New 5-Day Split Routine - Needs Your Approval...

Hi,

Actually, I'd be grateful if you just have a quick glance, and if something appears questionable, or wrong, or dangerous, please bring it to my attention. I welcome your criticisms, remarks, comments... anything... TIA

Brief background: 37, M, 5'10', 175lbs, approx 15%bf. Training with weights for over 1-year consistently (on-and-off previously). Just about to complete first HST cycle. Have bulked up / increased muscle overall. Now bored with HST & looking to improve definition. (Rarely felt a good 'pump' on HST, and miss that!)

So, decided to try this:

MON: Hamstrings & Biceps (Good Mornings, Stiff-legged Deads, Deadlifts & EZ BB Curls, Hammer Curls, Lying DB Curls)

TUE: Chest & Forearms (Inclined Bench Press, DB Flyes, Declined DB Press, Depth Push Ups & Forearm Curls, Reverse Forearm Curls)

WED: Calves & Shoulders (DB Single-leg Calf Raises & Military Press, Shrugs, DB Front Raises, DB Laterals, DB Seated Bentover Laterals)

THU: Back & Abs (Bentover BB Rows, BB Pullover, Wide+Near Grip Chins, DB Rows & Inclined Crunches, Swiss Ball Situps, DB Sidebends)

FRI: Quads & Triceps (Squats, Hack Squats, DB Lunges & French Press, DB Kickbacks, Triceps Bench Dips)

Routine will include light warm up set(s), followed by two work sets of 5-7 reps per exercise for upper body, 8-10 for lowerbody, all at RMax loads.

Thanks for your time

If I were doing this type of routine (which I wouldn't) I'd switch WED & THU, take Friday off and do the FRI workout on Saturday, then take Sunday off and go back to the start.

That said, you might want to think about simplifying this routine considerably; training five days a week, with a large number of different exercises on each day, is tough for most people to stick to.

Just out of interest, why are you bored with HST?

Im saying your gonna be knackered mate

Sure I'll be knackered, but my HST routine is knackering too... In fact, I really need at least two days to recover from each full-body HST workout.

The way I figure, my 5-day split, working just two muscle groups daily (actually, one large, one small, mostly), will take half the time, and won't be any more tiring than a week of HST 5s at RMs.

But then again, who knows? I certainly won't if I don't try it right?

Regards,

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The only way to work on definition is to reduce your bodyfat.