Recommend an excercise to add to this routine!

marathonic

The workouts below are what I do in the gym on alternating days. I also do situps, pushups, biceps curls and triceps presses at home.

Can you recommend an additional excercise to add to Workout A so that there are 6 excercises per day in the gym? Preferably something that is missing from my routine.


Workout A
Dumbbell Squat
Dumbbell Deadlift
Dumbbell Hang/Clean
Dips
Hanging Lateral Leg Raise


Workout B
Dumbbell Bench Press
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
Dumbbell Renegade Row
Chinups
Hanging Shrug
Dumbbell Shrugs

Baldie

How about a straight leg deadlift or good mornings for the hamstrings?

Brian?

Baldie wrote: »

How about a straight leg deadlift or good mornings for the hamstrings?

+1

dave80

Lunges

marathonic

Baldie wrote: »

How about a straight leg deadlift or good mornings for the hamstrings?

Thanks for the advice. I should have mentioned, my gym only has dumbbells and a smith machine (yes, I'll be changing gyms when my membership is up ).

I do have a barbell at home so might add good mornings to the stuff I do at home (the gym is what I like to keep consistent and the home stuff is add-ons). Basically, I go to the gym in the morning, do the home stuff that evening and leave a rest day in between each session.

Another option, and one I'm kind of swaying towards, is keeping the sessions the same as in the original post and, instead of doing a home session on Workout A days, doing a kettlebell class. Any thoughts on this?

marathonic

HyperfitDublin wrote: »

U need some back work there dude!

Do I not have enough there. The following is what I think hits various parts of the back (although I may be wrong):

Dumbbell Deadlift (Glutes, Lower Back)
Dumbbell Bench Press (Pecs, Deltoids)
Dumbbell Shoulder Press (Deltoids, Rotator Cuff)
Close-grip chinups (Lats, Brachialis)
Dumbbell Renegade row (Lats, Abs)
Hanging Shrugs (Trapezius)
Dumbbell Shrugs (Trapezius)


Is the Renegade Row enough or should I add/replace it with the bent-over row?

itsallaboutheL

Would you not bring the bar to the gym?

How the hell do you hang clean a dumbell?

marathonic

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Would you not bring the bar to the gym?

How the hell do you hang clean a dumbell?

Sorry, I meant to say clean and press.... my newbieness is showing

I cycle to the gym so bringing the bar ain't really an option.

rubadub

marathonic wrote: »

I cycle to the gym so bringing the bar ain't really an option.

I cycled about 6 miles with a 6ft barbell before, had it strapped onto the frame along the upper tube, bit dodgy though!

marathonic

rubadub wrote: »

I cycled about 6 miles with a 6ft barbell before, had it strapped onto the frame along the upper tube, bit dodgy though!

sounds pretty dodgy... yeah, it's an 8 mile each way cycle for me so I'd probably just do anything requiring the bar (if I add anything) at home.

I really need to get a 'proper' weights set with olympic bar, power cage, etc.... only a pipedream for now

Scuba Ste

You could try one leg deadlifts. And add in some one arm rows yeah. Renegade rows are harder on the core I find. Simple test is to see how much you can row against renegade row, if there's a big gap add in some rows and maybe some YTWL's, rear delt flys or something more specific to the upper back.

Just curious how much difference there is between dumbbell deadlifts and dumbbell squats, seems a very similar movement to me.

marathonic

Scuba Ste wrote: »

You could try one leg deadlifts. And add in some one arm rows yeah. Renegade rows are harder on the core I find. Simple test is to see how much you can row against renegade row, if there's a big gap add in some rows and maybe some YTWL's, rear delt flys or something more specific to the upper back.

Just curious how much difference there is between dumbbell deadlifts and dumbbell squats, seems a very similar movement to me.

Okay, I think I'll add the bent over row for now. I'm also going to add some inverted rows on the gym rings to my home workout when the gym rings arrive (ordered today).

itsallaboutheL

I meant would you not leave the barbell in the gym?