QUOTE(pizzaboy @ Oct 19 2008, 06:58 PM)
I'll be brutally honest here but still politically sweet, but your workouts are quite...a waste of time.
I'll show you why aight;
Workouts:
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Squat
1x5xOlympic Barbell
1x5x40.0kg
1x5x42.5kg
1x5x45.0kg
3x5x47.5kg
Leg Extension (Whatever for? A high bar back squat or a front squat would hit your quads much harder)
1x10x80lbs
1x10x90lbs
2x10x100lbs
Bench Press
1x5x22.5lbs
1x5x25.0lbs
1x5x27.5lbs
3x5x30.0lbs
1x5x35.0lbs
1x4x40.0lbs
Dumbbell Chest Fly
1x10x7.5lbs
1x10x10.0lbs
1x10x12.5lbs
Butterfly (Chest fly and butterfly? Quite redundant right?)
1x10x50lbs
1x10x60lbs
1x10x70lbs
Barbell Curl
1x8x20.0lbs
1x8x22.5lbs
1x8x25.0lbs
2x8x27.5lbs
Dumbbell Biceps Curl (you curl before you row? The theory of exhausting your biceps before a back movement, to recruit more back fibers...isn't ...quite that accurate. You'd be better off doing back before curls)
2x10x7.5lbs
2x10x10.0lbs
2x10x12.5lbs
Barbell Row
1x5x20.0lbs
1x5x22.5lbs
1x5x25.0lbs
1x5x27.5lbs
3x5x30.lbs
Pulldown
1x10x60lbs
1x10x70lbs
1x10x80lbs
Knee Raise
2x20xBW
Incline Crunch
1x20xBW
1x20xBW+10.0lbs
Torso Twist (Your oblique isn't going to slim down doing this)
2x50xBW
You've got a total of TWELVE exercises.
You do it like, legs, chest, back right?
Ya know, my morning workouts go like; power snatch, power clean and jerk, push press and front/back squats
Evening workouts; Squat snatch, clean and jerk, jerk from rack, snatch and clean pull and squats.
And yet, I take only 1 1/2 hours to complete. My main lifts, go to about 3x3. Then the accessory work go to about 5x5. This is all after my buildup sets. Don't get caught in the belief that more is better. There's a line between improvement and mere wasting time. At one point, your ATP declines and your muscles aren't recruited as you'd like them to be. At that point, you'd be better off resting, eating and training again later in the day if you want to.
Just a lil input. Hope it helps.
Waste of time!? I'm totally shattered. 2 months of hardwork just go "poof".
After squatting, my quads are extremely exhausted if I squat deep enough. Front squat is kinda new to me and seems dangerous at my newbie level so I always avoid it. I go for leg extension (machinery) because it's much easier than free weights and I use this period to let both of my legs rest.
I desperately want to reduce the layer of fat on my chest thus I included as many chest workouts I could think of. Butterfly is machinery and less daunting compared to free weights so I quite fond of doing it.
As for the theory of curling before rowing, I have utterly no clue at all. I just figure that wearing out your biceps can increase the intensity of rowing or vice versa, as simple as that.
Twisting my torso is just for fun. I just grab a stick lay it on my shoulders with both my arms stretching out to hold the end of the stick. Next, I just twist my body left and right for maybe 60/70 degree. I know it's not gonna slim my body down but you can't deny it has some little effects.
Well, at least there is some significant change in my body. My waist just drops from size 35 to 34/33 (I didn't actually measure it but judging from my pants, it's quite obvious.) The strange thing is my weight is constant just like 2 months before.