i need help with my routine

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normally I hit different muscles groups every other day. for example, biceps then next day triceps/chest and a pattern like this. However, I have recently incorporated chinups into my routine. now these apparently work out a lot of my upper body at once. should I skip my current routine adn work out just every other day or can it be safe to continue my current routine as long as I get 24 hours rest. I am mainly worried about my bicep growth. I am worried I won't give them enough time to rebuild. I am also on a cutting phase.

also, won't hitting the same groups in quick succession decrease my performance in them...or should that not matter?
 
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I could dump the bicep workouts with dumbells all together..but will I find a good increase in bicep with just chin ups/pull ups (and while I am asking this...which one is better). But that would give me a timing question. How should I space my exercises so I won't decrease in performance.
 
I'd say to scrap the routine altogether bro and to look at a full-body routine. This will allow you to frequently work your whole body while maintaining sufficient rest for growth and recovery. You'd be doing compound, heavy exercises such as squats, bench press, rows, etc. Have a search around the forums for a routine like this and I'm sure you'll find a ton of information on it.
 
so I am guessing I should stick to pullups/chinups and bench press while stopping the isolated workouts? but now the question is how should I space these workouts? will the rest inbetween sets be enough?
 
Here would be a sample routine for ya:

*Squats
*Deadlifts
*Push Exercise (such as bench press variations)
*Pull Exercise (such as pull-ups, rows, etc)
*Lunges
*Core work

And an isolation exercise or two at the end - I bet you'll be too tired out to do them if you've done a good workout.

-Note that that is a sample routine and a good basis for your workouts. And yes, you're going to need lower body work as well.
 
so would this work for uppper body

start with bench press 3 sets

rest 10min.

sstart pullups 3 sets

rest 10min.

start chin ups 3 sets

rest 10

isolation exercises if possible

I am not sure if that much rest is needed or if I should work out faster than what I have outlined.

If some of my muscles are fatigued by the time I get to the pull ups, how will this benefit me if I can't fully complete enough reps to hit all my muscles enough for muscle increase.
 
thats way too much rest. what are your goals? rest 1-3 minnutes between sets of the same exercise. And read Shaft's advice. A routine like he wrote out should be done 3 times a week, for example on Monday, Wendsday and Friday, so you get atleast one days rest between them.
 
well I was referring to 10minutes between each different exercise. I got to doing chin ups today..I can do those...but I can do 0 pull ups without cheating.

What is the proper technique for both pull ups and chin ups. I keep a medium length between my hands while doing chinups/pull ups. I really want the pull ups to focus on my back and chin ups the biceps.

Also, should I do both chin-ups and pull-ups or just start doing pull-ups.
 
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