Need some help making a decision about my split, K for help...

[chewyxrage]

Current Split:

day 1 - Delts/traps/abs/calves
day 2- chest
day 3 - upper/lower back
day 4 - arms
day 5 - legs


Okay, What I want to do is instead of working upper and lower back on the same day, I would like to throw deads in at the end of chest day. Really this would make each day equal in time and also give me 2 days rest before hitting legs instead of only 1. Also, could add more sets to upper back day.


So, good idea or bad?

 

[The Shadow]

just do one bodypart per dya - 5 days

 

[chewyxrage]

just do one bodypart per dya - 5 days

Well, I want to split up upper and lower back and I only have 5 days. So will this solution work?

 

[JKurz1]

I do chest and back width one day, back thickness and calves a few days later, with delt/trap, legs, and arms all on their own.................

 

[chewyxrage]

I do chest and back width one day, back thickness and calves a few days later, with delt/trap, legs, and arms all on their own.................

Sounds good. My main concern is that my ass and hams are sore as hell after I deadlift and it takes away from leg day. So I wanted to move it earlier in the week.

 

[JKurz1]

so, do legs, chest/ back width, , delts/traps, off or arms, arms or back thickness.....

 

[Ingram]

Decent split, but it leaves you with too many body parts getting overworked; I'd reorder it...

Doing Delts then chest beats up the secondary mover muscles (triceps) two days in a row. Plus, it's hard on the rotator cuff. I'd split those up...

Same thing with running your arm day after your lat workout, you are overworking the Bi's.

1)Upper/lower back
2)chest
3)legs
4)delts
5)arms

This order makes allot more sence, but that's just my 2 cents...

btw, where are your rest days? Or is this a Monday to Friday split?

-Ingram

Current Split:

day 1 - Delts/traps/abs/calves
day 2- chest
day 3 - upper/lower back
day 4 - arms
day 5 - legs


Okay, What I want to do is instead of working upper and lower back on the same day, I would like to throw deads in at the end of chest day. Really this would make each day equal in time and also give me 2 days rest before hitting legs instead of only 1. Also, could add more sets to upper back day.


So, good idea or bad?

 

[The Shadow]

Decent split, but it leaves you with too many body parts getting overworked; I'd reorder it...

Doing Delts then chest beats up the secondary mover muscles (triceps) two days in a row. Plus, it's hard on the rotator cuff. I'd split those up...

Same thing with running your arm day after your lat workout, you are overworking the Bi's.

1)Upper/lower back
2)chest
3)legs
4)delts
5)arms

This order makes allot more sence, but that's just my 2 cents...

btw, where are your rest days? Or is this a Monday to Friday split?

-Ingram

yep....I agree I do something very similar........

 

[chewyxrage]

Decent split, but it leaves you with too many body parts getting overworked; I'd reorder it...

Doing Delts then chest beats up the secondary mover muscles (triceps) two days in a row. Plus, it's hard on the rotator cuff. I'd split those up...

Same thing with running your arm day after your lat workout, you are overworking the Bi's.

1)Upper/lower back
2)chest
3)legs
4)delts
5)arms

This order makes allot more sence, but that's just my 2 cents...

btw, where are your rest days? Or is this a Monday to Friday split?

-Ingram

Looks decent, I'll see if I can convince my training partner. Yes, it's a monday to friday split.

 

[The Shadow]

I do:

Chest
Back.traps
Legs
Delts
arms

 

[chewyxrage]

I do:

Chest
Back.traps
Legs
Delts
arms

You deadlift on back day? The thing with me is, I get really bad DOMS from deads....my ass is killin'

I can't squat near as heavy like that

 

[Allon]

Do it like this:

day 1 - upper back
day 2- legs
day 3 - Delts/traps/abs/calves
day 4 - arms
day 5 - chest/lower back

Or even swap day 1 with day 2 according to that split. Only problem with it is doing shoulders pretty close to deads and chest, but it leaves you enough time between bi's and upper back and also the more time you wanted between legs and deds so it is a preferable compromise IMHO.

 

[TRUEsoldier]

Do it like this:

day 1 - upper back
day 2- legs
day 3 - Delts/traps/abs/calves
day 4 - arms
day 5 - chest/lower back

Or even swap day 1 with day 2 according to that split. Only problem with it is doing shoulders pretty close to deads and chest, but it leaves you enough time between bi's and upper back and also the more time you wanted between legs and deds so it is a preferable compromise IMHO.

Well I think the biggest problem with this is that you are doing chest the day after arms, which is not good! I dont think there is any "perfect solution" to your madness here. What I would do is arrange it like westside training and base your works outs by movements not by main muscles..i.e. monday Deadlifts Wednesday bench Friday Squats. Then fill in the rest with what ever works like:
monday: lower back, shoulders
tuesday: traps, forearms, abs
wednesday: chest, upper back
thursday: arms
friday: legs

this gives you an easy day after deadlifts, but you will be in the gym hitting a few supplementary muscles. This is just an idea though, I have never used it, so you would be a ginnie pig...LOL

Peace

 

[Allon]

Well I think the biggest problem with this is that you are doing chest the day after arms, which is not good! I dont think there is any "perfect solution" to your madness here. What I would do is arrange it like westside training and base your works outs by movements not by main muscles..i.e. monday Deadlifts Wednesday bench Friday Squats. Then fill in the rest with what ever works like:
monday: lower back, shoulders
tuesday: traps, forearms, abs
wednesday: chest, upper back
thursday: arms
friday: legs

this gives you an easy day after deadlifts, but you will be in the gym hitting a few supplementary muscles. This is just an idea though, I have never used it, so you would be a ginnie pig...LOL

Peace

Yep, your'e right, so maybe just swap day 4 around with day 1 and it will look better...