Chest and Tris vs. Chest and Back

[joeyD198]

I have always done chest and tris together, I was thinking of doing chest and back together to see how I like it. I just figured since i'm hitting tris when I do chest I should finish up my tri routine in that workout. What do you guys prefer when you train?

[chazzy1864]

I love chest and back. I use super setting in all my workouts, so those two are a logical choice.

[avyion12]

I have always done chest and tris together, I was thinking of doing chest and back together to see how I like it. I just figured since i'm hitting tris when I do chest I should finish up my tri routine in that workout. What do you guys prefer when you train?

chest and back is fun, however i am doing chest and bi's together, i save tri for monday while chest and bi are on friday.

[partsbook]

Chest and Tris on Monday

[Aaronistheone]

Its better in my oppinion atleast to split biceps and triceps up from your chest and back workouts.

Such as

chest/biceps
legs
shoulders and abbs
back/triceps

see that way you hit your tris and bi's 2 times a week! and they dont have the risk of being over trained as much.

Or in your case you could do this

Chest/back
shoulders/abbs
legs
triceps/biceps.

good luck man

[Alex2010]

chest/tris
chest/back
chest/bi

cant go wrong with any of those, personal preference mostly. i like the simple chest/tri

[karas]

Chest/tri day 4 or 5.

A push/pull style routine would work well with Chest/back, but I would be in the gym too long, the back needs so much more work, I do back/bi...

[Maverick777]

as long as you can manage to give both a decent pounding

reason why chest/back works is because most superset it, so both groups fail at the same time instead of one failing (and gains are less because antagonist is not failed) and then the other being lifted (recruited more now that the antagonist is failed)


I do Chest/Tris just because I like the way it works out for exercises, however periodization with chest/back does occur

[lancs_hotpot]

Whoever is saying chest and back together is fun cannot possibly be training them very hard. Back should be done alone as its a very large group of muscles that take a lot of effort to propperly stimulate. If you're the type of person who goes to the gym to get 'toned' or simply for leisure, then giving 60/70% will do you and chest and back will be ok. Otherwise one or both of them will suffer if trained together.

Personally i like chest bis and tris with shoulders. Triceps are usually a little bit weak after chest and i dont feel i like can hit them hard enough. I like them to be totally fresh.

[chazzy1864]

Whoever is saying chest and back together is fun cannot possibly be training them very hard. Back should be done alone as its a very large group of muscles that take a lot of effort to propperly stimulate. If you're the type of person who goes to the gym to get 'toned' or simply for leisure, then giving 60/70% will do you and chest and back will be ok. Otherwise one or both of them will suffer if trained together.

Or maybe you just can't train chest/back together?

[lancs_hotpot]

Or maybe you just can't train chest/back together?

I could, but neither bodypart would be trained nearly as hard as they would if i trained them seperate.

[ThickAsABrick]

I've been training chest and back together with success for years.

Arnold was also a big fan of this combo. But I guess he also wasn't training hard enough.

[budershank]

Arnold was also a big fan of this combo.

This is why I initially did a Chest/Back and Bi/Tri split. However I recently switched to Chest/Tri and Back/Bi and enjoy it much more.

[joeyD198]

Thanks for the replys!! Im gonna try out chest/back or chest/bis and see what works best for me! Ive been on chest and tris for a while and I need to switch up my routine

[lancs_hotpot]

I've been training chest and back together with success for years.

Arnold was also a big fan of this combo. But I guess he also wasn't training hard enough.

Just my opinion on the subject. Ill take your word for your success but as a general rule i believe back and chest should be trained seperate. Dont bring Arny into this either he was not only a pro but one of the best ever. He may have loved training back and chest together but he also did a lot of other things that wouldnt work for the vast majority of people.

[ThickAsABrick]

This is why I initially did a Chest/Back and Bi/Tri split. However I recently switched to Chest/Tri and Back/Bi and enjoy it much more.

I like training bis and tris together. Part of the reason I enjoy hitting opposing muscle groups together is because I can alternate back and forth between the two (i.e. - one chest exercise, one back exercise, one chest, etc).

[ThickAsABrick]

Just my opinion on the subject. Ill take your word for your success but as a general rule i believe back and chest should be trained seperate. Dont bring Arny into this either he was not only a pro but one of the best ever. He may have loved training back and chest together but he also did a lot of other things that wouldnt work for the vast majority of people.

Then don't apply your rules to everyone else, and FFS, learn how to spell "separate"

[lancs_hotpot]

Then don't apply your rules to everyone else, and FFS, learn how to spell "separate"

Thanks.

[WibbleWabble]

i agree that to really hit the back hard it deserves its own day.

[.aeterna]

the "back" is the biggest "muscle" day out there..next to legs.

you are talking about lower, middle back...lats...

talking about hitting back Width and thickness.

some people like to target rear delts on back day too.


back definately deserves its own day.