when cycling can u train a bodypart more?

[gee brown]

just want your opinions on whether you can train say arms and chest 2 or 3 times a week when ur on a cycle?

 

[mikefear]

you can, but there's no real point.. go heavy volume on the day you train you chest and devote the rest of the week to other parts of your body..

you can overtrain while on gear..

 

[NURSEPIMP]

+1

and remember not to jump in too heavy at first and hurt any tendons/ligements that arent ready..

-NP

 

[starskulker]

I use to want to work each bodypart more then once a week also but found out that just ripping them once a week was plenty. The only thing I will do is say on chest day I will do some warm up and light sets for my triceps and the same for my biceps on Back day. But my arms have thier own day to themselves on Friday.

 

[CO B-man]

+1

and remember not to jump in too heavy at first and hurt any tendons/ligements that arent ready..

-NP

Sound advice right here! 2-3 weeks light weight and higher reps to strengthen them. You might be sorry if you dont I was on both elbows!

 

[CO B-man]

I use to want to work each bodypart more then once a week also but found out that just ripping them once a week was plenty. The only thing I will do is say on chest day I will do some warm up and light sets for my triceps and the same for my biceps on Back day. But my arms have thier own day to themselves on Friday.

Hopefully you have a couple days between your arm day and the other two days you do something for them so you can get the full attention to their workout

I like to do the whole push pull concept it just makes sense
When you bench your tricep is a secondary muscle after you are done benching destroy your tricep since you already started on it

Same on pull day or back day your bicep is your secondary muscle pulling i.e. rows

The only thing is you dont get to see both your bicep and tricep pumped at the same time.

 

[NURSEPIMP]

Sound advice right here! 2-3 weeks light weight and higher reps to strengthen them. You might be sorry if you dont I was on both elbows!

Yes, like many I also learned more of the hard way..
Its takes alot od discipline to do it. I mean who the hell doesnt want to move all that weight that becomes easier all of the suddne!!
You just have to say no LOL

I also used to train not doing secondaries the same day. I like chest and bis for example.. I have recently changed that now and I have been very happy, Chest and tries back bi's ect..

Stay well,
-NP

 

[OMEGA]

I dont know man.

if your NOT training with Frequency and intensity while your on

your NOT a bodybuilder

2 times a week per Body Part is BEST or at least ever 4 days.

 

[solidspine]

and remember not to jump in too heavy at first and hurt any tendons/ligements that arent ready..

Ditto,


Hard to type because of my sore elbows, didn't follow above advice.

 

[starskulker]

Co B

Here's my workout schedule

Monday Chest and light Tricep
Tuesday Back and light Bicep
Wednesday Legs
Thursday Shoulders
Friday Arms

Monday, Wednesday, Friday Evening Cardio and Abs

Arms are fully rested for my arm day on Friday. Like I said it's just light work for them to help warm them up for my cheswt and back days

 

[misticat]

my workout has been awesome. Took me a year to put this one together. Tuesday is usually my off day though.. i squeeze in legs on a different day.

monday: chest/tri/abs
tues: legs
wed: shoulder/traps
thurs: back/bi/abs
friday: chest/tri/Legs
sat: shoulder/traps
sun: back/bi/abs

cardio: monday, thursday, sunday.

 

[nisser512]

I kinda wondered this as well. I've been doing a 5x5-like program for the past year. When I start my cycle next year, do you all recommend I switch to a heavy-volume program?

 

[CO B-man]

Co B

Here's my workout schedule

Monday Chest and light Tricep
Tuesday Back and light Bicep
Wednesday Legs
Thursday Shoulders
Friday Arms

Monday, Wednesday, Friday Evening Cardio and Abs

Arms are fully rested for my arm day on Friday. Like I said it's just light work for them to help warm them up for my cheswt and back days

What do you do for your delts inclined press or do you use the machine. The machine would help isolate your delts and make your arm day (triceps in particular) more productive otherwise looks like you do have a couple days which is good. Also I work everything twice a week and I work abs usually every day but at least eod it is the only muscle group you can.

 

[medical]

Hopefully you have a couple days between your arm day and the other two days you do something for them so you can get the full attention to their workout

I like to do the whole push pull concept it just makes sense
When you bench your tricep is a secondary muscle after you are done benching destroy your tricep since you already started on it

Same on pull day or back day your bicep is your secondary muscle pulling i.e. rows

The only thing is you dont get to see both your bicep and tricep pumped at the same time.

If you do a push-pull split and work it hard enough "arms" become a mute point. You should only need a minor amount of bi/tri work if you are pounding chest and back with enough sets....JMO, though.

 

[starskulker]

Well I have to say Shoulders is my favorite day and I blast them pretty good with Overhead Press and Upright Rows then on to cable side delts, front delts and rear delts then I finish off with dumbell shrugs. I use to do all my isolated delt work with dumbells but found that I like using the cable machine for them now because I seem to get a more controlled range of motion which I really like and I can feel the muscle better.

 

[I3oosted]

I was able to over train my shoulders on my cycle routine, just worked them too much.

Mon: Chest
Tues: Legs
Wed: Shoulder/Tri
Thurs: Back/Bi/Calves
Fri: Chest

Mon, Wed, and Fri have some sort of shoulder work. I would do 4 sets per body part at 4 sets 8ish reps.

In my 5th and 6th week of my cycle(I guess the 1-4 weeks of Dbol was keeping it in check) I started to feel very fatigued in my shoulders, keeping me up all night, hunger wasn't quite there.

I sliced off a set on every shoulder exercise on Wed and everything perked right up and felt better than new.

 

[get456]

i dont know if im just getting old or what... but I can honestly say that by the 7th day (when im training that body part again) that usually feels like the first day that i can really hit it again... EVERY day before that my body says... no way

especially legs and chest

 

[misticat]

i recover so much faster while on shit... i drink 6 muscle milks a day... and 1 isopure with a scoop of muscle milk after my workout cause isopure tastes like shit by itself.