Help with my routine?

Preacher said:

I'm relatively new to weight training. I've had dumbbells at home for
some time (almost 2 years) and have tried to workout at home. Recently,
my family joined a gym. It's nice to finally squat with an olympic bar
inside a rack. Main goals are overall fitness, gaining strength, and
adding muscle. I'm almost 43 and male, 5'5" 138lbs.

I'm doing the following, 2-3 times a week:

squats
bench press
lat pulldown
deadlift or SLDL
cable row
military press

Occasionally, I'll mix in a few variations (for instance, incline bench
instead of bench, dumbbell shoulder press instead of military press,
dumbbell or t-bar row instead of cable row, assisted pullup instead of
lat pulldown). Today, I got oriented to most of the machines in the gym,
so I may mix in some of those for a change of pace as well.

Usually, I'll do 2-3 sets of 6-10 reps (depending on day and weight) of
each exercise. Does this seem about right? Suggestions?

I've received no responses on this question. Can anyone help?

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Preacher said:

I'm relatively new to weight training. I've had dumbbells at home for
some time (almost 2 years) and have tried to workout at home. Recently,
my family joined a gym. It's nice to finally squat with an olympic bar
inside a rack. Main goals are overall fitness, gaining strength, and
adding muscle. I'm almost 43 and male, 5'5" 138lbs.

I'm doing the following, 2-3 times a week:

squats
bench press
lat pulldown
deadlift or SLDL
cable row
military press

Occasionally, I'll mix in a few variations (for instance, incline bench
instead of bench, dumbbell shoulder press instead of military press,
dumbbell or t-bar row instead of cable row, assisted pullup instead of
lat pulldown). Today, I got oriented to most of the machines in the gym,
so I may mix in some of those for a change of pace as well.

Usually, I'll do 2-3 sets of 6-10 reps (depending on day and weight) of
each exercise. Does this seem about right? Suggestions?

I've received no responses on this question. Can anyone help?

Looks OK.

Personally, I would drop the military and bench press and subsitute the
incline press.

I am also a big fan of back extensions. Even just as a warmup.

"Lee Michaels" <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Preacher" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Preacher said:

I'm relatively new to weight training. I've had dumbbells at home for
some time (almost 2 years) and have tried to workout at home. Recently,
my family joined a gym. It's nice to finally squat with an olympic bar
inside a rack. Main goals are overall fitness, gaining strength, and
adding muscle. I'm almost 43 and male, 5'5" 138lbs.

I'm doing the following, 2-3 times a week:

squats
bench press
lat pulldown
deadlift or SLDL
cable row
military press

Occasionally, I'll mix in a few variations (for instance, incline bench
instead of bench, dumbbell shoulder press instead of military press,
dumbbell or t-bar row instead of cable row, assisted pullup instead of
lat pulldown). Today, I got oriented to most of the machines in the

gym,

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so I may mix in some of those for a change of pace as well.

Usually, I'll do 2-3 sets of 6-10 reps (depending on day and weight) of
each exercise. Does this seem about right? Suggestions?

I've received no responses on this question. Can anyone help?

Looks OK.

Personally, I would drop the military and bench press and subsitute the
incline press.

I am also a big fan of back extensions. Even just as a warmup.

Ditto on the back extensions.

I'd add abdominal work.

Otherwise it looks fine. You can get fancier later.

S.

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