Could a moderator maybe ammend this to "full weight routine in own home" or something like.
Trying to work out a decent set of exercises to cover all muscle groups I can do from home on days when I can't get to the gym.
Needs to be doable with a basic weights bench, dumbells, exercise bands a chining bar and my own body weight. Intending this to be quite "accessible" so "Russian circus standing incline kettlebell pikes" should have a bit of explanation
The splits i'm after look something like this:
Day1: 3 x Chest, 2 x Biceps, 2 x Abs
Day2: Rest
Day3: 4 x Legs, 2 x Shoulders
Day4: Rest
Day5: 2 x Back, 2 x Triceps, 1 x Traps, 2 x Abs
Day6: Rest
Day7: Rest
I'll post idea's I had and i'll update this a bit if others have useful input.
Day 1:
Chest: Dumbell Press (basically bench press with dumbells)
Chest: Push-ups
Chest: Reclined dumbell flys (lay on back, dumbell in each hand and make a cross, bring 'bells up and touch them above chest with arms straight)
Biceps: Standing dumbell curl
Biceps: Close grip pull ups (hands on pull-up/chinning bar about 2 inches gap between and pull up)
Abs: Crunches (not quite a sit up, just get your shoulders off the floor while laying down)
Abs: Leg raises (lay on back, straight legged, bring them up to verticle and back down)
Day 3:
Don't really have a good selection for home here. The gyms obviously much better for this.
Was thinking deep squats with the dumbells (lots) would cover quite a bit of the leg section but dumbells aren't the best for control.
Legs: Squats (weight at shoulder height, crouch down keeping bodyweight straight and weight in line with heel of feet, stand back up)
Legs: Dumbell lunges (?) (Take dumbell in each hand and almost go down to one knee and back up)
Legs: As above with a decent sized step (?)
Shoulders: Seated dumbell press (sit, dumbells at shoulder height and push above head, touch and back down)
Shoulders: Standing dumbell flys (dumbell in each hand resting on hips, raise arms till weight level with shoulders keeping arms straight then back down)
Day 5:
With the back it's rather tricky as a lot of these are "pull down" type exercises. The chinning bar is going to get overused here of course but otherwise...
Back: Wide grip pull-ups (hands very far apart on pull-up/chinning bar and pull up)
Back: Some form of pull down with the exercise bands. I think it will probably end up being seated using a door frame for an anchor point? Need help here.
Triceps: Probably get up and use the exercise bands again for a tricep pull down
Triceps: Skull crushers. (Take a heavy dumbell held in 2 hands, lay down on bench, extend arms above chest with dumbell, now lower it down towards the floor behind your head and back up.)
Traps: Dumbell shrugs. (HEAVY dumbell in each hand and shrug (like "I dunno" kind motion but slower and more controlled))
Abs: Crunches
Abs: Leg raises
Improvements please.
Would be nice to list a few more options under each.