I'm seeking some help comparing two plans. One of which was made by the trainer at my local gym and the other I made myself, because I feel like the plan from the trainer is very unbalanced, way to intense and doesn't suite me right.
Some background information: I'm 21, male, pretty skinny, don't weigh much. I am training for half a year now with a beginners plan from the gym. For the beginners plan, I didn't knew any better and felt like it was alright.
Now the trainer gave me an advanced plan (a split into 2 days) and after doing a lot of research myself the last weeks I feel like his plan is very unbalanced and too intense for me, considering I'm only training since February.
The problem with this trainer is, he seems pretty stubborn. I tried to talk with him about my concerns, but he just blocked and said his plan is alright, I'll do gains I'll see. I'm not concerned about not making any gains, more of how I do that and how healthy the exercises are. So I made a, in my opinion, better plan which I hope you guys can tell me if it really is better and if there is anything I could do better.
My goal is to build some muscle in a healthy manner to look better.
First the plan from my trainer (3 sets of 12 reps for each exercise):
Day 1:
- Bench Press
- Dumbbell Flies
- Cable Lat Pulldown
- Rowing Machine
- Cable Reverse Fly
- Back Extension
- Crunches
- Clean and Jerks
Day 2:
- Leg Extension
- Leg Press
- Seated Leg Curl
- Triceps Push Downs
- Triceps Machine
- Dumbbell Curls
- Biceps Machine
And this is my plan (3 sets of 12 reps for each exercise, except for the Lat Pulldown, because I do one set of Pull ups, so only 2 sets of Lat Pulldowns):
Day 1:
- Cable Lat Pulldown + as many Pull ups as I can (at the moment that would be 7)
- Bend Over Barbell Row
- Bench Press
- Dumbbell Shoulder Press (would love to do Military Press but there's no rack to take out the barbell)
- Lateral Raise
Day 2:
- Leg Press (would love to do Squats but there's no rack to take out the barbell)
- Back Extension
- Seated Leg Curl
- Leg Extension
- Calf Raise
- Crunches