMass]

15 whole sets of lower body work and 80 sets for upper body. Serious, serious problems bud.

Read my DFHT Revisisted thread. That should help point you in the right direction.

Matt

 

[hardhatarea]

Thanks bro...will do!

 

[hardhatarea]

AnimalMass, lower body aside...how does the upper body work look? Think I'll grow?

 

[kenneth]

ut oh.. this comes down to the overall bodymass.. ya just can't mass up your upper body much without lowerbody leading the way... yes i know i'm not animalmass

 

[hardhatarea]

No...I totally agree with you bro...it's overall body mass, uppers and wheels. I was just wondering if the upper body workout looks good...I know I have to fine tune the lower body.

 

[AnimalMass]

Honestly bud, it's just too much. For example, your shoulders get hit on day 1,2,4, and 5.

I really think you'd be much, much better off working out 4 days per week; 2 lower and 2 upper. I would just follow my DFHT Revisited program. If there is a reason you don't want to work out that way, I'd like to hear it so that I might see why people aren't following that sort of training protocol.

Matt

 

[hardhatarea]

I'm always open to trying something new, especially when it comes to training, so I'll give it a read and try it out. I did an HST workout and suprisingly, it worked well for me. So, I'll give your workout the same shot bro. Thanks a lot for your help.