critique my routine

[oco]

New to HST, but 2 years lifting experience. I'm a somewhat ectomorphic 41yo. Here's my plan:

Squats
Top Deadlifts
Flat bench press
Chins
DB upright row
incline hammer curls
abs

("top deads" are in a rack, bar starting at the kneecaps. . . to save my back). I welcome comments or suggestions.

 

[_tim]

Looks good - but I'd add a shoulder press of some type (either DB or BB) and a horizontal pull of some type - cable, DB or BB rows. Otherwise, looks to be a great cycle setup! Welcome to the forum!

 

[oco]

Thx for the info

Looks good - but I'd add a shoulder press of some type (either DB or BB) and a horizontal pull of some type - cable, DB or BB rows. Otherwise, looks to be a great cycle setup! Welcome to the forum!

Appreciate your advise. I'm trying to keep my number of exercise low. I'm hoping the deads and chins will be enough for my back. My DB upright rows are actually "arm-pit" rows, getting lat delts and some upper traps. Maybe adding some DB overhead presses are good though, b/c it will hit the delts and tris again, since I don't have any dedicated tri work.