Adding some spice to my workouts?

Pinupdollrawr

Ok so I love lifting. However, I don't feel like the routine I'm doing now gives me that "burn" that it use to. I've added some weights to where I feel like I can handle but it's still not giving me that awesome "burn" feeling. So I want to add new stuff and see some more progress. My goals are to lose fat gain muscle. My routines include compound and isolation movements. For example: leg days consist of body weight squats, deadlifts,weighted squats,calf raises,and some machines that target legs and glutes etc. some background: In the past few weeks ( about 5/6) I've went from a 26.9% bf to a 22.5% ( gets measured professionally) . I eat about 1700 calories a day and "clean" . Any tips or workouts for total body or specific muscle groups that would give me that awesome "burn" feeling would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

haroon_awan

Here you are:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/119-new-rules-of-lifting-for-women-nrol4w-

estelle74uk

how about this

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jim-stoppani-six-week-shortcut-to-shred.html

Pinupdollrawr

These are both great adive. I was def looking into the stronglifts. And Estelle that link looks amazing ill def take some of those workouts and incorporate them into mine!

Anymore advice is welcomed!

ChrisLindsay9

I'll just second the advice you've received. I've abandoned the muscle split schedule and have become an enthusiast of a strong lifts program.

Pinupdollrawr

Thanks guys

cwolfman13

Do you progressively increase the weight? You should always be very near failure. If you're always near failure, you're always going to have the burn.

Personally, I like Wednler's 5/3/1. You can switch up and use various assistance templates based on what exactly you want to accomplish...and do so without retarding the essentials of the program. I did Starting Strength for quite some time, but it got to the point that the weight and volume of squats and dead lifts no longer allowed me to run and cycle and my fitness regimen was getting way out of balance...switched to 5/3/1 and problem solved. My biggest issue with SS and SL is that they are not very flexible if you have other fitness goals...they're awesome for making linear strength gains though.