Do you do Back/triceps,Back/ Biceps or have a whole day for arms

[Gissurjon]

the same people that go and hammer out all kinds of "iso" arm exercises, will tell you that training your legs that way would be stupid as f**k. Tell me how that makes sense.

 

[Valkyrie]

the same people that go and hammer out all kinds of "iso" arm exercises, will tell you that training your legs that way would be stupid as f**k. Tell me how that makes sense.

That is a huge generalization. I did basically no direct arm work for the first few years I lifted. Adding an arms day tremendously increased the size and aesthetic appeal of my arms. I'm pretty sure most pro bodybuilders do lots of direct arm work too. For people whose goals are physique/BB oriented to not do direct arm work is foolish. I know of several high level power lifters that have transitioned to bodybuilding. Every single one of them has had to struggle to make up for lagging triceps.

 

[pwloiacano]

In my opinion, I think it is better to switch on and off with arm days. Right now, I do chest/tri's and Back/Bi's and that always seems to work best for me. But the nice part about doing arms alone is that you can go a lot heavier on bi's and tri's as they are not being pre-exhausted by the larger body movements that you are doing first. I can alwys do more weight when I do arms on one day together, especially with Biceps.

 

[LAM]

the same people that go and hammer out all kinds of "iso" arm exercises, will tell you that training your legs that way would be stupid as f**k. Tell me how that makes sense.

these are normally the people walking around the gym on stilts that they call legs...

 

[cck99352]

My workout looks something like this:

Day 1: Legs
Day 2: chest/shoulders (front, side delts)
Day 3: back/traps (rear delts)
Day 4: arms

I insert rest days where needed, and typically work out 4 times in 6 days... rest days often involve cardio and abs... plus I typically train abs at the end of every other workout

Training interval is something less than 1x per week (1 training session per body part, every 6 days). When I start training heavy legs again, I may split out hams from quads as my lower back cannot take that much punishment in a single day.

Adding in a day dedicated to arms basically means they get trained 2x (once on arm day, again on chest or back day) every 6 days... and I have been very pleased with progress to date.

If I am recovering, then less rest days - if not, then a few more... but, this is just what works for me. Lotta good programs described in previous posts.