Still Tweaking, But Always Squatting.

If you have read my training routines this year, you will have noticed that I've been doing a lot of tweaking with the upper-body portion of my workouts. The consistent feature of all my workouts have been Squats. With my 3-times a week frequency, I have had more squat sessions in the past month than I normally have in a 3-month period. I'm liking it a lot. I am getting stronger and more proficient in the movement, and my legs and whole body seem to be getting thicker. I currently do 20-rep squats on Saturdays and Mondays, then on Thursdays I switch to a heavy 5-rep squat workout. My current bests in Squats are 210 x 20, and 250 x 6.

As for upper-body, I've found that my elbows and shoulders don't like having a pushing movement 3-times a week, so I've switched to an A-B push/pull routine for the upper-body portion of each workout. I'm liking it a lot so far.

Workout A
Squats
Calf Raises
Leg Curls
Bench Press
Standing Press
Dumbell Kickbacks

Workout B
Squats
Calf Raises
Leg Curls
Seated Row
Shrugs
Barbell Curl