critique my new routine.

[spesmilitis]

My schedule doesn't give me that much time to workout tues-thurs (probably around 15 minutes) , so i've been considering this new routine:

monday: squat/ glut-ham

tues or weds: weighted pull ups

weds or thurs: shoulder press

friday:dead/hypers

sat: chest press

sun: d-rows

the workouts tues/thurs/sat would only last 10-15 minutes (about 3-4 sets). the squats and deadlifts days would last around 30-40 minutes. Basically, this is all the exersices I do over a 3 day split spread out over the week.

I have these questions: How much stress do dl's put on the shoulders and middle/ upper back? How far apart should I place my shoulder press/d-rows/w-pullups from the dl.

 

[Warboss Alex]

Better to do a 2 day split on Monday and Friday than this

 

[spesmilitis]

Whats the advantage of the two day split?

After squats and deads, I don't have much energy left. By spreading the exersices out, I would be fresher for each exersice and thus more likely to pull a personal best. At least that is my rationale for the split posted above.

For a two day split, I came up with

day 1:
deads, w-pullups, hypers, d-rows

day 2:
squats, chest press, glut-hams, shoulder press.

 

[Warboss Alex]

Looking a lot better.

Do 2 days so you can go in, give it your all for those two days, and have more time to recover, which is especially needed on a tight schedule

 

[spesmilitis]

I also do grappling 4x a week monday-friday. Would that have an affect on my strength training routine?

 

[Warboss Alex]

even more reason to do a 2xday a week.

Any form of other training will cut into your recovery and hinder your strength if it's strenuous enough. however, while I don't know what grappling involves, I'd say your strength training would benefit it.. try it and see.

just remember, if you want to be a grappler, just do grappling. if you want to be a bodybuilder, just do bodybuilding. if you want to be a powerlifter, just do powerlifting..

otherwise you're a jack of all trades, but master of none

 

[spesmilitis]

grappling (bjj) involves a lot of muscular endurance, so strength training definatly helps.

I want to be primarily a grappler, but I also want to weigh 150-170 eventually.

 

[spesmilitis]

never mind on the upper body stuff on friday. My arms have not recoved from my 4 days of grappling. I forgot to take into account grappling takes a lot our of my arms. I"ll have to do upperbody atleast on sunday-tuesdays so my arms have time to recover.