set question, please and thanks

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Bangtail

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I have a quick question about sets. If am doing say 5-6 compound excersizes and a few single joint excersizes per workout what is the correct way to approach it at three sets a workout

workout:

1)Military Press
2)Upright bench
3)Upright fly
4)Squats
5)Upright rows
6)Dumb bell curls
7)Situps

would it makes sense to do all three sets back to back i.e #1x3 then #2x3 etc...or #1,#2,#3,#4 and so one then restart at one (for a total of three sets). Is the latter known as a circut? If both are viable, what is the differnce?

many thanks guys.

b.

p.s how is the set of excersizes? any help would be appreciated.:confused:
 
at this point in time, until i can get more weight, just routine, and i suppose considering i lost most of my lean muscle due to an extended hospital stay, just to get back to 'normal'. Im 5'11 and around 160. most of it flub. at this point in time id like to bulk up putting on size.

thats pretty much it.

sets range 3-4, reps range 10-15

also, any answers to my how to do sets question?

p.s this is a fullbody routine. 3x a week. mon wed fri.
 
What do you mean by upright bench??

Military presses are good to go, but I wouldn't do them every workout because you'll be hitting your delts with other presses anyway. Take out the upright rows, have a bent over row or seated row instead. IN addition to the squats, have some form of a deadlift, or alternate between the two. Stick to upper body pushing exercises (presses), rows and pullups/chinups (or pulldowns), different forms of squats and deadlifts.
 
i dont do military press everytime. what is wrong with upright rows?

and as per incline/decline, i mean bench. which i alternate.

also can someone please tell me the difference between a squat and a deadlift they look/feel the same to me :(:mad:
 
I pretty much do all my exercises one at a time. so, 4 sets of squats, then i move to the bench press.

now, when i get down to my isolation exercises, I might flip between exercises, but I"m also typically doing only 2-3 sets (depends on the muscle group).

however when I work abs, I tend to do a set of each on a rotation. I dunno why...likely cuz i hate ab training most days :O
 
Bangtail said:
workout:

1)Military Press
2)Upright bench
3)Upright fly
4)Squats
5)Upright rows
6)Dumb bell curls
7)Situps
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Let's rearrange this, and plug in some better exercises, and make it more efficient with supersets.

BB Back Squats 5x5

Superset A
BB Bent-over Row 4x6
DB Incline Press 4x6

Superset B
DB Curls 2x12
Situps 2x12


Simple. Legwork requires more sets, because it's going to make you grow the most. Isolation should have less sets.

This is a deadlift.
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBDeadlift.html

This is a squat.
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBSquat.html

Very different, no?
 
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