What's up, ladies and gents!? I'm Ricky and I just recently started getting a little more serious about working out. A few weeks ago, I bought a pretty nice bench setup from Chick's Sporting Goods complete with Olympic size bar, 300lbs. in weights, incline and decline capabilities, 35lb./25lb. dumbbells, and preacher. I'm basically looking to utilize this equipment as much as possible, and with your guys help, more efficiently.
I'm a 6' tall, 185lb. (I lose/gain 5lbs. on a daily basis) male. I have a pretty athletic build, but I'm looking to get more tone. I'm definitely happy with the 185lb. weight that I'm currently at. Anymore then that would be pushing it in my opinion.
I eat pretty healthy, but nobody's perfect. On a typical day, I eat 2-3 large meals (1 meal of lean chicken with white rice and broccoli and the other/s usually consisting of either pasta, steak, shrimp, fish, or Mongolian barbecue; no fast food/junk food!), have 2 protein shakes (1 in the morning as soon as I get up and 1 directly after my workout), and some fruit throughout the day along with a whole lot of water.
I'm basically looking to start a routine in which I can stick and utilize on a weekly basis. I was thinking something along these lines...
Monday [Upper Body]
Tuesday [Lower Body]
Wednesday [Cardio]
Thursday [Upper Body]
Friday [Lower Body]
Saturday [Cardio]
Sunday [Rest]
I have been working out the past couple of weeks, but I would like to have a larger range of exercises and I would also like to what exercise works out which muscle/s in specific. As of right now, I'm only doing bench pressing, incline bench pressing, dumbbell curls, preacher curls, push ups, sit ups, crunches, etc... I would like to have a strong exercise list to choose from. This is where you guys come in and shed some knowledge on me. What exercises will give me the most workout and best results for these categories?
Upper Body [Chest, Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps, Forearms, Back]
Lower Body [Wings, Lower/Upper Abs, Obliques, Thighs, Calves]
I appreciate all of your guys help in this matter! Any further advice and/or criticisms are more then welcome! Show this
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Here's the Marcy Gym Equipment 850 Weight Training Bench that I bought. I also got 300lbs. in Olympic weights that came with an Olympic size bar, and a weight rack.
I'm a 6' tall, 185lb. (I lose/gain 5lbs. on a daily basis) male. I have a pretty athletic build, but I'm looking to get more tone. I'm definitely happy with the 185lb. weight that I'm currently at. Anymore then that would be pushing it in my opinion.
I eat pretty healthy, but nobody's perfect. On a typical day, I eat 2-3 large meals (1 meal of lean chicken with white rice and broccoli and the other/s usually consisting of either pasta, steak, shrimp, fish, or Mongolian barbecue; no fast food/junk food!), have 2 protein shakes (1 in the morning as soon as I get up and 1 directly after my workout), and some fruit throughout the day along with a whole lot of water.
I'm basically looking to start a routine in which I can stick and utilize on a weekly basis. I was thinking something along these lines...
Monday [Upper Body]
Tuesday [Lower Body]
Wednesday [Cardio]
Thursday [Upper Body]
Friday [Lower Body]
Saturday [Cardio]
Sunday [Rest]
I have been working out the past couple of weeks, but I would like to have a larger range of exercises and I would also like to what exercise works out which muscle/s in specific. As of right now, I'm only doing bench pressing, incline bench pressing, dumbbell curls, preacher curls, push ups, sit ups, crunches, etc... I would like to have a strong exercise list to choose from. This is where you guys come in and shed some knowledge on me. What exercises will give me the most workout and best results for these categories?
Upper Body [Chest, Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps, Forearms, Back]
Lower Body [Wings, Lower/Upper Abs, Obliques, Thighs, Calves]
I appreciate all of your guys help in this matter! Any further advice and/or criticisms are more then welcome! Show this

Here's the Marcy Gym Equipment 850 Weight Training Bench that I bought. I also got 300lbs. in Olympic weights that came with an Olympic size bar, and a weight rack.

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