Anyone do Chest the Day after Arms?

[HoosierIVXX]

I have my Workout split so I usually have a full day for Arms, instead of the Chest/Tris Back/Bis split.

Anyhow I did Arms yesterday, and my schedule's been kinda off lately, so for whatever reason my body feels real jacked up to do Chest. There's a tiny little bit of tightness/soreness in the arms due to pushing myself hard yest, but my chest feels like a beast ready to explode.....

Think I'd be pushing the Tris too hard??

[ThickAsABrick]

I wouldn't.

[Tony_S]

chest uses a lot of tris for pressing movements, so it wouldn't be smart to train chest right after tearing up your arms

[RickRolld]

x2 for both

[absolutexpinoy]

do
not
do

[PVedda56]

would that be considered "preexhausting" i no its not the same day but still. if your triceps are a little fried, it would put more strain on the chest. so your lifts may be lower, but maybe you would get a better chest workout?? Its not a statement its a hypothesis. wtf

[JKowalski07]

chest first and last flat incline have fun

[rocky348]

would that be considered "preexhausting" i no its not the same day but still. if your triceps are a little fried, it would put more strain on the chest. so your lifts may be lower, but maybe you would get a better chest workout?? Its not a statement its a hypothesis. wtf

actually it would be considered overtraining your tris

[bearnet2001]

actually it would be considered overtraining your tris

Not really, the main problem with the chest after arms is that since you are mainly going to be doing pressing movements for your chest, your triceps may give out before your chest is completely exhausted, and you are therefore not getting a proper chest workout on chest day.

But yeah you will be overdoing the triceps too.

[bearnet2001]

would that be considered "preexhausting" i no its not the same day but still. if your triceps are a little fried, it would put more strain on the chest. so your lifts may be lower, but maybe you would get a better chest workout?? Its not a statement its a hypothesis. wtf

I don't think you understand how it works: though pressing chest movements require both triceps/chest, if you pre-exhaust your triceps it doesn't make it so that your chest takes up more of the work, it makes it so that your triceps give out before your chest is fully exhausted while bench pressing, meaning a bad chest workout. So basically, if your triceps "are a little fried", it will put LESS strain on the chest while bench pressing.

[Drekkor]

1. Shoulders
2. Back
3. Chest
4. Rest Day
5. Arms
6. Leg Day
7. Rest Day
8. Rest Day

[rocky348]

Not really, the main problem with the chest after arms is that since you are mainly going to be doing pressing movements for your chest, your triceps may give out before your chest is completely exhausted, and you are therefore not getting a proper chest workout on chest day.

But yeah you will be overdoing the triceps too.

right and since your tris are giving out id say they would be a little sore and if there still sore then that would mean overtraining

[bearnet2001]

right and since your tris are giving out id say they would be a little sore and if there still sore then that would mean overtraining

Well soreness isn't a prerequisite for overtraining but yes, I agree, you would be overtraining triceps. My post above was mainly to point out that that's not the real primary problem of doing arms before chest.

[rocky348]

Well soreness isn't a prerequisite for overtraining but yes, I agree, you would be overtraining triceps. My post above was mainly to point out that that's not the real primary problem of doing arms before chest.

alrighty gotcha

[tacoop]

I have my Workout split so I usually have a full day for Arms, instead of the Chest/Tris Back/Bis split.

Anyhow I did Arms yesterday, and my schedule's been kinda off lately, so for whatever reason my body feels real jacked up to do Chest. There's a tiny little bit of tightness/soreness in the arms due to pushing myself hard yest, but my chest feels like a beast ready to explode.....

Think I'd be pushing the Tris too hard??

If I do chest the day after triceps, it affects the amount of weight I can use. The tricep will not be recovered enough for me. I like a couple days between.

[firmanator]

i wouldnt do it...
i used to have that problem with my split, my tris would alllllways be sore on chest day so id have to take a break day before doin it...
so i switched the order. now i do a split like this....back, chest, shoulders, arms, legs so the arm day doesnt ruin my chest or back dayif i wanted, i could do probably do five days in a row

[Roflmayo]

1. Shoulders
2. Back
3. Chest
4. Rest Day
5. Arms
6. Leg Day
7. Rest Day
8. Rest Day

i wasn't aware of this 8th day in a week, i will have to look into this

[chazzy1864]

i wasn't aware of this 8th day in a week, i will have to look into this

Who said it was inside of a week?

+ negged for bumping with this pointless post.

[Roflmayo]

Who said it was inside of a week?

+ negged for bumping with this pointless post.

doh! anyways, minus the whole -rep part, good point, i never even considered doing anything other than a 7 day split.

[henmaniac87]

No its not a great idea, triceps need rest to grow big mang.