how many sets per bodypart are you doing a workout

[Exodus]

i train wsb style, and i never do more than 10 sets per bodypart..... except maybe on speed days.

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[Lao Tzu]

my body reacts better to high intensity, short intervals than lower intensity long intervals. So i'm only doing 4 sets per exercise, 1 exercise per bodypart using a pyramid method. I will do as many reps as i can with a certain weight (5 or so), then lower the weight and do a few more (3 or so). Doing that for 4 sets seems to work but i'm not sure if 4 sets is enough. How many sets per bodypart are you doing.

 

[Devastation]

high volume for bench. moderate for deads

 

[jeremys]

i like to do about 20 sets of board presses on my 2 bench days in a week. pretty high volume

on my other assistance exercises it's only 2-3 sets

 

[pwr_machine]

6-9

 

[louden_swain]

It varies. . . sometimes one. . other times 6. It depends on the training cycle.

 

[hardrock]

3-6 working sets.

 

[leatherface]

It does vary, but right now im doing about 6 sets per body part.

 

[c3bodybuilding]

For most body parts, 5 work sets while on. Here is an example of a chest routine:

Low incline press 2 work sets
weighted dips 3 work sets.

When I am off, I do no more than 2-3 sets per bodypart.

 

[longarms]

I don't think I ever go over 9 work sets. rep ranges are from triples to 5x5 to 21, depending on Light/Heavy day.

 

[Lao Tzu]

do you guys think it matters that i only do 1 exercise per bodypart? i have no complaints so far but i am wondering if i am shorting myself. I doubt it since working a muscle is working a muscle.

 

[Alcatrez52]

I do only one working set per bodypart.

 

[molnii]

depend on the ody part...but 8-12 sets

 

[Debaser]

1-2

 

[c3ntrifug3]

Depends on body part and, as Swain said, the program.

Most of the time I do 10-14 for the larger muscle groups (legs, back), 9-12 for chest, then around 8 or 9 for bi's, tri's and shoulders.

It's crazy to go back and read Arnold's Encyclopedia where he's doing chest and back in the same workout - 35 sets each. That's the stuff which I first used for lifting. I did 20 sets for bi's and couldn't figure out why my arms wouldn't grow...

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

legs/glutes/hams-- 10-15
back/chest- 8-10
arms- 6 max!

(also some of my sets are very low reps-- like 2 or 3)

 

[pwr_machine]

1-2

I'm simply curious to how that works. Can you give an example of bench press?

For example, I'll go through a few warm-up sets (~3) then bench 225, 275, 295, and 315. I usually count that as 4 sets although the last set is truly the only gut busting set.

How do you determine 1-2 sets?

Thanks.

 

[Tony104104]

Bis-9
tris-9-12
chest-12
back/lowerback-12-15
Shoulders-12
legs-12-15
abs-3-6
calves-4-6
forearms-3-6
traps-4-6

 

[mr. sparkle]

Doing HST: 2 Sets every work day x 3 work days = 6 per week

---Mr. S---