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Dekerlz

Been a lurker for awhile, i'm going to begin going to the gym solo, is my routine /fitness approved?

By lurker, I meant on r/fitness. I have been going to the gym with a friend of mine for about 3-4 months now, i've dropped about 40 lbs and now weigh in at 160 lb 18 year old male. I mostly lost the weight through diet considering I only did cardio twice a week, if you can call it that (running a mile on the treadmill and elliptical). So throughout these months we were "trying to get big" but I just recently realized that I actually want to start working out properly and do this for myself. I want to begin going to the gym 6 days a week for about 1-2 hours a day, I work a night job and don't do much during the day so I want to better myself at the gym. With a proper diet and sleep, would this routine be good for helping me get stronger and hopefully look a little better? I know I said that I want to do this for myself and that is actually were the look better part comes in, today when I looked in the mirror, I pulled some of the skin down on my belly and I could actually see a six pack that looked good to me, it made me so happy that I had accomplished it and now I want to keep on improving to get that feeling again!

TL;DR: Here is a routine I will be doing, is it going to work over 2 months?

Day 1 (chest/tri's)- 4x8 BB bench press, 4x8 pec machine (it's where you straighten your arms and bring them forward almost like you are clapping), 4x8 dumbbell press, 4x8 iso-lateral decline press. 3xfail dips, 4x8 triceps pushdowns, 4x8 skull crushers. 10-20 min of cardio

Day 2 (Back/bi's)- 4x8 Preacher curls, 2x8 iso curls (each arm two sets), 4x8 hammer curls, 3xfail chinups. 3x5 deadlift, 4x8 upper back machine, 4x8 lower back machine, 4xfail pull-ups. 10-20 min of ab work

Day 3 (Shoulders/legs/forearms)- 3x8 Squats, 3x8 leg press, 3x8 calf press, 3x8 two leg machines. 3x8 Military press, 3x8 shoulder flys, 3x8 shoulder shrugs, 3x15 forearm curls, 3x1 forearm pipes. 10-20 min of cardio

Day 4 - rest

Day 5 - Day 1 except 3x8 and increase weight on 2nd or 3rd set

Day 6 - Day 2 except 3x8 and increase weight on 2nd or 3rd set

Day 7 - Day 3

Day 8 - rest

So basically I am looking for if i'm missing any major lifts or am doing too much of anything? The order I have it in is the order I will be performing them so that I can focus most of my energy on squats/deadlifts/bench seeing as I am going to be starting SS in 2 months. The reason I am not starting it now is because I cannot possibly eat as much I would need to at home seeing as I have to pay for most of my food so once I go to college I plan on beginning starting strength and eating like a monster. I don't want to start the program and not see the full benefits from it so please do not recommend it =)

Thanks for the help!

Posted Jun 24, 2012, 4:52 AM UTC

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