Overtraining chest? please critique

[Speedracer59]

I changed my chest routine about 2 months ago when I started creatine again.I hve made some pretty good gains but I wonder if I am overtraining and could be doing better.Here is my routine.Please critique:

Flat bench (bar) 5 sets 0f 5 decending weight approx 5lbs each set. Enough weight that last one is at failure

Incline press (bar): same as above

Flat dumbell press: 4 x 8

Incline dumbell : 4 x 8

Cable crossovers: 4x8

Butterfly machine :4x8

3 set of dips each until failure.

My body seems to be responding good but does this seem like too much?

[Tinfish]

I guess alot depends on how well your body recovers. I currently do 4 chest.
Flat Bench
Incline DB
Incline Flies
Cable Crossovers from below.

[thegame01]

i was doing 12 sets for chest and other big body parts until recently .I have switched to my own version of the HIT program.

Low volume and very intense.I was not growin for the last year or so ,my strenght had come down etc etc(overtraining)

definitely cut down your volume .there is no way you can go all out on that many sets . try about 6 working sets (not including warm ups ) .

I am finally trying diferent things .Thats the biggest thing ,try stuff and go with whatever works for you bro

GZ

[Speedracer59]

I think I am going to back my whole workout down a notch. I think I am overtraining everything.I look at what I was doing 6 months ago till now. The stronger I get the more stuff I want to do.

[rado]

Re: Overtraining chest? please critique

Originally posted by Speedracer59
I changed my chest routine about 2 months ago when I started creatine again.I hve made some pretty good gains but I wonder if I am overtraining and could be doing better.Here is my routine.Please critique:

Flat bench (bar) 5 sets 0f 5 decending weight approx 5lbs each set. Enough weight that last one is at failure

Incline press (bar): same as above

Flat dumbell press: 4 x 8

Incline dumbell : 4 x 8

Cable crossovers: 4x8

Butterfly machine :4x8

3 set of dips each until failure.

My body seems to be responding good but does this seem like too much?

IMO I would alternate the Butterfly machine every other week. Like say this week you did dips, next week switch it with Butterfly machine. The week after that leave out the dips and Butterfly machine and do some close grip bench presses. I train my chest with no more than 16 sets every 6 days.

[wrstlr69sdnl]

how long have you been usung that same workout routine

[Drveejay11]

yep.......change shit up ALL-THE-TIME!

[THE JUICE]

I would change my workouts every month or so. My workout consisted of:

flat bench: 5 x 6-12reps

incline: 3 x 6-12reps

decline: 3 x 6-12reps

pushups at the end for a pump: 3 sets till failure.

Next routine:

incline dumbell: 5 x 6-12reps

seated bench: 3 x 10-15reps

butterflies: 3 x 6-12 reps

pushups: 3 x till failure

[Speedracer59]

Originally posted by wrstlr69sdnl
how long have you been usung that same workout routine

4 months

[Speedracer59]

Originally posted by JuIcE iS LoOsE
I would change my workouts every month or so. My workout consisted of:

flat bench: 5 x 6-12reps

incline: 3 x 6-12reps

decline: 3 x 6-12reps

pushups at the end for a pump: 3 sets till failure.

Next routine:

incline dumbell: 5 x 6-12reps

seated bench: 3 x 10-15reps

butterflies: 3 x 6-12 reps

pushups: 3 x till failure

Do you do this twice a week or altrnate weeks?

[THE JUICE]

I use the first routine, after a month or so I change it to the other one. I'll throw in some dips at times.

[Billy_Bathgate]

I change workout EVERY week. What you originally have seems way too much. Go twice as heavy and do half the exersizes.

[mike1107]

My chest sucked until I began a low volume training :
now I do by example
- incline bench : 2 warm up 3 effective sets 6-10
- flat bench : 3 sets 6-10
- incline flies : 2-3 sets 10-12

I train them once a week

[PIT]

I used to do 18 sets til failure saw little gains, Changed down to 9sets till failure awsome difference,,,

PIT

[Time4Growth]

Looks like overkill to me. I used to do a lot of exercises too. Big difference when I shifted to 4 and just tried to go as heavy as I could with good form, changing rountine monthly, and changing tempo too. Usually alternate incline DB, flat DB, cable cross-overs, and decline (gotta use the machine because I almost always kill myself when I do decline dbs).