Anything wrong with this routine

purenatural · 03-13-2006, 01:31 AM

Possibly considering to change my routine in about couple of weeks, like to asks if theres anything wrong with it or if i should make any changes

5 sets of 5 reps

Monday
Powerclean
Widegrip chins
Standing Barbell Curls

Wednesday
Dumbell Bench Press
Dumbell Military Press
Dips

Friday
Front Squats
Stiff leg deads
Calve raises

Nothin' but a peanut!! · 03-13-2006, 01:35 AM

looks good mate!

im doing
mon
clean and jerks - swap with push presses
barbell rows
dips

wed
squats
sldl (not every week)
calf raise

fri
bench press - swap with inclines
wide grip chin or close grip
barbell curl

also throwing deadlifts in there too but at this stage i dont know where to fit them
yours looks good tho mate :)

purenatural · 03-13-2006, 01:37 AM

nice routine. Thanks for the posts. How did you hear about 5x5?

Nothin' but a peanut!! · 03-13-2006, 01:42 AM

i seen johnnie doing it with his deadlifts and i wanted to try soemthing different than 3 sets 6-8 like i was previously doing
so im doing that for all exercises in my routine now - focusing purely on almost nothing but compound exercises
plus using the rest pause "weider" training principle just want to see where it can take me

purenatural · 03-13-2006, 01:47 AM

rest pause "weider" training principle , How is this training method performed?

Nothin' but a peanut!! · 03-13-2006, 02:06 AM

well ok 5 by 5 is pretty useless unless from what i understand, that you need to increase weights each set
so ur doing the SAME reps but increasing weights each set
say i am bench pressing-
first and second set i get 5 easy
3rd set is a bit harder so i do 3 reps- put the weight back - rest for 15 to 30 seconds pick it back up and do the last 2 reps
4th set do 2 reps then put it back up (cause u cant do anymore) rest for 30 seconds do 2 more (rest then) and then do your last one

and set 5 you may get 2 reps again, put it up and rest then do one more rest one more rest and then do ur last rep

does this make sense to you?
if you're still confused then have a look in my training log ive recently been typing my workouts up with this training fashion
that - from what i understand to be - is rest pause training :)

purenatural · 03-13-2006, 02:51 AM

I understand. That looks really advanced.

Rocky · 03-13-2006, 06:13 AM

Your routine looks good Pure Natural. Compound exercises and clearly working on specific related muscles each workout! Nice!

purenatural · 03-13-2006, 10:30 AM

Hey Thanks alot, really appreciate it.

jornT · 03-13-2006, 03:24 PM

MORON!

No, just kidding bro, we went there before!

Looks good to me.

Personally I'm more a fan of HFT and hitting bodyparts multiple times a week, but 5x5 is a solid routine expecially for strength raises.

Cool bedsheat btw

Other then that I would change some excersizes, to ones I like and think are better.

purenatural · 03-13-2006, 06:19 PM

oh thanks for complmenting my bed sheets lol, anyway how is your routine if u dont mind me asking. what are the exercises, sets reps and how is your split