63. YOUR PLAN - MY JUDGMENT
COLUMN 63 |
YOUR PLAN -
MY VERDICT

WHAT AN OPTIMAL THREE-WAY SPLIT SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHY.
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What do you think of my training plan? I am 1.85 meters tall and weigh 82 kilos.
WORKOUTS 1
BACK (4 SETS):
- Front pulling with wide grip
- Neck pull with wide grip
- Front pulling with narrow grip
- Close grip cable rowing
BICEPS (3 SETS)
- Concentration curls
- Scott curls
- Barbell curls
- Curls on the upper cable pulley
- Biceps machine
WORKOUTS 2
QUADRICEPS (4 SETS)
- Leg presses
- Hackenschmidt squats
- Leg stretches
HAMMER BICEPS (3 SETS)
- Leg curls
- Buttock press
CALVES (4 SETS)
- Standing calf raises
- Calf raises on the leg press
BELLY (3 SETS)
- Crunches
- Lateral trunk raises
- negative crunches
WORKOUTS 3
SHOULDERS (4 SETS)
- reverse flying on the machine
- Shoulder press
- Lateral raises on the machine
- Dumbbell shoulder press
- Front pressing on the multi-press
- upright rowing on the cable pull
BREAST (4 SETS)
- Bench press
- Incline bench press
- Cross-pulling cables
- Butterfly machine
TRICEPS (3 SETS)
- Dips on the machine
- Triceps press on the cable
- Dumbbell tricep extensions
ANSWER
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1. WRONG MUSCLE ORDER
In the third session, you should train your chest before your shoulders and triceps. Otherwise, there is a chance that your deltoids will fail before you can stimulate your chest muscles enough to grow.2. TOO MANY SENTENCES
Overall, you are doing too many sets. As we all know, muscles do not grow during training, but in the recovery phase; training only provides the growth stimulus. So that the body can quickly switch to the recovery or growth phase, you should not train more than necessary.3. TOO HIGH AMOUNT OF TRAINING
Stick to a training duration of up to one hour. After this time, cortisol levels rise dramatically, which can lead to muscle loss. Given this premise, it is probably necessary to shorten the sets per exercise. For large muscles, ten sets are the maximum, and for small muscles, six sets. The rest time between each set should be around 1.5 to two minutes. When training your legs - especially when doing heavy exercises such as squats or leg presses - it can also be three minutes to ensure that the cardiovascular system has sufficient recovery.4. WRONG EXERCISE ORDER
Always start your training session with multi-joint exercises, followed by isolation exercises. Always follow the rule "compound exercises ALWAYS before isolation exercises" to ensure effective training.Here is an example of a training week:
Monday: Chest, shoulders, triceps
When training your chest, your shoulders and triceps are also stressed. This means that these muscle groups do not require as much training afterwards as if they were trained separately. In other words: chest training replaces a large part of your shoulder and tricep training. This saves you valuable time and your body can move into the recovery phase more quickly.
- Barbell incline bench press 3 sets
- Dumbbell incline bench press 3 sets
- Cable pulling crosswise 2 sets
- Butterfly machine 2 sets
- Neck or front presses 3 sets
- Dumbbell lateral raises 2 sets
- Triceps press on the cable 2 sets
- Dips on the machine 2 sets
You should only do the flat bench press every now and then, as this exercise only works the lower part of the chest muscles. The incline bench press, however, is much more effective as it stimulates the entire chest muscles.
Wednesday: legs, calves, stomach
I cannot recommend side exercises for the abdominal muscles, as they only make the midsection appear unnecessarily larger - even if the increase is muscle. You should also avoid additional weights when training your stomach, as they stimulate the muscles to grow so much that the midsection can become "clunky".
- Leg presses 3 sets
- Hackenschmidt squats 2 sets
- Leg extensions 2 sets
- Lying leg curls 2 sets
- Standing leg curls 2 sets
- Standing calf raises 2 sets
- Calf raises on the leg press 2 sets
- Crunches 3 sets
- negative crunches 3
Friday: Back, biceps
As on Monday, a certain amount of pre-fatigue also comes into play on back/biceps day. The back training has already put a lot of strain on the biceps. This means that they don't need to be done as many sets afterwards. This saves time and energy.
Now to your second question: During back training, the biceps often help too much - even if unconsciously. That's why their strength can decrease before the back muscles fail.
- Lat pulldown 3 sets
- Close grip barbell rows 3 sets
- Dumbbell rows 2 sets
- Rowing machine 2 sets
- Barbell curls 3 sets
- Concentration Curls 2
Here it is important to concentrate solely on the target muscles; the arms should only act as a link to the handle. If you learn this mental focus over time, you will feel the training stimulus more in your back than in your arms. However, this requires a certain amount of practice.
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