Thread: pecs/delts together?

I was my biggest and strongest when I did a push/pull/ legs 3day split. I worked every muscle group twice a week. I'm going to do it again here in the next couple of months.


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i just can not do more than one body part a day.i hitt that muscle hard for 45 -1 hr and i am done i am tired and then still try to fit some abbs and cardio into.i do leg,chest,back,shoulders,arms.if i can only make it to the gym 4 days that week i do back and shoulders same day but they both suffer.

Originally Posted by Sherk

I was my biggest and strongest when I did a push/pull/ legs 3day split.

My favorite split!

these are suggestions
if you want you can do:
-chest/ delts (except rear delts)
-back with rear delts and traps
-legs
-rest
-Bi/tri
-rest
-rest

or
-chest /delt (without rear delt)
-back/rear delts/biceps
-legs/ traps
-rest
-triceps (this day you can start with 4-6 sets of chest like benching then hit the triceps hard)
-rest
-rest

Chest & Delts is too much. You're gonna wear yourself out.

Never fall in love with your program. Switch it up. Give this a whirl see if it works for you. If it does great in 6 weeks switch it up and keep it in your memory of what works. If it doesn't dump it in 6 weeks and never do it again.

i get the best workouts when I do chest and back on the same day. Seems counter productive. But it works I have a full upper body pump, I look huge which makes my next set better. It's mental but I'm not above playing mind games with other people, why not myself?

^^^sure i change my routine very often...training chest and back will give you a good feeling the next day

After a heavy session for chest, how on earth are you going to have anything left in your delts to give them your best immediately after. They work rather hard stabilizing your weight in chest exercises, especially incline. Unless you alternate between chest and vertical push or something with some lateral raises at the end. Pair your delts with something else IMO.

Originally Posted by Sherk

I was my biggest and strongest when I did a push/pull/ legs 3day split. I worked every muscle group twice a week. I'm going to do it again here in the next couple of months.

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How did you end up working out each muscle group twice weekly on a 3 day push/pull/legs split. Just curious.

I have been doing my shoulders with my chest for a couple months now, due to trying to work around some injuries and being in the gym less than usual. It has worked out fairly well considering. I do chest first due to the fact that regardless how you do chest, your front delts are going to be hit pretty hard during these exercises, and then I do not have to go as heavy on anything front delt related after that. I try to go strict form and don't go super heavy on shoulders......

Speaking of the chest with back workout mentioned above, that has weirdly worked out really well for me as well when I tried it to switch things up.
I would superset chest with back and just keep moving, and I really did not notice much strength loss and no size loss....although I was only looking at maintaining while doing that routine.