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@forever02 I left another comment stating when I think this is totally fine, and my recommendations for doing so. Also, I meant parallel to the floor, not your elbows and torso. Totally agree with these points.

@brotherarleigh Definitely not a fan of 1 set lifts unless that's solely what I'm focusing on. My best results have been on routines that have absurd amounts of volume. 9 sets of bench or squats, these are the plans that really push me to bigger and better numbers.

@forever02 I'm going to weigh in, but I'd like to see you be doing lateral raises with 60lb dumbbells lol Oh, you did. Also those are too heavy for you to be doing that. I'd scale that back for sure and try to get to at least parallel, even a bit higher if shoulder pain permits.

@forever02 One thing I'd like to compliment for on the lateral raises, though. Muscles seem to build the most strength and size when put through tension in their lengthened position. Which does mean your lateral raises are fine to do that heavy. But one thing I'd recommend is to use a cable...

@forever02 Well you hit the nail on the head. You CAN build size and strength at the same time. Until you can't. The rep range for optimally building muscle is something like 8-30 to hit failure. The rep range for optimally building strength is like 3 or 5-8. But honestly, anything from 5 to 30...

@juda1986 General rule of thumb you can follow is hitting a muscle group twice a week. Which is why 3x per week is often full body, because it's hard to hit every muscle twice a week otherwise. Also, 10-20 sets per week per muscle group is a good amount to make good gains vs fatigue as well.

@juda1986 Your A is overkill. You're hitting (basically) the same muscles 3 different ways. Chest press, bench press, push-ups. I'd say start with the bench, then finish out on chest press. If you want to do some push-ups, go ahead, but you should be fried from these two exercises. You're also...

@nontheologian Works for me!

@nontheologian Too much volume on leg day for sure, maybe even on chest day. Potentially on back as well. You have dumbbell press, machine press and cable press. This is a lot. You can probably just add a set to failure or close with 2 of these and be out way faster with less chance of too much...

@fleplegek I think this is a bit of a disaster lol No chest work on the first day, so you're literally just hitting chest one time and waiting 7 days before you do it again. You're doing dips after triceps which will heavily fatigue the bit of chest this part does give you by destroying your...

@praying4you Then you're doing this wrong. Eat way more. Go to the fitness subreddit, click the sidebar, pick a routine and follow it. Find your maintenance weight by tracking EVERYTHING you eat. Read the labels, weigh the food. Once you know how much you need to stay the same weight, add...

@misterblackeye If you're able to 2 sets of 12 pull-ups, that's super solid. 12% body fat doesn't sound so crazy anymore. There is an app called boostcamp that has free programs on it, 100s of professionally made ones, 1000s of user created ones. They have a specific calisthenics program, but...

@misterblackeye 6ft, 185lbs at 12% body fat is pretty damn jacked. I feel like you'd have a lot of gym knowledge at this point to get there. To build muscle, you need progressive overload. Heavier and heavier weights, more and more reps, more and more sets even. You need to put your body...