I used to workout 5-6 days a week and then Covid happened then I got married and now I have a 2 month old. Looking to get back into weight training specifically.

Current stats if it matters:

6’3 255 pounds

Don’t have a goal in terms of weight. I couldn’t care less what the scale says. I’m just looking to feel better and get active again.

I used to do basically 3 different workouts and rotate each day.

Day 1 would be chest/shoulders
Day 2 would be arms (biceps/triceps)
Day 3 would be legs/back (squats, deadlifts, rows)

Is this a good workout plan? Probably start 3 days a week and slowly work back up to 5ish days a week

Questions would be:

Are these reasonable exercises to focus on? Looking for ideas

Apologies if there’s a thread somewhere I’m supposed to look at

Edit:

Also 30 years old now if that matters. Haven’t been serious into weight training since 2019 when I was 26-27

This post was edited by Newb. on Feb 24 2022 11:21pm

Great start! Consistency is the biggest and most influential variable involved in fitness.
Whatever you do, get your ass to the gym and move, and if not, get outside and move, and if not, get off your ass in your house and move!

IMO your day 3 is too big and you probably aren’t getting an optimal workout

Do Push / Pull / Legs instead

I’m sure you can Google a basic one

Keep in mind you're hitting smaller muscle groups while performing compound movements

They did a study showing chin upa stimulated bicep hypertrophy as much or to a greater extent than curls.

I would throw out an arm day altogether and get your triceps and bicep work from pull ups, chin ups, ohp, bench press

Swap back into day 2 and add low intensity cardio/abs circuit to day 2