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Yet another request for advice on a custom program (sh.itjust.works)
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Hi! I can currently train once a week in my local gym, and I like to train at home with some bodyweight exercises and resistance bands. I'd like your input on my current workout schedule.

I would like to focus on basic strength (squat / push up / deadlift / pull ups) and a bit of muscle mass, with a sprinkle of some calisthenics skills, such as the handstand, currently.

  • Monday: home workout

    • Pistol squats: 3 sets for each leg, with an 8kg (17?6 lbs) backpack (I can currently do sets of 8 reps)
    • Decline push-ups (superset with previous exercise to save some time): 3 sets (I can do 10 decline push-ups in a row)
    • Bodyweight row with a TRX band: 3 sets (currently at 16 reps)
    • Abs crunch with a resistance band: 3 sets

  • Wednesday: gym workout

    • Pull-ups: 3 sets (I can do sets of 4 clean pull-ups)
    • Seated calf raise machine: 3 sets of 10 reps (currently at 39 kg/86lbs per leg)
    • Romanian dumbell deadlift: 3 sets of 10 reps (currently lifting with a 30kg/66lbs dumbell in each hand)

  • Thursday: running/zone 2 cardio

    • I run about 5km in around 30 min

I would like to use the gym to train the muscles I can't efficiently hit at home: hamstrings, calves and lats, mainly.

What exercises am I missing? I can easily add more exercises when I'm home, such as chest flies with a resistance band, superman, etc.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you don't have a planned system of progressive overload, when to deload, increase and decrease weights, then this isn't a program, it's a list of exercises.

You're hitting a lot of muscle groups, but I'd recommend looking into thefitness.wiki from /r/fitness or buying a 5/3/1 book (2nd edition or Forever)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for your input, maybe it was not clear, but yes I'm aware of the need to progressively overload, that's why I wrote between parentheses my current state.

For example, concerning pistol squats, I can do sets of 8 reps, and I plan on adding reps when I can. And for deadlift, I plan on adding weight.

And I did not find a lot of resources about schedules that mix the workout locations (at home/in the gym).