cut back?

FearlessRobb
FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
im not looking for people to post routines i have one i like and working but i feel some are to long and to much like today
8 exercises
chest 4 set
tricep 4 set
shoulder 4 set
chest 4 set
tricep 4 set
shoulder 4 set
tricep 4 set
chest 4 set
TAKES ME 1 HR

By the last 2 im kinda really tired and find it hard to do some.(i need to work on endurance bad)
im looking for opinion on if i should reduce exercises to be more like

chest 4 set
tricep 4 set
shoulder 4 set
chest 4 set
tricep 4 set
shoulder 4 set
or should i keep the same exercises and just reduce to 3 sets?
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  • tubzzy77
    tubzzy77 Posts: 104 Member
    You can do either one of those things. I would also do something like
    reg bench 3x8
    incline 3x8
    flies 2x12 - 15

    overhead press 3x8
    side lat raises 2x12
    back delt workout 2x12

    tricep. things

    basically clump your exercizes together so you dont tire them out at the end of your workout.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    i don't understand why anyone would do the exercises in this particular order.
  • craigmandu
    craigmandu Posts: 976 Member
    i don't understand why anyone would do the exercises in this particular order.

    I have to agree with DavPul

    How many reps are you doing per set?
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Yikes. So you're just training triceps, chest and shoulders? And doing an insane amount of sets? Have you tried looking into some of the popular strength training programs that align with your goals (whatever they may be, you didn't state)? It sounds like you just made this one up on the fly.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    What are your goals?

    How many sets/reps are you doing? 4 sets per? how many reps?

    When are you working back?
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    What are your goals?

    How many sets/reps are you doing? 4 sets per? how many reps?

    When are you working back?

    and Legs!!!
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    No leg day?

    Do you even have friends?
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    What are your goals?

    How many sets/reps are you doing? 4 sets per? how many reps?

    When are you working back?

    and Legs!!!

    I assumed he had a leg/lower day that he did not list..
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Why not list the actual exercises? And what is your goal? I am assuming muscle mass as opposed to strength or endurance?
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    What, no deadlifts? :cry:
  • rick_po
    rick_po Posts: 449 Member
    That's a strange workout. I assume on other days you're exercising other body parts?

    In general, unless you're doing something super-advanced I don't understand, your chest and shoulder exercises are already going to hit your triceps hard. I'm guessing you don't need to do so much triceps work. If you're in love with triceps extensions or whatever, do just one group of 4 sets at the very end, after all your shoulders and chest lifts. That way you're not wearing out your arms before you finish your chest and shoulder work.

    chest (bench press?)
    shoulders (upright rows?)
    chest (dumbbell flyes?)
    shoulders (overhead press?)
    triceps (triceps extensions?)

    That's still not the way I'd do it, but if your old routine is working for you, that's a relatively small change that might save you some time.

    But it's hard to know for sure without knowing exactly what lifts you're doing.
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    apparently something isn't working or he wouldn't be asking us
  • rick_po
    rick_po Posts: 449 Member
    apparently something isn't working or he wouldn't be asking us

    Didn't he say he's happy with his program, it's just taking more than an hour a day to finish now?

    I certainly sympathize with what you're saying. I would approach the resistance work a lot differently if it were me, and I'd be willing to bet he'd have faster success with a major overhaul to his program.

    But he's lost a lot of weight doing what he's doing. In this case, maybe a couple baby steps in the right direction is the best way to go.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    It sounds similar in set up to the "Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps" workout from P90X. Is that what you used to create your workout? And if that's the case, do you have a seperate workout for "Back and Biceps" and another for "Legs and Back" that you are not telling us about? :wink:
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    you aren't posting any work out at all. you are just listing body parts.
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    im using a total gym. and the point is if i should cut back on focusing on the muscle groups. or lower the sets.
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    It sounds similar in set up to the "Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps" workout from P90X. Is that what you used to create your workout? And if that's the case, do you have a seperate workout for "Back and Biceps" and another for "Legs and Back" that you are not telling us about? :wink:

    yes this is just an example of th order i do for muscle groups im not listing the exercises cause the point is muscle groups
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    correct answer is C. scrap this program and start one that makes sense.
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    What are your goals?

    How many sets/reps are you doing? 4 sets per? how many reps?

    When are you working back?

    reps are 12-20 once u get to 20 u raise the difficulty
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    That's a strange workout. I assume on other days you're exercising other body parts?

    In general, unless you're doing something super-advanced I don't understand, your chest and shoulder exercises are already going to hit your triceps hard. I'm guessing you don't need to do so much triceps work. If you're in love with triceps extensions or whatever, do just one group of 4 sets at the very end, after all your shoulders and chest lifts. That way you're not wearing out your arms before you finish your chest and shoulder work.

    chest (bench press?)
    shoulders (upright rows?)
    chest (dumbbell flyes?)
    shoulders (overhead press?)
    triceps (triceps extensions?)

    That's still not the way I'd do it, but if your old routine is working for you, that's a relatively small change that might save you some time.

    But it's hard to know for sure without knowing exactly what lifts you're doing.



    using a total gym. thanks for the advice thats exactly the type of thing i was trying to get advice on. but people seem to like to not understand and assume there own things like im not working out other body parts and look into it to hard
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    you aren't posting any work out at all. you are just listing body parts.

    yes because thats the muscle groups being worked. my point was asking if i should lower some sets or lowers the amount of exercises per muscle group
  • markymarrkk
    markymarrkk Posts: 495 Member
    I think scrap your program and do Stronglifts 5x5, you'll be done in an hour 3 - 4 days a week.

    or a push/pull split. too many reps bruh! ...well, depends on your goals though.
  • bobf279
    bobf279 Posts: 342 Member
    I use the workouts recommended in my total trainer booklet, they are well balanced. I work in 2 circuits each having 2 sets of each exercise 8 reps each, this takes me over an hour but I do concentrate on doing all the reps properly with the resistance rail set at a challenging level. I have a separate leg day for squats and lunges as I have outgrown the total trainer leg exercises.

    If the total gym is the same then RTFM and do one or more of the recommended workouts would be my advice.
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    No leg day?

    Do you even have friends?

    i have a back/ bicep day

    and leg and ab day.

    no apparently i dont have any friends. i must be a loser thats it. thanks
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    I think scrap your program and do Stronglifts 5x5, you'll be done in an hour 3 - 4 days a week.

    or a push/pull split. too many reps bruh! ...well, depends on your goals though.

    someone didnt read its a total gym lol
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    I use the workouts recommended in my total trainer booklet, they are well balanced. I work in 2 circuits each having 2 sets of each exercise 8 reps each, this takes me over an hour but I do concentrate on doing all the reps properly with the resistance rail set at a challenging level. I have a separate leg day for squats and lunges as I have outgrown the total trainer leg exercises.

    If the total gym is the same then RTFM and do one or more of the recommended workouts would be my advice.

    i tried them and next day im not sore. just doesnt seem like enought. i love the sore feeling i get the next day and deff makes me feel like its working. lol
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    you aren't posting any work out at all. you are just listing body parts.

    yes because thats the muscle groups being worked. my point was asking if i should lower some sets or lowers the amount of exercises per muscle group

    sets of what? what exercises?
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    20 reps on 1 set is too many. on anything.
  • FearlessRobb
    FearlessRobb Posts: 249 Member
    20 reps on 1 set is too many. on anything.


    guess i should just tone it down some
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    20 reps on 1 set is too many. on anything.


    guess i should just tone it down some


    this explains rep ranges for optimal growth
    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/reps-per-set-for-optimal-growth.html

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