Training Routine

[IanHUK]

Can somebody please give me some advice. I've been training for 5 years but only properly for about 6 months, Lifting heavy and eating 6 meals per day etc.. The thing that REALLY confuses me is that especially in Flex Mag (Ernie Taylor) who is totally awesome is always advising that you should train only 1 body part per week. I actually do the following routine but i am now starting to get a bit paranoid :

Monday - Chest and Bi's
Tues - Back and Shoulders
Weds - Legs and Tri's
Thus - Repeat Monday's workout
Fri - Repeat Tues workout
Sat - Repeat Weds workout
Sun - Off.

The thing is I feel that if I only train say Chest and Bi's on Monday and then don't train those 2 body parts until the following Monday, I really feel that i am cheating myself and i don't get any gains. But if i follow my current routine I really feel strong and don't feel like i'm overtraining etc..

I would be grateful to hear what people think and listen to there advice.

Thanks all

Ian.

 

[tjwes]

If you are doing OK and making progress,why change?

If it ain`t broke don`t fix it.

I train everything once a week,but if I was gaining on twice a week,I`d stay there until I hit a sticking point.

Maybe if you tried once a week training for a month you could see how you react to it.
You surely will not lose anything from experimenting,and you do get more rest and recovery this way which equals growth if eating properly.

 

[tnorthern]

I agree, I also train one part per week and found it very beneficial and made great gains. You might want to vary it a little by working them twice but only doing 3 sets of each. For instance, if you do chest and Bi's on Monday then wait 3 days and just do one exercise per muscle like incline bench and BB curls for 3 sets each after your normal routine. That way you hit it twice but not a full routine.

 

[tjwes]

Good idea also tnorthern!!

 

[Saturday Fever]

Don't ever read FLEX Magazine again. The only thing you'll get from that magazine is horrible advice.

 

[mino lee]

holy shit. no offense. but i feel the routine you have there is definately for someone with way way above average genetics + on a cycle. and then even then, i don't see how it is a good routine............

Monday - Chest and Bi's
Tues - Back and Shoulders. when you do lat pulldowns, your chest will feel a strain and it will limit your lattisimus workout. your anterior delts will still be hurtin' from the chest workout so you could probably have success with pos.delts only and due to synergistic use, even less success with the lateral delts.
Weds - Legs and Tri's. your triceps would have had absolutely no time to rest from a buildup of chest then shoulder and then today tri's. then tommorow chest and the day after delts again...............

basically, for this split, you should have collosial triceps before you even think about a split like this cuz you will be working them 6 days/week.

just for example only, if your maximum flat bench is 250 pounds unassisted for 4 reps. and that 4th rep takes like 4 seconds to get it back on the rack, there is no way you can tell me that on your thursday workout you can do 255 pounds flat unassisted for 4 reps., cuz if you can, that means you didn't truly reach failure on monday.

 

[Egoatdoor]

You did not say if you are making consistent ongoing gains with this program. I personally feel it is insane to be training six straight days a week doing each bodypart twice a week unless one is using steroids. It is a recipe for overtraining. One of the basic principles of bodybuilding, ESPECIALLY if one is not using anabolics, is that you build muscle when you ARE NOT in the gym ( i e at rest), not in it.



I don't have a problem training a certain bodypart twice a week if it is lagging or just a genetic weakness in a particular person, but training each part twice a week..well I addressed that already.

 

[camarosuper6]

I think its better to start at the very minimum amount of volume and work your way up (if thats even neccessary).

No point in overtraining and working your way backwards. Since you cant really undertrain, start low and if needed, work your way up.

 

[Duncans Donuts]

Even on the juice I wouldn't recommend training 6 days a week...

 

[IanHUK]

Thanks a lot guys, great advice especially from Mino Lee. I'm gonna be doing some serious thinking this wk/end.

Ian

 

[pumpthatiron]

what's wrong with training 6 days a week?

 

[bulletproof1]

what's wrong with training 6 days a week?

typically not enough rest for most

thats an awesome nba sig. when and who is that?

 

[min0 lee]

Thanks a lot guys, great advice especially from Mino Lee. I'm gonna be doing some serious thinking this wk/end.

Ian

Thank you!

 

[Cold Iron]

typically not enough rest for most

thats an awesome nba sig. when and who is that?

Kobe Bryant and Chris Childs a couple yrs ago

 

[Egoatdoor]

what's wrong with training 6 days a week?

I answered this in my 10/9 post.

Also, take a look around your gym. How many guys training 5,6,7 days a week ( not on the juice) have made any significant gains in their overall physiques in the last year?

In the three gyms I've trained at the last two years, the answer is zero and in fact most have actually digressed.