Consecutive vs Alternate muscle group excercises

[aam7]

I am 45 and have been weight training for 7 months now. I have the following routine for Day 1. I do 2-3 sets of 12-15 reps each of the following exercises:

*Chest*
DB Bench Press:
DB Incline Press:
Cable Flyes or DB Flyes

*Back*
Lat Pulldowns to front:
Lat Pulldowns, reverse grip:
1 arm DB Rows
Low Cable Rows
Hyperextensions

*Biceps*
EZ Bar Curls,
Cable curls with straight bar
Alternating DB curls:


Question: Can I do a chest exercise such as *DB Bench Press* and then a *back* exercise, then go back to the next a chest exercise? or should I complete all the chest exercises before moving to Back or Biceps?

I don't have much strength in that particular muscle group after I complete 3 sets of a exercise. Doing 3 sets for different muscle group gives it a break enables me to recoup some strength.

Would like to see what you pros suggest.

 

[Hoglander]

I'm 45 as well so I'll tell you a couple of things. Read the Stickies.

I have an upper day and a lower day for the most part. I do a push movement and then a pull movement on upper. So I would strongly suggest you do a push than a pull on an "upper body day" .......... Yes you should alternate push and pull on an upper body day, IMHO. Do that for a 3 months with a revised workout. Then there are more complex ideas you can try to tackle, IMHO.

Stickies first then come back with a new workout.

 

[Witchblade]

Short answer: switch things up. It doesn't matter. It's a different stimulus.

A lot of coaches tell you to use a high RI (>2min) for strength training and a lower (30-240s) for hypertrophy, but variation is more important than such ideal type models.