Question regarding training volume.

[britlifter]

I know we can train a muscle 1x per week & give it all its work sets in 1 session eg "chest day" or "back day", or we can spread the work sets out as in an upper/lower or a 3 day total body routine..etc

But routine set up aside, what do you view as high, moderate & low set volume for a bodypart per week?

I dont mean sets per a particular exercise, or total sets performed in a workout but I mean total work sets for a particular bodypart including all exercises for that muscle per week eg:

4 sets bench press
4 sets chest dips
4 sets incline flyes

= a total of 12 total work sets for chest.

Here are my thoughts. The sets Iv suggested are direct work sets per bodypart, per week, depending on goal.

Strength, 2-6 sets. Strength/Hypertrpohy, 3-9 sets. Hypertrophy, 6-16 sets.

I would be real curious what the experienced guys here think on the above?
Thx!

 

[emf]

sets per part per wk

a lot of this depends on how you react to your program.
i get good results out of 16 sets a wk for chest.im sure there are a lot of answers to this i of course plan my training to eliminate the most overlap i can but after years do about 14 to 16 sets a wk per part.

 

[Witchblade]

Depends on the intensity. 3 sets to failure are of a relatively high volume, but 3x10 performed as straight sets is medium/high volume (depending on the program etc etc).

The programs in the stickies are of a medium+ volume IMO.