What to do...what to do

[gymtime]

I did chest and bis last night. I hit my bis a little harder than normal. Only now, according to my new four-day split, I've got back and tris. So now my bis are sore as hell and I'm about to go do a bunch of rowing excercises.

So should I go tonight? Or just do some cardio and hit back tomorrow night?

 

[Bullit]

Isnt this exactly the reason why the back/bi, chest/tri split was invented? Its why I do that split anyway.
I aint no pro (lmao... a billion miles from one actually) but I never really understood why people do the back/tri split.

 

[gymtime]

Well, no, it's not actually. But in any case, I've recently split them up from the standard chest/tri, back/bi split.

Change is good.

 

[b fold the truth]

Why not take an ibuprofen, stretch, warm up your biceps good, and put some icy hot on everything that is sore...and get warmed up really well...and hit it hard!!!!

That is what I have been doing

B True

 

[Thaibox]

I'd lighten up the workload tonight. Instead of using the little blue rubber dumbells, use the smaller pink rubber dumbells. They'll match your chucks anyway.


Seriously, I wouldn't go. I'd just do some ar stuff today, get rest and hit it hard tomorrow.

Bullit.......I just changed from back/bi, chest/tri to back/tri, chest/bi also so I can hit the respective arm muscles harder since they're fresh. My arms respond much better to heavy weight, and after using them to support big lifts, I can't hit them with enough weight.

gt......It worries me to do rows, chins, etc. with sore bis, or benching with sore tris. I don't need those little fuckers shrinking any more.

 

[JOKER47]

If this is your new split, I would expect you might have the same problem next week. maybe you should re-think your split to give more days off between your back and your bi days.

I was given similar advice on here to spread the days out between my back and leg days to give my back some rest. It has worked out great for me.

Just a thought,
Joker

 

[rippedtrojan]

Why not take an ibuprofen, stretch, warm up your biceps good, and put some icy hot on everything that is sore...and get warmed up really well...and hit it hard!!!!

That is what I have been doing

B True

sounds reasonable enough

 

[gymtime]

If this is your new split, I would expect you might have the same problem next week. maybe you should re-think your split to give more days off between your back and your bi days.

I was given similar advice on here to spread the days out between my back and leg days to give my back some rest. It has worked out great for me.

Just a thought,
Joker

Agreed. Interestingly enough, I ran into the same problem with doing chest one day and shoulders the next. Who knew going from a three- to a four-day split would be this complicated?

TB - took your sage advice and went running tonight. Will hit back tomorrow night. .......well.......that or happy hour, one of the two.

 

[JOKER47]

Agreed. Interestingly enough, I ran into the same problem with doing chest one day and shoulders the next. Who knew going from a three- to a four-day split would be this complicated?

TB - took your sage advice and went running tonight. Will hit back tomorrow night. .......well.......that or happy hour, one of the two.

Here's the 4 day split I use. Seems to give supporting muscle groups a good enough break for me.

Day 1 - Chest/tri's
Day 2 - Back/Bi's
Day 3 - Off
Day 4 - Shoulders
Day 5 - Legs
Day 6 and 7 - Off

I gave shoulders their own day because they are my weakest point. They are quickly catching up though. Now I need to do something about my shitty bench.

.02,
Joker

 

[gymtime]

Here's the 4 day split I use. Seems to give supporting muscle groups a good enough break for me.

Day 1 - Chest/tri's
Day 2 - Back/Bi's
Day 3 - Off
Day 4 - Shoulders
Day 5 - Legs
Day 6 and 7 - Off

I gave shoulders their own day because they are my weakest point. They are quickly catching up though. Now I need to do something about my shitty bench.

.02,
Joker

A good split. But I'm mixing mine up for two reasons: it was time for a change after three months of chest/shoulders/tris, back/bis, legs, and second, I wanted to add a fourth day and start doing some cardio after my workout.

So here's what I'm thinking now:

1 - Back/bis
2 - off
3 - chest/tris
4 - off
5 - shoulders/neck
6 - legs
7 - off

I obviously should have thought this out more clearly before I started, but I think this should work ok. I've got some good rest time in there and no redundant muscle groups.

 

[JOKER47]

A good split. But I'm mixing mine up for two reasons: it was time for a change after three months of chest/shoulders/tris, back/bis, legs, and second, I wanted to add a fourth day and start doing some cardio after my workout.

So here's what I'm thinking now:

1 - Back/bis
2 - off
3 - chest/tris
4 - off
5 - shoulders/neck
6 - legs
7 - off

I obviously should have thought this out more clearly before I started, but I think this should work ok. I've got some good rest time in there and no redundant muscle groups.

That looks good. I like the idea of no more than one day off ever.

Do you think your shoulders will be recuperated sufficiently from day 3 to day 5? I am not questioning the split, just asking. You know your body better than the rest of us.

.02,
Joker

 

[gymtime]

That looks good. I like the idea of no more than one day off ever.

Do you think your shoulders will be recuperated sufficiently from day 3 to day 5? I am not questioning the split, just asking. You know your body better than the rest of us.

.02,
Joker

Yessir. I think 48 hours is plenty of recupe for any upper body group, especially if you're not really gonna be hitting them directly again for an entire week.

 

[beastboy]

A good split. But I'm mixing mine up for two reasons: it was time for a change after three months of chest/shoulders/tris, back/bis, legs, and second, I wanted to add a fourth day and start doing some cardio after my workout.

So here's what I'm thinking now:

1 - Back/bis
2 - off
3 - chest/tris
4 - off
5 - shoulders/neck
6 - legs
7 - off

I obviously should have thought this out more clearly before I started, but I think this should work ok. I've got some good rest time in there and no redundant muscle groups.

I may try that after my surgery, or was think about the Old School Routine....not sure wht to attempt yet.

 

[Thaibox]

gt, how come you went back to the push pull thing again?

 

[gymtime]

gt, how come you went back to the push pull thing again?

Simply for change's sake. I don't believe that one split is inherently better than another in terms of excercise order as long as you hit everything at least once a week.

In other words, I don't see chest/tris being any more effective than chest/bis on the same day. The important thing is to mix it up after 10 or 12 weeks.