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Sep 19 2009 08:39pm
After a quick read of CMBurns' splits sticky, I've decided that a 4-day split best works for me.

This would be a workout everyday with rest days (due to my schedule) being on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

This leaves me Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday to hit the gym.

I was thinking this:

Su: Heavy Biceps/Heavy Triceps
Mo: Rest
Tu: Chest/Light Triceps
We: Rest
Th: Back/Light Biceps
Fr: Rest
Sa: Legs/Shoulders/Traps

Sound good to you? What routines would you do for each day? I guess what I'm asking is for a complete routine laid out for me to start up with. Thanks!
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Sep 19 2009 08:46pm
what are you trying to accomplish goals wise...that would ofc alter your routine accordingly.
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Sep 19 2009 08:49pm
Quote (Boxa @ Sat, Sep 19 2009, 08:46pm)
what are you trying to accomplish goals wise...that would ofc alter your routine accordingly.


shut the fuck up
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Sep 19 2009 08:50pm
Ah, good point.

I'm generally aiming to lower my body fat % by 3 or 4%, up strength (main goal, I'm shooting to be able to bench/squat/deadlift my own body weight as a short term goal atm), and of course, sculpt into a good, toned body shape.
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Sep 19 2009 08:54pm
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shut the fuck up


umade?

and at op: are you a novice lifter?
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Sep 19 2009 08:57pm
what would define novice?
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Sep 19 2009 09:02pm
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what would define novice?


do you lift regularly now or are you pretty much start from scratch?
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Sep 19 2009 09:03pm
Quote (Boxa @ Sat, Sep 19 2009, 07:02pm)
do you lift regularly now or are you pretty much start from scratch?


ah. i lift regularly now.
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Sep 19 2009 09:16pm
if you're going to do that split, why not go with burns workouts for those body parts as well

Arms

Triceps

Weighted Dips (NOT BENCH DIPS, GET GOOD FFS)(add weight according to the amount of reps you can push with that weight)
1x15 weightless warm up
1x15 with mild weight for another warm up
4x10 to failure. Choose weight carefully, doing 8 reps is fine, 11-12 too, getting anywhere beyond that you're wasting your time, add weight.

Close grip bench (insider's secret? This can be done on all types of bench, flat, incline, decline. Knowing this exercise involves chest as secondary muscle, you can add a little extra work on your weak spots by choosing the right bench)
1x10-12 warm up
4-5x10 to failure

Rope or straight bar pulldown or skull crushers (if you choose one, stick to it for a month at a time)
4-5x10 to failure

Biceps

Straight barbell curls (some little cheating allowed here, but use your brain, you're not in the gym to impress, only cheat on the last few reps and SLIGHTLY)
1x15 warm up (with mild weight)
4-5x10-12 to failure

Strict dumbbell curls(this means with excellent form, if you can't do that, don't act tough, go preacher curl like the rest of the weaklings)
4x8-12 to failure

Hammer curls(if your outer biceps are already very developed, or if for example you happen to hammer a lot more than you curl, you can do ez-bar curls)
4x8-12 to failure

Legs

Front squat
2x10 warm up
6x5 with only the first 2 sets at mild load, the last 4 are with failure weights.

Squat
1x10 warm up
5x5 first 2 sets with mild load, last 3 to failure.

Leg extensions
1x15 warm up
4x10 all sets to failure

1 legged or regular hamstring exercise
1x15 warm up
4x10 all sets to failure

Choose 2 exercises for calves
(1x25 warm up
5x10-15 all sets to failure) Do that for both exercises

Now some of you might wonder WHERE ARE THE LUNGES? Depending on what your weaknesses are, you can replace leg extensions or hamstring work by lunges. I personally don't do them because of the amount of squats. And front squats are so fucking awesome, it's just...better than sex for me.

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Back
Deadlift!
2x20 warm up
1x10 mild weights
1x5 to failure
1x5 to failure
1x 1-4 to failure (on this set you can strap on belt)
1x 1-4 to failure
1x 1-4 to failure
1x20 mild weights as fast as possible (with belt off)

Weighted chin-ups (or weightless if you suck) (or a pulldown machine if you REALLY suck)
1x15 weightless warm up
1x10 with a bit of weight
1x8 with a bit more weight
1x6-8 to failure
1x6-8 to failure
1x6-8 to failure

Going to failure is special because you go from heavy weights to sissy weights in no time due to the high fatigue of the muscles.

Pull-ups (by then I suck and I go weightless)(you can also do it on a pulldown machine with a set number of reps, but it's best to get good at doing with with your body weight)
5x max reps
If you can't get any reps up on certain sets, ask for a spot and do negatives.

1-arm dumbbell or barbell row (depending on how strong you are, or what weights are available at the gym)
2x10 mild weights
4x8-10 to failure

Choose a bicep exercise
4-5x10 to failure

Chest

Bench (or flat dumbbell presses)
2x20 warm up
1x8-10 mild weight
1x6-8 mild (but heavier) weight
1x5 failure
1x5 failure
1x5 failure

5x5 is very generic, commonly used and has great results, but it's not the only thing that can be done. You can also do 5-6 sets of 1-4 reps instead, putting an emphasis on strength.

Incline bench (or dumbbell presses)
1x15 warm up
5x5 with 1-2 mild weights, last 3 to failure

Incline pushes/flies
(1x8-10 failure pushes
1x Max reps with same weight flies (no rest)) x5

Weighted dips (or weightless if you suck)
4-5x10 to failure

Random tricep exercise (choose whatever needs most work)
4-5x10 to failure

Shoulders & Traps

Standing military press (I don't use a belt because I need core strength)
1x15 warm up
5x5 with 2 sets of increasing weights and 3 sets of failure.

Standing (or seated for pussies) dumbell press (For those not looking to gain excessive press power, you can do lateral flies (5x10-12))
5x5 2 sets of increasing weights, 3 sets to failure

Standing lateral flies (for those who just did that, you can do front or rear delt exercises (5x10-12))
5x10-12 all to failure

Rear delt flies (if you just did those, do front)
5x10-12 partial failure (why? explained below)

The reason I don't do front delts is because it's heavily worked on during presses and on chest day. Now some of you might say "YEA BUT...REAR DELTS ARE HEAVILY WORKED ON DURING BACK DAY" To which I will answer "Gtfo son, it's my training" :P No but seriously, rear delts work as stabilizers during presses so I do a little work on them to target them and not overtrain them.

Traps!
So there's the manly trap training for males and the sissy one.

Male training:
Since you're mad fucking swole and strong, your gym doesn't have enough dumbbell weight. So you grab the heaviest they have and do this:

Static dumbbell shrugs
3x5 reps. Hold the weight up for 20 seconds, go back down then shrug again. This will help wear out the traps for the other exercises, so you don't have to cry cause your gym never has enough weight.

Heavy behind the ass barbell shrugs (or upright rows)
5x10-12 to failure

Sissy training:
Since you're mad fucking weak and pathetic, you can't even shrug half the max weight your gym has so you do this:

Dumbbell shrugs
5x10-12 to failure

upright rows
5x10-12 to failure
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