How often do you lift when your "on"

[mrcashcream]

Just a general consensus, how often a week do you workout (when on a cycle) your:

bi's
tri's
chest
shoulders
legs
back

If you workout certain body parts more then others a week, why?

 

[medrep]

bump for times per week to bring up lagging bodyparts and do you cut back the ones that grow too fast?

 

[OMEGA]

5-6 times per week
each bodypart hit once every 3-4 days

 

[mesco]

^^ same here

 

[Inhibitor13]

Mon and Thurs - Chest tris abs and forearms
Tues and Fridays- legs calves shoulders and traps
Wed and Sat- back latts and bis

I love this routine! I am seeing nice results!

 

[Twoguns]

So if I am off right now and lift each body part once every seven days, When I am on I should bump it up?

 

[mrcashcream]

So if I am off right now and lift each body part once every seven days, When I am on I should bump it up?

That's been my assumption, taking into mind that gear helps speed up protein synthesis, thus speeding up building and recovery. One would think to hit each muscle multiple times a week.

 

[Stacemranger]

Just a general consensus, how often a week do you workout (when on a cycle) your:

bi's - 3 times
tri's - 2 times
chest - 2 times
shoulders - 3 times
legs - 2 times
back - 2 times

The reason shoulders and bi's are 3 is....bi's I am working on my peak and overall development for competition, shoulders I want to make my V more V with wider shoulders.

 

[Stacemranger]

That's my goals right now. Not all the time. They change frequently.

 

[medrep]

bi's - 3 times
tri's - 2 times
chest - 2 times
shoulders - 3 times
legs - 2 times
back - 2 times

The reason shoulders and bi's are 3 is....bi's I am working on my peak and overall development for competition, shoulders I want to make my V more V with wider shoulders.

those are the exact 2 i'm trying to bring up to par..you mind posting your split? and all they all balls out heavy or 1 heavy 1 light

 

[sloupe1179]

When I first started working out, I just assummed the more you work out the faster you grow and didn't really know anything about recovery time, I worked out every muscle I wanted bigger every day....maybe once every two weeks I took a day off...so I basically did 3 set 8 reps of flat bench, incline dumbell press, decline press, and butterflies for my chest, then same sets reps on curls and triceps, and 3 set 10 reps on decline crunches and decline leg raises for legs...also lateral dumbell raises for shoulders and row machine for back....I took only creatine and whey protein for those two months and I'm 6'4" 173 lbs at that time, after those two month I weighed 190lbs all lean muscle and was feeling good about myself.......question...would I have gotten bigger had I rested more- like only worked out every other day or something? another question--right now I'm 195lbs and I'm taking halodrol-50 and superdrol stacked...with liver protection and plan to take rebound xt as pct....and of course I eat like crazy and I'm taking whey protein...nitro tech...will I recover faster and be able to work out every day while on this cycle?

 

[solidspine]

I either do a 3 day cycle, meaning, everybody part in three days, technically take one day off and then do it again.

Usually this simply means I go six days at the gym and take Sunday off.


Or


I will do one body part a day for 5 days, take 2 off and start over.


Or


I will go 2-3 weeks and just go nuts, I know scientifically it is counter productive, but it feels great emotionally and I stay out of trouble. Sometime I am on so much gear I don’t need to rest, and I simply can not over train.

 

[letsrun4it]

day 1: chest
day 2: back/shoulders
day 3: arms
day 4: legs
repeat

when off I add a rest day at the end

 

[GymIntensity]

day1: chest
day2:abs/bis/forearms
day3: shoulders/tris
day4: back/legs
day5: repeat

Every other sunday rest day

 

[bmcadoo44]

it depends what im on. Deca/Test il do upperbody every other day and lower body every other day. Any cutters i do every 2-3 different muscles a day, rest 1 day and run more than usual.

 

[airsmith2k]

if you train hard enough i think you only need to do each body part once a week ive been training like that for years and it is still effective....i dont think i could bench heavy twice a week or do heavy shoulder presses twice a week, by body doesnt recover soon enough even when im on

 

[solidspine]

if you train hard enough i think you only need to do each body part once a week ive been training like that for years and it is still effective....i dont think i could bench heavy twice a week or do heavy shoulder presses twice a week, by body doesnt recover soon enough even when im on


I think airsmith that I agree with you, and 75% of the time I am on your cycle, one body part each day,

And really spend that group.

But I like to mix it up a little, and right now I am on a 3 day split, been doing this for 6 weeks, another 2 and I will be back to one body part per week.

 

[VascularitY]

When I first started working out, I just assummed the more you work out the faster you grow and didn't really know anything about recovery time, I worked out every muscle I wanted bigger every day....maybe once every two weeks I took a day off...so I basically did 3 set 8 reps of flat bench, incline dumbell press, decline press, and butterflies for my chest, then same sets reps on curls and triceps, and 3 set 10 reps on decline crunches and decline leg raises for legs...also lateral dumbell raises for shoulders and row machine for back....I took only creatine and whey protein for those two months and I'm 6'4" 173 lbs at that time, after those two month I weighed 190lbs all lean muscle and was feeling good about myself.......question...would I have gotten bigger had I rested more- like only worked out every other day or something? another question--right now I'm 195lbs and I'm taking halodrol-50 and superdrol stacked...with liver protection and plan to take rebound xt as pct....and of course I eat like crazy and I'm taking whey protein...nitro tech...will I recover faster and be able to work out every day while on this cycle?

you gained 17 lbs of lean muscle in 2 months naturally?? Then im going to give ya a big NO on gaining more if you rested more, but who knows. Obviously your body responded well to the overtraining you were doing. However, your body needs rest and if you continue that type of training you will not keep making the type of gains you expect

 

[OMEGA]

The Splits that have worked for me:

A)
Day 1: Chest Tris, Delts
Day 2: Back, Bis
Day 3: Legs, Abs
Day 4: OFF

B)
Day 1: Chest, Delts
Day 2: Back
Day 3: Arms
Day 4: Legs, Abs
Day 5: OFF

A tends to yield the best bang for the buck
B is good for Arm Specialization

 

[athlete.03]

I've always lifted six days per week with one day of active rest.

Great results.

 

[instant.muscle]

6 days a week, once in the morning once at night, 2 body parts a day

 

[athlete.03]

6 days a week, once in the morning once at night, 2 body parts a day

Sounds legit. Do you hit an active rest day or just straight chill?

 

[instant.muscle]

on sunday i dont do a damn thing but eat and go 2 church and maybe go fishing lol

 

[boston789]

Very rarely workout on Sundays. Im usually in the gym monday through saturday hitting each muscle group once per week. When im off I'll probably change it up a tad...more reps less weight maybe.

 

[deezknuckles]

My next cycle will be Madcow's 5*5, so pretty much working out all bodyparts 3 times/week, with core bork tuesdays and thursdays.

 

[instant.muscle]

Very rarely workout on Sundays. Im usually in the gym monday through saturday hitting each muscle group once per week. When im off I'll probably change it up a tad...more reps less weight maybe.

thats what i do when off, when on i double it

 

[sloupe1179]

you gained 17 lbs of lean muscle in 2 months naturally?? Then im going to give ya a big NO on gaining more if you rested more, but who knows. Obviously your body responded well to the overtraining you were doing. However, your body needs rest and if you continue that type of training you will not keep making the type of gains you expect

Thanks for the info, I've been cutting back to a cycle of mon, wens, fri, ....I do chest, shoulders, back, and triceps, all on each day, and tues, thurs, sat.....I do legs and biceps....and sundays I do nada....this way for almost two weeks now and I'm not seeing the gains I'd expected using to potent pro-steroids....not sure if they take a couple weeks to start working or not.....I am noticing strength gains....and I have gained maybe 2 pounds....My max bench press went from 285 to 315lbs though..any thoughts??

 

[perp69]

I still stick with 5x5 and get wore out regardless. Plus I need the extra days off to eat.

Perp