Thread: Training chest 2x a week?

you're lucky your chest never gets sore, after my chest workout I am sore for a couple of days. Looks like you got a pretty solid routine to me and you're mixin' it up to keep the body from adapting and able to make gains.

I am 5'10 and was about 162 a year ago. Now I am 192 and I think what matter most is that I didn't over train, kept up a good diet, stuck to the essential meat of body building exercises (not cable flys and crap like that) and changed up my routine regularly to keep my body off balance

Looks like you're on the right track

Well, thanks.

Any other thoughts?

I'm concerned that doing high reps may be pointless, since the point of working out is tearing the muscle fibers and letting them rebuild bigger. (in a nut shell) With this being said, the only way to actually do that would be lifting heavy...

Although, how can i increase my endurance for push ups, while still trying gain strength on the bench?

Or, is the high rep idea good? Personally, i do think heavy lifting is good eating on a calorie deficit, so you can at least maintain your muscle instead of losing it...This just gets complicated...

Originally Posted by someguy1984

Well, thanks.

Any other thoughts?

I'm concerned that doing high reps may be pointless, since the point of working out is tearing the muscle fibers and letting them rebuild bigger. (in a nut shell) With this being said, the only way to actually do that would be lifting heavy...

Although, how can i increase my endurance for push ups, while still trying gain strength on the bench?

Or, is the high rep idea good? Personally, i do think heavy lifting is good eating on a calorie deficit, so you can at least maintain your muscle instead of losing it...This just gets complicated...

If youre running a deficit and lifting heavy you need to be careful. To build muscle you need to run a surplus. It's not all about tearing muscle fibers and all that crap from the magazines.

If youre training for some specific task or goal then I would train in the manner of the goal. You don't swing a bat in the pool to work on your jump shot.

With that being said, if you need to be able to do 100 pushups, for whatever reason, You should be doing high rep work. I would use some resistance such as a backpack.

Personally if youre not trying to do a show or something I would keep intense training on a deficit to a minimum. The average "un supported" human will reach a point of diminishing returns, and higher injury risk. How much of a deficit are you running? Are you tracking your intake in grams and calories and your weight?

I would stick with the theory of training each muscle group once a week that includes your chest... Your muscles grow when your resting not when your training. You need to make sure your allowing your muscles enough time to recover before you start training them again.

i train every muscle group 2 times a week
and im all natural

im never sore
im the heaviest ive ever been
im still close to as lean as ive ever been

and i literally set a personal record on any given body part almost once a week

i think the idea of overtraining is overused

alot of guys on this website will tell you 30-45 minute workouts 3-4 times a week

but for instance the arnold schwarzengger bodybulding encyclopedia recomends that a mesomorph train 6 days a week, and he even suggest 2 workouts a day in many cases

that, to me, (all natural) is unquestionably too much

but lifting 4 days a week is not to much

IF
you are resting enough outside of the gym
and
Consuming a proper diet