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Lifting routine advice?

vorgas
vorgas Posts: 741 Member
edited February 21 in Social Groups
There are six lifts I love doing: Squat, Deadlift, Bench Press, Pendlay Row, Overhead Press, and Snatch. And I love going heavy with these. Frequently getting into 1 to 3 rep max range (actually following a Wendler style progression).

Recently I've been doing one of these per day, with 4 follow-up/supporting lifts. But I think this is too much. I'm basically doing full body workouts every day, with only one day of rest. I'm sore all the time, and I seem to be stalling on progress. I think maybe I should split it up, possible a 3 or 4 day routine.

My question is multi-part, I guess:
1: Better to do
(a) 6 days straight with workout time less than an hour
(b) Fewer days but longer workouts (90 - 160 minutes)
(c) Fewer days, workout an hour, but drop supporting lifts?

2: If the answer is b or c, would it be better to do:
(a) Similar lifts on a day, such as Squat / Dead, Bench / Row, OHP / Snatch
(b) Full body on a day, such as Squat / OHP, Dead / Bench, Row / Snatch

And, of course, if there are other alternatives, or specific suggestions I'm wide open. I just know what I'm currently doing seems to be a path toward failure.

Oh, and my goals are to be able to keep progressing on these 6 lifts.

Thanks.

Replies

  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Can you detail out your current routine (with the accessory lifts).
  • vorgas
    vorgas Posts: 741 Member
    Each of the main lifts follows a Wendler 5-3-1 progression.
    Week 1 - 75% x 5, 80% x 5, 85% x 5+
    Week 2 - 80% x 3, 85% x 3, 90% x 3+
    Week 3 - 75% x 5, 85% x 3, 95% x 1+
    Week 4 - 60% x 5, 65% x 5, 70% x 5

    All accessory lifts are 3 sets of 10

    MON - OHP: dumbbell rear delt raise, barbell clean & jerk, dumbbell shoulder fly, skullcrusher
    TUE - Squat (low back): pistol squat, barbell good morning, barbell overhead squat, barbell front squat
    WED - Bench press: dumbbell decline fly, barbell decline bench press, dumbbell incline fly, barbell incline bench press
    THU - Deadlift: back hyperextension, barbell romanian deadlift, reverse hyperextension, glute ham raise
    FRI - Pendlay row: wide grip lat pulldown, ez-bar curl, lat pulldown, narrow grip lat pulldown
    SAT - Olympic snatch: dumbbell sword draws, russian twist, weight plate oblique bends, barbell shoulder shrug

    Thanks again for taking a look.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I would stick to what Wendler recommends if you are going to be doing something like his program - 4 day a week split. You have a lot of similar lifts that can be narrowed down into those days - e.g. various versions of squats, lat pull downs and bench press.

    While most days are not full body (although some come close), you currently do not have enough rest days and have some muscle groups are being worked on back to back days.
  • vorgas
    vorgas Posts: 741 Member
    Ok, thank you. I was pretty sure I needed to reduce the days. Guess now I just need to figure out how to not work similar muscle groups on the two back-to-back days.
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