Ok so this should be fine?
I dont want to play around with rep Ranges too much and keep it at 8-10 and at 3x10 I increase weight for 3x8 til i hit 3x10 again
Thanks! Well I am reading a lot currently and just watched a video from mountaindog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVfy6sGgiHw He saying naturals shouldn't do that much volume?
I enjoy my PPLPPL routine more cause I can split my upper bod in two days and add more accessory exercises in.
But I feel like I should just focus on compound exercises for my upper days if I cant do PPLPPL.
So my upper days (one week) are mostly just the compound exercises (Pull Ups, Benchpress with Dumbbells, Lat Pulldowns, Incline Benchpress, T Bar Rows and Shoulder Press) I dont have enough energy for biceps and triceps isolations
Is it okay to have a PPLPPL (6 days) and a Upper Lower Upper Lower (4 days) routine and swap randomly between both?
Like next week I have 6 days time for gym, so I will do PPLPPL Rest. The week after I have 4 days time for gym so I wont do my PPLPPL instead do UL UL cause of work and privat activities?
While I will do Upper A (3 Back, 2 Chest, 1 Shoulder) Ill do Upper B (3 Chest, 2 Back, 1 Shoulder) the other day.
3-6 Sets a week.
If I do Flatbench Press and Incline Benchpress the same day I have 3 Mid Chrst Sets and 3 Upper Chest Sets.
If I do it again on thursday I have 6 Sets of mid and upper chest?
Maybe I should ramp it up to 4 Sets per exercise but then I still only got 8 Chest Sets. 10 is friggin amazing
Should I do the same 4-6 exercises of my pull push leg days or should I mix things up?
Example Push A:
So next push day rinse repeat or should I do Example Push B:
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Pull I didn't add, was on my phone.
Pull Day 1 (Tuesday)
Pull Day 2 (Friday):
I don't know if it would just be smarter only doing Pull Day 1 or Pull Day 2, but not mixing both. But my main goal is honestly trying to get better at pull ups. But I think I am missing out if I don't do lat pulldowns... So dunno?
Maybe in general it's smarter only doing 1 variation? Push 1, Pull 1, Lower 1, Push 1, Pull 1, Lower 1 instead of doing the next PPL with Push 2, Pull 2, Lower 2..?
Yeah kind of.
I go for strength on my Upper and Lower day, so about 5-8 reps but to keep tracking simple I am currently just aiming for 3 Sets and not changing around to 4 for some.
And on my PPL days I choose the weight to aim for minimum of 10 and maximum of 12. If I ever reach 12 or miss judge the first set and suddenly find myself doing more than 12 I go for 2-3 RIR with the set and increase weight for the next set.
So basically the first two workouts (Upper Lower) 3 Sets 5-8 Reps and the other PPL workouts I do 3 Sets of 10-12. I increase weight or add a set the next time if I get all 3 Sets with the maximum Rep target. So 3x8 = I increase weight next time a bit and go back to 3x5-6 or I add another set and see how it feels.
Yeah will practise the DL but you are right it is the same movement though. Just scared if I do it slitely wrong it will break my back lol.
Currently playing around though and seeing what happens if I do different things. Like instead of increasing weight, adding a set or something I do the reps slower or decrease rest time between sets or try a super set with another muscle.
Last week I did dumbbell benchpresses but instead of 3x10-12 I did 1x12, rest for 45 seconds and used the same weight to see how many reps I get. Rested another 2 minutes after that and repeated. So it was kind of like 2 Sets in a row 3x. First Set 12 Reps, Rest 45 seconds, did as many reps as possible (think it was 8 reps then). Rest 2 minutes. Second Set lower weight, 12 reps, rest another 45 seconds and went for another try on how many and the same with the 3. Set
So you think I should maybe stick to only A version of PPL instead of PPL A and PPL B?
I usually swap A and B during the week, so Pull A, Push A, Legs A, Rest, Pull B, Push B and Legs B
What do you think for me as a natural beginner this could be: Upper (Back/ Chest) Body, Lower Body, Arms&Shoulders, Rest ?
MY arms are lacking huge, thats why I do more curls etc.