Critique a brother?

[lloydhill]

Alright guys,

So I did some reading the last few days and put together a full body routine. I've been out of lifting now for about 6 months as I kept losing faith in my workouts. So my goal here was to put something together to get me going while I absorb some more literature. As a precursor I took the majority of my approach here from

Some basics of the routine are that it consists of two alternating days. I will preform the M/W/F so over the course of two weeks I will perform each day 3 times. My focus is mainly on structural/functional hypertrophy but I dabble a bit into the higher end intensity scale. My aim was to find the right balance between sets, reps, tempo and rest period for someone in my situation. I plan to do this for about 6 weeks, take a rest period, and then begin focusing more on functional hypertrophy/power.

In terms of the exercises I am relatively comfortable with most except the power clean and front squat. I've had some instruction on both and plan to focus heavily on form. Of course I also intend to refine and focus on my form and tempo for all of the exercises.

So thats my deal. I made it in excel and transferred it to a Word document because that's what the forum's said I could attach. Constructive criticisms and suggested adjustments are appreciated Hope i wasn't too far off the mark

 

[AutumnPolitics]

Hello.

Sounds like you have your goals clearly set out and you've done your research well. All you need is to have confidence in your own plans and stay committed to them, and you are guaranteed to reach your goals. Well done on making it this far.

There is actually not a whole lot of criticism I can offer on what you've spelt out so far. It all looks quite good at the moment.

May I suggest that you limit the amount of plyometrics you do for the first 6 weeks, then ramp it up after that while you change to focus more on muscular endurance/power. I think you will see far more benefit from doing plyometrics once your muscles become larger.

Having a good, strong, balanced core will help you with the power clean etc. May I suggest you add in at least one ab workout a week, and make sure you focus strongly on hamstrings/lower- and middle-back to keep that posture nice and straight.

 

[lloydhill]

Thanks for the reply. Yea I see what you mean, and was sort of thinking it might run a bit long as it was but I wasn't sure what to cut. I talked to a buddy who runs track for my uni and he said the same thing as you, may as well hold off on the plyometrics for now. As for core and stability, I totally forgot to mention last night (problem with posting at 3AM) that I'm doing moksha hot yoga 3 days a week (Tues/Thurs/Sat or Sun) which I find gives me a pretty dynamic core workout.