Need help with my routine

[Sjac96]

Hey,
I'm a noob in making routines, I've been doing dumbbells for a few months now (still beginner sorta) and have bought myself a barbell and pullbar.

This is my routine:

Monday - Chest & Triceps
Bench press - 4 sets
Incline bench press - 3 sets
Close grip bench press - 3 sets
Overhead extensions (two-arm) - 3 sets

Tuesday - Legs
Squats - 4 sets
Lunges - 3 sets
Romanian deadlifts - 4 sets
Standing calf raises - 4 sets

Wednesday - OFF

Thursday - Shoulders & Traps
DB Shoulder press - 2 sets
Barbell seated shoulder press - 2 sets
One-arm lateral raises - 3 sets
Two-arm lateral raises - 3 sets
DB Shrugs - 2 sets
BB Shrugs - 2 sets

Friday - Back & Biceps
Pull ups - Can't do them yet, so I do negatives as many as I can do decently
Deadlifts - 4 sets
DB bent over rows - 2 sets
BB bent over rows - 2 sets
Single arm bent over rows - 2 sets
Standing DB curls - 3 sets
Hammer curls - 2 sets
Preacher curls - 2 sets

Saturday/Sunday - Cardio/OFF


I've got a few questions I haven't yet found an aswer for:
- As you can see in my routine, I'm switching up DB and BB in several exercises (eg. bent over rows and shrugs). Is this a good habit? Or is one specifically better than the other?
- In my routine I also do single-arm bent over rows and lateral raises, is it good to switch up one-arm and two-arm exercises? Or should I just stick to one?
- Is there a need to incorporate chin-ups, wide grip pull ups and push ups? Pullups also originally werent in my routine so I put them on back/biceps day.

I want the best, most useful exercises in my routine.
Sorry if I posted in the wrong section, I'm new to this forum.

[benh2]

Check out the stickies in this sub-forum. Plenty of beginner routines that will hit all the necessary areas as much as you need. Making your own routine is something for the more advanced.

[Sjac96]

This in fact was a beginner routine, I edited it to my likings and I'm just here to get feedback and hopefully answers to my questions.

[SuffolkPunch]

It's not one I recognise. The first and most glaring problem is the once-per-week body part frequency. A muscle stops growing in any meaningful way after a maximum of 48 hours after it's trained. Also, novices don't need a large amount of volume to maximise their growth stimulus - but they can burn themselves out with overworking.

Seriously, don't try to make your own routine.

[Sjac96]

It's not one I recognise. The first and most glaring problem is the once-per-week body part frequency. A muscle stops growing in any meaningful way after a maximum of 48 hours after it's trained. Also, novices don't need a large amount of volume to maximise their growth stimulus - but they can burn themselves out with overworking.

Seriously, don't try to make your own routine.

What I understood was that training a body part more than once a week is unnecessary, so you're saying I need to train all body parts multiple times a week?

This was originally my starter dumbbell-only workout. I mixed it up with barbell, but the exercises are similar.

It's really hard for me to tell what makes a workout good, there's a huge amount of choices out there and I have no idea where to start. Atleast tell me what's wrong with my workout and what I can change about it.

If you know a good workout that's better than this please link it, I can't choose without knowledge.

[benh2]

Note down the most used ones here: All Pro, Fierce 5, SS, Ice Cream etc.

Put them in a hat and pick one out, it's guaranteed to be better than what you (or I) could create. Novices benefit from multiple full body workouts per week.

[SuffolkPunch]

The routines mentioned above are the ones we recommend on this forum. They represent the best combined knowledge of the people here and aren't tainted by ulterior motives such as selling supplements or selling personal training etc.

[Sjac96]

The routines mentioned above are the ones we recommend on this forum. They represent the best combined knowledge of the people here and aren't tainted by ulterior motives such as selling supplements or selling personal training etc.

How about Stronglifts 5x5? I'm leaning towards doing that one as it focuses on good exercises on high frequency.

[forlife25]

How about Stronglifts 5x5? I'm leaning towards doing that one as it focuses on good exercises on high frequency.

Good program.

[SuffolkPunch]

How about Stronglifts 5x5? I'm leaning towards doing that one as it focuses on good exercises on high frequency.

Yes, do it.

[Sjac96]

Yes, do it.

Alright thanks, now I'm considering adding pull ups to squad/overhead/deadlift day, will this help me alot or should I stay away from it just yet?

Also is it bad to have slightly more pull than push in the workout?