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    workouts- what muscles to pair up?

    i've heard alot of different options, but which way are you suppose to pair up muscles i a workout, i go to the gym mon,tues,thurs,fri. i usually do chest monday, bi's and back tuesday, shoulders and tri's thursday and friday legs, what do you guys think
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    i do

    mon- chest/tri
    tue- back /bi
    wen- legs /shoulder traps
    repeat

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    well

    There is no one way to match up body parts. You can mix it up in a variety of ways. One rule of thumb, however, you usually want to give each major muscle group it's own day (i.e. chest, back, legs) I even split my legs into 2 days a week, focusing on hamstrings one day and quads another.
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    there is a lot of ways to split your workout bro
    none of them is necessarily better than the rest
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    Bench Presses and Biceps five days a week. Don't bother working the other muscles groups.










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    In all honesty though, it's a matter of preference. People's bodies respond differently to things, and as such, there isn't an ideal set way to pair up muscles.

    Some people hit their whole upper body one day and follow with their lower body the next, and others do splits similar to those posted above.

    Just experiment and see what works best for you, mate.
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    chest/tri
    back/bi
    legs/shoulders/traps

    some people add shoulders with chest/tri, but personally I think that makes the workout much longer and will force you to hit the chest/tri with less volume and effort.
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    Smile hey thanks everyone

    Hey really appreciate all the insight thanks
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    chest/bis, quads/calves, shoulders/traps/tris, back, hamstrings/calves
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    I do

    M: Chest/Back
    T: Legs/Obliques
    W: Bi, Tri, Shoulder, Abs
    Repeat

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    Originally Posted by teeg1013 View Post
    i've heard alot of different options, but which way are you suppose to pair up muscles i a workout, i go to the gym mon,tues,thurs,fri. i usually do chest monday, bi's and back tuesday, shoulders and tri's thursday and friday legs, what do you guys think
    Any unrelated muscle group will work fine.

    Personally I prefer to superset a large muscle group with a smaller one.

    (i.e. back & calves, chest and abs, legs & traps...)
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    Mon: Chest n Tris
    Tue: Back n Bis
    Wed: OFF
    Thurs: Shoulders
    Friday: Abs n legs
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    Originally Posted by Adonish-AOE14 View Post
    chest/tri
    back/bi
    legs/shoulders/traps

    some people add shoulders with chest/tri, but personally I think that makes the workout much longer and will force you to hit the chest/tri with less volume and effort.
    Same split I do
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    Same, I also do:
    back and bi's
    chest and tris
    shoulders legs
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    Looks ok.... but I prefer working muscles more than once a week
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    I'm in the gym 7 days a week. Once I do the 3 day rotation I'm on,,,I just start it over again. No off days for me,,,,so (for me) it's working the muscles 2,,,sometimes 3 times a week (depending on how the rotation works out).
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    Originally Posted by chazzy1864 View Post
    I do

    M: Chest/Back
    T: Legs/Obliques
    W: Bi, Tri, Shoulder, Abs
    Repeat

    I'm another 6 day a week person.
    6 days a week is the way I do it! (Okay 5 right now cause I'm busy)
    I did your split for a while but my arms didn't budge.

    This is what always works best for me:

    Chest, shoulders, tris
    quads, hams, calves
    back, rear delts, bi, abs
    rest then repeat

    Good old push/legs/pull
    I avoid overtraining my arms and delts with this split. OP if you use this split which I recommend, make sure you "deload" every now and again.
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