Separation of shoulders/back and arms workouts

Island Roots · 05-04-2005, 12:52 AM

Ever since I've started working out (roughly 8 months ago), I've been doing complete upper body in one workout, then complete lower body in another workout.

I want to separate my upper body workouts into two different workouts; hit arms one day then hit shoulders and back the next day. The only problem is I'm unfamiliar with what specific exercises train what part. I'd have a hard time finding enough exercises for arms (or shoulders/back) to feel like I've done a complete workout; I feel as though if I were to separate the two right now, I'd have workouts of maybe half an hour or 45 minutes.

Something that would be extremely helpful aside from advice would be a site that shows pictures of exercises depicting what type of exercises hit what parts. And another thing; I'm not very good at naming/differentiating the different types of freeweights, like dumbbells, barbells, etc.

Yanick · 05-04-2005, 01:05 AM

your upper body is composed of more than arms, shoulders and back

the basic BB'er view of upper body is as follows,

back
chest
traps
shoulders
arms

i think that should be the correct size order too, largest to smallest. if you want to keep an upper/lower type split you can do push/pull/legs.

push=chest, shoulders(front, side), tri's
pull=back, traps, bi's, rear delts
legs=legs, lol

a good site for exercises is this site

kkschaef · 05-04-2005, 05:16 AM

go to bodybuilding.com they have an anatomy chart just click the body part wanting to work and it will give a list of exercises. Here's the link. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.htm

Island Roots · 05-04-2005, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkschaef

go to bodybuilding.com they have an anatomy chart just click the body part wanting to work and it will give a list of exercises. Here's the link. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.htm

Thanks, that is exactly what I'm looking for.

05-04-2005, 12:52 AM	#1
Island Roots I'd rather be in Hawaii Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 154 Photos: 3	Separation of shoulders/back and arms workouts Ever since I've started working out (roughly 8 months ago), I've been doing complete upper body in one workout, then complete lower body in another workout. I want to separate my upper body workouts into two different workouts; hit arms one day then hit shoulders and back the next day. The only problem is I'm unfamiliar with what specific exercises train what part. I'd have a hard time finding enough exercises for arms (or shoulders/back) to feel like I've done a complete workout; I feel as though if I were to separate the two right now, I'd have workouts of maybe half an hour or 45 minutes. Something that would be extremely helpful aside from advice would be a site that shows pictures of exercises depicting what type of exercises hit what parts. And another thing; I'm not very good at naming/differentiating the different types of freeweights, like dumbbells, barbells, etc.
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05-04-2005, 01:05 AM	#2
Yanick Amor Fati Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,798	your upper body is composed of more than arms, shoulders and back the basic BB'er view of upper body is as follows, back chest traps shoulders arms i think that should be the correct size order too, largest to smallest. if you want to keep an upper/lower type split you can do push/pull/legs. push=chest, shoulders(front, side), tri's pull=back, traps, bi's, rear delts legs=legs, lol a good site for exercises is this site
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05-04-2005, 05:16 AM	#3
kkschaef Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 126	go to bodybuilding.com they have an anatomy chart just click the body part wanting to work and it will give a list of exercises. Here's the link. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.htm
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