Please help me re-do my workout routine.

I posted this in the wrong section!! Sorry for the double post.

Hello,
Today during my workout routine I realized I am over working myself too much. My routine takes anywhere between an hour and 2 hours. I have been reading around the site and now am doubting my workout rountine. I have been seeing results, but what I really want to do is maximize my workouts for the best muscle mass and building. Anyways, a little about myself first:
18 Years old
5'11, somewhere between 140-145lbs.

My equipment:
Weight Bench
2 changeable-weight dumbbells (the ones where you can adjust how much the weigh)
Swissball
Tredmill
Elliptical
Nice, soft yoga mat =)

My routine:
Bench Press: 3-5 sets, 10 reps.
Chest fly (just added this a week ago): 3-5 sets, 15 reps.
Military Bench Press(added this today): 5 sets, 10 reps.
Dips(added this a week ago): 5-8 sets, 15 reps.
Bicep Curl w/ weight bar: 5-8 sets, 10 reps.
Crunches w/ swissball: 5 sets, 25 reps.

I do my routine every other day.

I drink a protein shake after every workout.

I stretch before and after every workout.

Cardio: I usually run on a tredmill for 5-10 minutes before workout.
I used to use an elliptical to lose weight that worked out pretty well.

My eating habits are pretty bad. But here's the basics to what I eat:
Breakfast: Bowl of cherrio's with no-fat milk.
Lunch: Usually combined with my breakfast because I have been waking up around noon.
Dinner: Usually healthy foods, vegies, meat, sometimes macoroni-type foods.

My sleeping habits are pretty bad too, up too late at night, and awaken some where around noon.

My goals:
To add muscle mass, tighten the shirts around my muscles =).

I am prepared to isolete myself from the outer world for a couple of months (before college anyways) because friends seem to have a bad influence on eating habits. Also, packing away the xbox 360 is an option too.

You'll have to excuse my bad spelling, i'm tired as it's 1:35AM =).

-Thanks for all the help!

Oh, I forgot to add, please don't point to me to articles and such if you can, because they usually confuse me and make me doubt my workouts even more.
 
1) Keep your weight training workouts under an hour.
2) You have just enough equipment for awesome workouts. I would suggest you to establish a full body workout routine first. That means most of you exercises should be multi-joint (deadlifts, clean&presses, bench press, squats, dips) How about bench press, dips for chest and flyes on Monday, clean&presses on Wednesday, bicep curls, tricep dips and squats on Friday?
3) The best rep scheme for mass and size is 8-12. Choose a weight that you cannot lift more than 11 times. If you can lift it 12 times, it's time to upgrade.
4) You mentioned that your diet is bad. Well, a lot of experts address that nutrition is 80% important. Your physique is made in the kitchen. To gain muscle, you need to have surplus of calories. I would find a decent site to calculate you maintenance calorie intake and add 15-20% to that to start gaining weight.
5) Eat 6 small meals during the day. The first one should be the biggest, the last one the smallest with the least of carbohydrates.
6) You should probably sleep around 7-8 hours. Testosterone (muscle building hormone) is released mostly in your sleep, so if you sleep less it's probably released less as well. Don't know much about it but I think I've understood it correctly.
7) Don't stretch before your workout. Using elliptical for 5-10 minutes is good for warm-up, you should also have two warm-up sets with 50% and 75% of working weight (4-5 reps). Stretch after your workout to cool yourself down.

I hope this assists you a bit. Most of my knowledge has come from Tom Venuto's book Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle and Mike Geary's Truth about Abs and I've done weight training for a few years.
 
My Current training is

Day 1
Front squat 5 reps for 5 sets
Bench press 5 reps for 5 sets
Military press 5 reps for 5 sets
Barbell Curl 5 reps for 5 sets

Day 2
5x 400m sprint 5x 200m sprint to equal 3km

Day 3
Conditioning -
• Double arms swings/w kettle bell
• Burpees
• Squats/w kettle bell
• Pull ups
• Step jumps
• Crunches
• Shoulder press/w kettle bell
• Walking lunges/w kettle bell
• Mountain jumpers
• Push ups

Day 4

5x 400m 5x 200m sprints to equal 3km

Day 5
Deadlift 5 reps for 5 sets
Dumbbell chest press 5 reps for 5 sets
Bent over rows 5 reps for 5 sets
military press 5 reps for 5 sets
 
A. You need to eat better quality protein and not rely on the drinks.
B. IMO you need more cardio to balance out your routine
C. Don't forget to stretch and work on flexibility so you'll be less injury prone.
 
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