Am I doing this right

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AlexVieyra

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Well right now here is how my work out routine looks.

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday- Weight lifting
3 sets of 10 bench, incline bench, military, lat pull, standing lat pull down...i think thats what its called, 90 push ups, 90 dips, 120 sit ups, 3 sets of 10 bb curls and tricep ext.

Tuesday and Thursday- 150 push ups, 150 dips, 300 sit ups, 3 sets of 15 bb curls and tricep ext.

I do 200 pus ups every morning when i wake up also (4 sets of 50) counting the weekends.

I am 17 5'5" and weigh about 130-135. im just getting mad cuz i havent seen any dramatic increases in strength lately. the most ive ever benched is 200. any helpful advice would be nice.

Here is my url to myspace with some pics of myself too see my results.......
 
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too much volume for upper body in one week. No leg work at all. Stop doing arms on tues thurs.

On monday, you work the triceps with all that bench work, and the biceps with all that back work. then you hammer them tuesday. then you hit em again wednesday...then thursday you beat em to death again, and then a little more wear and tear on friday.

OVERTRAINING...its no wonder you're not gaining size or strength anymore. Cut back, and start working your lower body. squats, deadlifts, back extensions, calf raises.
 
WAY too much! I'm not sure if malkore saw the end of one sentence, but you should not be working your arms every day. Same thing with the pushups, not every day. Same thing with the dips. I know you think pushups are good, and theyre ok, but there is absoultely no need to hundreds of them everyday.

It sounds like you don't understand what rest is either...your body needs time to rest, recover, and repair. Each time you workout you tear muscle fibers, they need time to repair. To see any results, strength or otherwise, you need rest!

You NEED leg exercises, I don't care if you run marathons or bike, or do whatever, it's not a leg workout...get squats and deadlifts in there like malkore said.

Develop a much better routine. You can either do a split, or full body a few times a week. Or an upper/lower split. Or a push/pull routine.
 
haha AJP...yes I did read more than one sentence :)

i forgot lunges in my leg recommendation.

I should also add, that you grow muscle, when you rest...at night. So in addition to all this overtraining that needs to stop, you should be sure you're getting as close to 8 hours of sleep as possible.
 
Thanks for the info. My only problem is i work out at my house and dont really have access to leg workouts. well on the back of my bench you can do squats but i dont really trust it cuz theres nothing to catch you and i work out alone. but ive already started to see the effects of overworking out. a doctor told me i was losing tissue in my wrists and had symptoms of carpel tunnel. so i rested for a week and went right back at it. im gonna tone it down a little though.
 
carpel tunnel is a result of repetitive motion jobs - 8 hours of typing, workign machinery in a production line, etc.

if anything, weight training should help slow carpel tunnel as it should be different than the repetitive motions.
 
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