Ok, I got a couple things I wanna ask.
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I may work really hard on chest and when I have to do shoulders I will be too fatigued, so I will just move onto triceps.
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I'm not sure why your shoulders would be tired after working your chest, and your triceps wouldn't be, in general, your triceps will be the major supporting muscle in most of your chest exercises (dips, bench for example).
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I don't have legs included as soccer has kept them strong and I orignially started weights a couple of years ago to get my upper body bigger to suit my legs.
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Even if you do soccer, thats no reason to exclude legs from your workout. I don't doubt that soccer does a good job to keep your legs fit, but since you said your looking for a routine to "enable me to develope more mass" then legs are a great place to start.
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Originally Posted by Adonis
In review, my top ten mass building exercises are:
#1 Deadlift
#2 Squat
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Note that the top 2 mass building exercises depend a lot on legs. The rest of the list can be found on the original post
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Although I personally like using a fullbody routine and am using one now(although that will change soon) for a split routine, people will generally seperate muscle groups into:
Legs/Shoulders - Generally done since except for some compound exercises shoulders and legs are mostly worked seperately and don't act as support muscles for each other.
Chest/Biceps - Again done since most chest exercises work triceps, its smarter to include biceps with chest so that you can work them without having them tired from supporting the chest.
Back/Triceps - While triceps generally support the chest, biceps will generally come into play with your back exercises, this combo lets you work back, and still have lots of strength in your triceps to work them after.
As for getting a good workout, there are lots of great workouts stickied at the top of this forum in the
Member's Workout Routines thread.
Also, if your looking to gain mass, then its important that you feed your muscles, so if you have time, swing by the
Nutrition and Weight Loss Forum and read the stickies.
If you have even more time on your hands, take a look at:
Massive Eating: Your Guide to Packing On Muscle Mass
The Pound Each Week Diet
A skinny guy's guide to adding a pound of muscle every week
Good Luck
Good Workout Routine....
