[Tony T]

Im putting together a training program and was wondering:

im doing i "kinda" upper body/lower body split...
Anybody think this will work gd? and do i need to traing my shoulders more, personally i think they get enough beating from all da others basic exercises i will do and maybe il take a couple of sets on them on day1 or day3...

Day1: Chest & Back + Triceps
5x5 & 3x5 + 4x6

Day2: Legs
6x12 + 4x15

Day3: Chest & back + Biceps
3x5 & 5x5 + 4x6

Exercises:

Chest: Benchpress(barbell and dumbell), cabelcross, flyes
Back: Chins, pulldown, Roing
Triceps:dips, Frenchpress
Biceps:Schotpreacher curl, hammercurl
Legs:Well cuz im from norway i just realised i don't know what a single leg exercise is called in english, but i got a couple of good ones here...deadlifts and such.
Will not do all of this exercises each week, but will change from week to week to make them fit my program.

Got a couple more exercise i just dont know what are called in english.
Im taking 1-2minutes pause between the more "light" exercises, and 3-4minutes beetween the real heavy ones!

[BigBen]

Yea i would say like a few military presses and some upright rows, mabye even some shrugs in their soe where

[miniduck]

Can you go into more detail? It's important to know which excercises you are doing and how much rest time between each session.

[Tony T]

have mentioned my exercises and pauses now that i edited my tread

[tim290280]

Im taking 1-2minutes pause between the more "light" exercises, and 3-4minutes beetween the real heavy ones!

Light exercises should be 30-90seconds rest. Heavy should be 60-120 seconds. Research has shown that there is no advantage of rest intervals longer than 2-3 minutes.

Read my posts in other threads about programs of this sort. Also read the split training all wrong thread stickied at the top.

[Tony T]

i read the split training all wrong earlyer...thats why im trying to put together an upper/lower body split that the article mentioned was the only split that will work any good...

[Rocky]

Upper/Lower split isn;'t bad at all, but don't neglect the shoulders as Ben said.
As long as you do the compound exercises within your routine frame then it should work pretty well: Squat, Dead, bench, Chins (or pulldowns) BB bent rows, dips (or close grip bench) BB curl (do this over the other 2 arm exercises you suggested), SLDL, Lunge. As long as it has those in there with regularity you'll be ok imo.

[Tony T]

thanx...i have great faith in this program...was just a littl unsecure about my number of sets and the shoulder part..but now that thats clear, its right down to the gym...
BTW...what day will be the best to do shoulders here? have heard you shouldnt train legs and shoulders on the same day...

[tim290280]

BTW...what day will be the best to do shoulders here?

Shoulders should only ever be trained on a Thursday at precisely 3.42pm (EST), any other time just doesn't develop shoulders.

While it is best to get into the gym and actually train, if you don't get balance around joints correct you will end up with problems (e.g. bench and row, squat and SLDL). As such you need a clearer idea of what exercises you are doing for all body parts. Upper/Lower is 4x week with 2 upper and 2 lower.

[Rocky]

No reason whatsoever not to train shoulders and legs on the same day - only reason not to (as is my case) is purtely due to the amount of effort training legs should require which could affect how much you can put into your shoulders afterwards.