Review my workout routine ...

[burtonator]

New to the list. I've been to the gym about a half a dozen times in the past
for around 3 months or so but always grew tired of it. This time I want to stick to it and get big

This time I've made some serious changes to my lifestyle including weight
lifting in the morning which really seems to make things easier and gives me
less excuses to screw up.

My major concern is that I've been working out hard for 8-9 weeks now and I
think I've hit a bit of a plateau.

The first thing I should say is that I'm on Atkins and I'm using it to cut up.
My muscle mass is about the same (steadily getting bigger of course) but I'm
loosing a lot of fat. I lost 1" off my abdomen in the last 2 weeks and 10 lbs
of weight.

Loosing the excess weight is my #1 priority because I figure there's no point in
being big if I have flab obscuring my results.

My main problem is my current routine.

I'm splitting it up like this (everthing broken into 3 reps of 12, 9, and 6:

Day A (Chest)

Bench Press
Lateral Raises
Butterflies
Tri Ext
Incline Dumbell Press

Day B (Back+Bicept)

Seated Concentration Curl
Pulldowns
Hammer Curl
Goodmornings
Shrugs
Reverse Wrist Curls
Wrist Curls

Day C (Legs)

Legg Press
Calve Extensions
Leg Curls

I repeat this for the second 1/2 of the week and then take Sunday off. I also
do aerobics one day and abs the next. Aerobics usually means 10 minutes of
jogging (I'm trying to improve) and Abs means situp and sidebends.

This leaves me with a few problems I think:

- My workout is too long. Right now its 1.5 hours. I'd like to find a way to
shorten this without hurting my progress.

- Day B needs more compound excercises. I'm thinking of adding pullups to
completion.

- My leg day is kind of a waste.

Honestly I'm not too interested in legs at all since I was born with REALLY huge
legs. I just want to keep them toned an in shame.

I'm thinking of only having Two days and then just working legs one day when I
feel like I have more energy. I only think I need one day to recover betweek
workouts now as I don't feel sore at all. Will this lead to too much exercise?

As far as supplements I think I'm ok here. I'm taking 5g of creatine, and 750mg
of L-Carnitine 3x a day. As well as a lot of other things including a
multivitamin, 3000mg of vitamin C, etc.

Anyway.. I know this is a lot of info but any feedback would be nice.

[getfit]

squats? deadlifts? delts?

[getfit]

oh reading back WORK YOUR LEGS!!!111!11!!!!

[MixmasterNash]

Do WBB#1. Your current routine is poor, at best. Read everything on the forums.

Don't waste time with the following exercises for now:

Lateral Raises
Butterflies
Tri Ext
Seated Concentration Curl
Hammer Curl
Reverse Wrist Curls
Wrist Curls
Calve Extensions
Leg Curls

Do deadlifts and squats.

[RussianRocket]

Squats, Deadlifts, Dips, here are some you missed I'd take out some bicept work as well. I say add or replace leg press with squats, option sub leg curls for straight legged deadlifts. You can add dips to chest/tri/shoulders day. Definatly add deadlifts to your back. I can't see why your workout is as along as it is.

[Built]

Atkins isn't great for cutting up. Take a look at the link in my sig. for a lower-carb, higher-fat, carb-cycling, targeted carb strategy. I lost most of the weight I dropped on Atkins, but you won't harden up on it.

[Built]

Oh, and squat! Deadlift!

[fixationdarknes]

Why does everyone who comes to WBB say that he doesn't want to work his legs because he naturally has "huge" legs? I'd like to see a pic of your legs. I'm willing to bet they're not as great as you say they are.

If you do Squats on your leg day, I promise you it won't be a waste. And the reason you plateaued is probably because you need a better diet.

--edit: Deadlift!

[Songsangnim]

My main problem is my current routine.

I'm splitting it up like this (everthing broken into 3 reps of 12, 9, and 6:

Day A (Chest)

Bench Press
Lateral Raises
Butterflies
Tri Ext
Incline Dumbell Press

Day B (Back+Bicept)

Seated Concentration Curl
Pulldowns
Hammer Curl
Goodmornings
Shrugs
Reverse Wrist Curls
Wrist Curls

Day C (Legs)

Legg Press
Calve Extensions
Leg Curls


- My leg day is kind of a waste.

Honestly I'm not too interested in legs at all since I was born with REALLY huge
legs. I just want to keep them toned an in shame.

.

Here's a suggestion:

Day A (Chest and Triceps)

Bench press
Dip
Standing military press

Day B (Back and Biceps)

Deadlift
Chin (or t-bar row if you cannot chin)
Pulley row
E-Z barbell curl

Day C (Legs)

Squat
Leg Press
Standing Calf raises.

Do cardio on off days.

Legs are not a waste. In fact you are wasting your time if you do not work legs, due to the overall effect that hard leg training has on your body (in terms of growth).
-- Eat more and try to sleep more.
--Take at least one day of rest between workouts.

[Songsangnim]

Why does everyone who comes to WBB say that he doesn't want to work his legs because he naturally has "huge" legs? I'd like to see a pic of your legs. I'm willing to bet they're not as great as you say they are.

If you do Squats on your leg day, I promise you it won't be a waste. And the reason you plateaued is probably because you need a better diet.

--edit: Deadlift!

LOL. Just once I wish someone would come to this site and say "Oh I don't want to work my chest and arms because I naturally have a huge chest and arms".

[Built]

I just want to get toned.

[MixmasterNash]

I just want to get toned.

Ahem.

[fixationdarknes]

I just want to get toned.

Well, it appears you already are toned and you didn't even have to use toning exercises! You're a goddess!

[Built]

You people are the reason why I keep going to that place and lifting big freaking heavy pieces of metal for, as my mother would suggest, no good reason at all.

:kiss: