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ayoungbachelor Posts: 6 Joined: 2003/12/03	2003/12/04, 10:03 PM i have been doing this chest routin, and i want to know if it's good. incline...4sets 8reps 135lds bench ...4sets 8reps 145lbs decline...4sets 8reps 135lbs chest press 4sets 8reps 160lbs lat pull downs 4sets 8reps 120lbs

rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2003/12/05, 11:26 AM Well, that depends. I take it your goal is mass? If so, you really should switch things up every 4 weeks or so. For example: work with dumbbells, pre-fatigue with sets of flyes, work with cables, etc. Your body gets used to "routines" very quickly. Hope this helps... -------------- _Robert_ Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
bmcclain Posts: 3 Joined: 2003/11/03	2003/12/07, 02:36 PM Personnally I would say that you are doing way to light of weight if you want to gain overall strength and mass. I base this on the fact that your are doing 4x8 for 5 different exercises. This may be heresy for some fewer reps with heavier weights is how you get big and strong. Some other ideas for you to try as change ups so you don't get bored are: Lockouts - VERY heavy weight and only the top 4-5 inches of the press. Start at the bottom - assuming you are using free weights set the bar at the bottom and push from there. Variety - go light one day and slam it for speed, go heavy another day for strength. Increase the weight - No matter what continue to increase the weight as soon as you can do your routine easily. Don't worry that you can't complete the number of reps the first few times you go up in weight. Singles - Load up your 95% of 1RM and do single sets with that. =============