Is it good to do two chest days a week?

[FueledByYelyah]

I did my chest day today, but I really want to start to see gains. Is it good to have two chest days? I'm going to be sore tomorrow, and probably Tuesday and Wednesday. But can I give myself another chest day Thursday? Or is a week between chest workouts appropriate? Thanks.

[W_Camp18]

I did my chest day today, but I really want to start to see gains. Is it good to have two chest days? I'm going to be sore tomorrow, and probably Tuesday and Wednesday. But can I give myself another chest day Thursday? Or is a week between chest workouts appropriate? Thanks.

This is something that I have been thinking about myself. I generally do a chest routine on Monday or Tuesday and can feel it through the next 2-3 days. After that I have been feeling like I need more for growth.

I have personally been thinking about trying a 6 day split, where I train all my muscle groups twice a week for maybe a couple weeks at a time for 2 months.

But, you don't want to go HEAVY monday, and then turn around thursday and go Heavy again. Split it up, Monday go heavy and Thursday go light with high reps.

Monday - Chest (Heavy working sets - Alot of Presses, Incline, Decline, Flat)
Tues - Legs (Squats/Leg Presses)
Wed - Back (Deadlifts / BB Rows)
Thurs - Chest (DB Flyes/Cables/DB Presses)
Fri - Legs (Leg Ext/ Leg Curls/Lunges/Calf raises)
Sat - Back (Good Mornings / DB Rows/etc)

This is just basic - To round out your body you would need to fit at least a light shoulder workout there as well as you will get some work from the heavy chest day on your delts. But this is a fairly simple type of 6 day split where you could add chest and I recommend your other lifts twice a week as well.

Don't do this for very long in my opinion maybe a month or two to stimulate some growth then go back to your original routine, until you hit that plateau again.

[kusok]

You're actually supposed to do each muscle group 2x per week (or every 5 days if older or on a cut) unless you're a beginner (in which case you would do chest 3x per week on full body)

Just reduce volume so that you recover.

[kusok]

This is something that I have been thinking about myself. I generally do a chest routine on Monday or Tuesday and can feel it through the next 2-3 days. After that I have been feeling like I need more for growth.

I have personally been thinking about trying a 6 day split, where I train all my muscle groups twice a week for maybe a couple weeks at a time for 2 months.

But, you don't want to go HEAVY monday, and then turn around thursday and go Heavy again. Split it up, Monday go heavy and Thursday go light with high reps.

Monday - Chest (Heavy working sets - Alot of Presses, Incline, Decline, Flat)
Tues - Legs (Squats/Leg Presses)
Wed - Back (Deadlifts / BB Rows)
Thurs - Chest (DB Flyes/Cables/DB Presses)
Fri - Legs (Leg Ext/ Leg Curls/Lunges/Calf raises)
Sat - Back (Good Mornings / DB Rows/etc)

This is just basic - To round out your body you would need to fit at least a light shoulder workout there as well as you will get some work from the heavy chest day on your delts. But this is a fairly simple type of 6 day split where you could add chest and I recommend your other lifts twice a week as well.

Don't do this for very long in my opinion maybe a month or two to stimulate some growth then go back to your original routine, until you hit that plateau again.

Too many days.

[Shizzyshawn]

Ive done my chest both ways...once a week and twice a week... I can def tell a difference.. now im doing heavy on mon and light on thurs

[JakeByrd]

I've had good results from doing everything twice a week. I hit chest on mondays and thursdays when I did this. I went heavy every time though against some of the advice on this site and it worked well for me. I just changed that up last week after hitting a plateau.

[prant]

You're actually supposed to do each muscle group 2x per week (or every 5 days if older or on a cut) unless you're a beginner (in which case you would do chest 3x per week on full body)

Just reduce volume so that you recover.

What does that mean to reduce "volume"?

I also work chest twice a week, but I'm working heavy on both days.

So basically you guys are saying I should go heavy on one workout, then the next I should lift lighter, but more reps?

can you please explain the difference between the two?

[rdferguson]

What does that mean to reduce "volume"?

I also work chest twice a week, but I'm working heavy on both days.

So basically you guys are saying I should go heavy on one workout, then the next I should lift lighter, but more reps?

can you please explain the difference between the two?

By reduce volume, he means something along the lines of only do 1-2 exercises per muscle group with 2-4 sets per exercise, rather than 5 exercises per muscle group with 4-6 sets per exercise.

Just doing a fullbody with 1 exercise per muscle group, or an upper/lower split with 1-2 exercises per muscle group, is a pretty good place for a beginner to be at.

[Unojay]

Just beast it more on the day you do chest, you will be aching more and will only wanna do it once a week.

[jj341]

I do each body part twice a week. Depending how I feel I know whether the 2nd one should be heavy or light.

[jdyqf]

I did my chest day today, but I really want to start to see gains. Is it good to have two chest days? I'm going to be sore tomorrow, and probably Tuesday and Wednesday. But can I give myself another chest day Thursday? Or is a week between chest workouts appropriate? Thanks.

Yeah I have been doing chest days 2 x a week forever. I think it helps a lot. Just bumped squats up for 3 x a week too. It just depends on how heavy you go, which is gonna have to be really heavy to need a week rest, and how fast you recover. I recover quick, so I do this. Plus, I am only doing main lifts for the next 9 weeks.

[cllaframboise11]

I did my chest day today, but I really want to start to see gains. Is it good to have two chest days? I'm going to be sore tomorrow, and probably Tuesday and Wednesday. But can I give myself another chest day Thursday? Or is a week between chest workouts appropriate? Thanks.

I do chest twice a week, heavy day on sunday, and a light day on thursdays! I have been gaining very rapidly. It has only been about a month since i have been doing this but I am very satisfied so far.