Thread: What do you think of the routine my PT has me on?

Hi. I'm new to the forum. This is my first post. I'm a 24 years old female.
The thing is, I've been lifting since January.
It's been 10 months and I started doubting my PT's knowledge on what she's doing. I want to know what you all think about it.

Now, she has me doing this...

Mondays
Cuadriceps and glutes.
Hipthrust 10 sets of 15
Leg Press 5 x 15 or ''to failure'' she says.
Lunges 5x15
Hack squats or barbell squats 5x15


Tuesday
Hamstrings and glutes.
Hipthrust 5x15
Leg raises 5x15
Deadlift 5x15
Hamstring curl 5x15
Good mornings 5x15

Wednesday
Upper body

Thursday
Repeat Monday's routine

Friday
Repeat Tuesday's routine

Obs.. she only lets me rest for 15 seconds between sets.

I'm just a beginner so I don't really know much and I don't want to waste my money.

so let me get this straight, you do 15 reps and rest for 15s? 5x????

or are you lifting golf balls?

edit: i'd also be dubious of this
PT, but then again i am bias since i believe everything you need you can probably find on this forum, let alone the rest of the internet with youtube etc

Originally Posted by Mr-Nathan

so let me get this straight, you do 15 reps and rest for 15s? 5x????

or are you lifting golf balls?

Yes! 5 sets of 15 reps. That's what I mean with '5 x'
Not golf balls haha.
I hipthrust 110 lbs
Deadlift 100 lbs
Leg press 243 lbs

you've made it this far, i'd ditch the trainer and find a routine on here (or the internet). LEARN. watch videos, learn the exercises and find out what works for you.

also learn about diet. there are plenty of guides on here and you'll be way better off for the rest of your life.

Originally Posted by Mr-Nathan

you've made it this far, i'd ditch the trainer and find a routine on here (or the internet). LEARN. watch videos, learn the exercises and find out what works for you.

also learn about diet. there are plenty of guides on here and you'll be way better off for the rest of your life.

Yes, I will. Thank you for responding!

Originally Posted by userLHRHTESDJDX

Wednesday
Upper body

Just curious since it's 4 days lower, what is the actual 1-day upper body routine? And what were your goals that you told your trainer when you started?

Originally Posted by userLHRHTESDJDX

The thing is, I've been lifting since January.
It's been 10 months and I started doubting my PT's knowledge on what she's doing. ... she only lets me rest for 15 seconds between sets.

Like the others, I don't think it sounds like a great routine - but have you seen results (weight loss, muscle gain, toning, progressive increase of your lifts, leg/butt development, etc. - whatever your goals were) over the past 10 months?

Originally Posted by kimm4

I don't have a problem with upper/lower routine's but that's off balance. 1 day upper and 4 days lower makes no sense. You don't need that much lower body work.

That is what I was thinking. Training legs 4 days a week doesn't seem right to me.
Thank you for responding.

Originally Posted by NerdyLady

Your trainer has you doing glutes two days in a row?

Yes, she does.

Originally Posted by userLHRHTESDJDX

Upper body routine is never the same. Usually we do dumbell military press, tricep dips, tricep pushdown, shoulder flies, seated cable row, bicep curls with dumbbells. And as usual, 5 sets of 15 with 15 seconds rest between each set.

Your trainer is squeezing everything in and still needs to rotate b/c she only has 1 upper body day/week.

Originally Posted by userLHRHTESDJDX

I'm way better now than when I started but "nowhere near what I should be" according to her. She always reminds me that 'I should look much bigger than what I do because of the weight I lift'. My lifts do increase as well.

Well at least you've seen some gains, but she should look to her own setup if she's not fully satisfied w/ your results. You can find more balanced routines and advice on the Workout page of this forum, both in terms of upper/lower and sets/reps (e.g., that don't have 30 sets of 15 reps of hip thrusts @ 15 secs rest every week).

Originally Posted by WolfRose7

No real reason for this^.

But the routine seems pretty awful in a number of ways, exercise balance, lack of upper work, low rest for everything with no clear reason as to why.

Think the trainer is throwing **** at the wall and hoping it sticks, and OP has good potential and work rate so is managing to progress even on an awful set up.

LHR.. etc
https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog...-prescription/

invest a little of the money you pay the trainer into this, has a full ebook on how to run it correctly, progress will be much better and more consistent

this^^

I train full body, work everything whenever i train, same exercises, which is 2-4 times per week.

the routine just doesn't seem well thought out...or thought out at all. PT just overworking OP into thinking she had a good workout

Originally Posted by WolfRose7

No real reason for this^.

But the routine seems pretty awful in a number of ways, exercise balance, lack of upper work, low rest for everything with no clear reason as to why.

Think the trainer is throwing **** at the wall and hoping it sticks, and OP has good potential and work rate so is managing to progress even on an awful set up.

LHR.. etc

invest a little of the money you pay the trainer into this, has a full ebook on how to run it correctly, progress will be much better and more consistent

I'll check that out. Thank you!