Last few weeks have not been very fruitful. Even as I was working out as hard as I used to, I kept losing weight. Adding insult to injury was my fat gain. In any case I decided to change my workouts yet again to "fix" the
weight loss program that I got myself into. I intend to do only 2 whole body workouts per week. Each one consisting of 4 to 5 exercises depending on my motivation. I also decided to go with 3x8 for all exercises like I usually do every other 3 months. Here is my new routine
- Monday (back and biceps affinity)
- Incline Bench Press
- Squats
- Rows
- Bicep Curls
- Calf Raise
- Thursday (chest, shoulder and tricep affinity)
- Bench Press
- Deadlifts
- Shoulder Press
- Tricep Press
- Leg Raise
I have been doing a lot of lower chest exercises in the last few months including decline
bench press and dips. I have a feeling that my
upper chest is holding me back. So I removed dips and decline bench press and added incline bench press. That should take care of the upper chest now. One more important change is the addition of isolation exercises for smaller muscle groups like biceps and
triceps. I never really did any isolation exercises because I believe compound exercises are much better. However I wanted to try and see if isolation exercises will allow me to break the temporary plateau I am combating.
That is it for this post. Looking forward to some improvements.
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Hi Chandan,
ReplyDeleteThought you might be interested in looking at this email I received from Anthony Ellis (since I am on his mailing list for a long time) - the result attachment is a JPG file and I am not able to add it to this comment but it shows an impressive 4 to 5 lbs of LBM gain per WEEK (which is kind of hard of believe).
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It is really very hard to believe that some one can gain 4 lbs a week. May be the guy never did any exercises (or he has freak genetics) and the 4-5 lbs gain may be in the first week or so. It is unlikely that he will keep that momentum even with the best training routines and diet. I rarely believe in quick loss or gain schemes whether it is weight or money or anything. If that were true most people would already be rich or be in perfect shape. Some have good genetics and it works for them. For the rest, it is just hard work and lame gains :)
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