Good way to split up routine?

[sg1991]

What would be a good way to separate body part training for a mon-friday 5 day routine? I usually start with chest on mondays, back tuesdays, arms wed, legs thurs, shoulders friday. are the chest/back/arms days too close? I want to optimize growth so is what i'm doing giving enough rest for the muscle groups?
Cheers

[VW_Haus]

You should combine days. If you needed to take a break between days for appointments or whatever then it would take 6+ days to start the cycle over again. Also for the fact of you should be doing each body part more than once every week.

[gymcandykid]

I always did

Mon - Chest
Tue - Back
Wed - Legs (To get them out of the way for the week)
Thr - Arms
Fri - Shoulders

I've only been hitting bodyparts really once a week.. It depends on how much your body needs to recover
which can depend on how long you have been lifting weights. If you hit the muscle properly 1 time a week is enough
but every once in a while you could throw in some extra exercises towards the end of the week or something.
Your volume plays a role as well and what your goals are. If your are training for strength you are def. going to need
more rest before hitting that muscle again.

[mbinda]

I prefer full body or upper/lower type routines but if you are on a split you may want to do a 4-day split instead of 5. A couple of pointers that I find helpful in formulating a split..

best to do legs & back both after rest days and at least 2 days in between the 2. Also, start your week with one of the 2 since they are the largest muscle groups and thus require the most energy and focus to attack properly. (plus so many gym rats hit chest on mondays the squat rack & chin up bars should be empty).