I do back and biceps on different days because the effort I put in on pull ups leaves my biceps dead for barebell curls / dumbbell curls etc.
Lots of articles say to do biceps twice a week.
I do:
monday:chest/tris/shoulders
tuesday:cardio/ abs
wednesday:back/legs
thursday:cardio
friday:biceps
sat:rest
sun:rest
I only directly hit biceps once a week in my routine, however, I get a great bicep workout and pump out of my pull ups when doing back. So could that justify only hitting biceps directly on friday because of the workout I give them on wednesday through my pullups?
Thanks!
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Thread: Biceps once or twice a week?
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04-17-2012, 08:03 PM #1
Biceps once or twice a week?
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04-17-2012, 08:06 PM #2
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04-17-2012, 08:09 PM #3
The thing ive heard is the recovery time for arms is very short. Maybe a day of rest or less. You can throw some biceps in with chest. I always felt like when i did curls before bench I had a good pump in my arms. Also I've also read, and tried pre exhaustion. If you workout the biceps first and then do back your back gets more of a workout because it has to make up for the lagging bicep. Small muscle before Big.
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04-17-2012, 08:09 PM #4
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04-17-2012, 08:19 PM #5
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04-17-2012, 08:22 PM #6
I do them once a week but also do tris with them. My split is
Monday- chest & abs
Tuesday- back& shoulders
Wednesday- legs
Thursday- bis,tris,&forearms
Friday- cardio & abs
Saturday -rest
Sunday-rest
This way I get my full potential on each muscle group, and have plenty of rest for that muscle. Not to mention doing bis and tris on the same day makes your arms look JACKED!!!!You don't need designer workout equipment to be a BEAST!
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04-18-2012, 06:51 AM #8
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04-18-2012, 07:58 AM #9
Agree w/above post that having a bicep day seems like a waste. Incorporate tri's in there and get a great arm workout. (As a matter of fact...I'm not a big fan of your split at all tbh...sorry). Monday is too heavy...Wednesday is too heavy and Friday is too light. U might think about splitting that up differently.
I've been known to hit bi's twice a week. But the 2nd w/o for the week is more of "I'm going out tonight and want to look pumped" as opposed to a full b@lls to the wall w/o.
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04-18-2012, 08:19 AM #10
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04-18-2012, 08:38 AM #11
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04-18-2012, 08:58 AM #12
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04-18-2012, 10:49 AM #13
I ultimately decided (about 6 months ago when I devised this plan) that I needed a bicep day simply to give the rest of my body a break and not overtrain myself. It would be very tough to work shoulders, then back AND bis [instead of just bi's], then legs, etc.... see what I mean?
EDIT: People hate on bicep days, make fun of people who do it, and so on... but since switching to this set up my bi's have gained some serious size, they used to be pitiful :/
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04-18-2012, 01:02 PM #14
~in my opinion
It depends on your intensity and goals
If you are training at your maximum intensity without steroids, you shouldnt train the same muscle more then once week
I would do:
Monday: chest (yes thats right just chest) do a chest excercise then do some situps then do another chest exercise X 3
Tuesday: shoulders an triceps (shoulders first then triceps, if you do your tri's first you wont get a good shoulder workout)
wednesday: upper back (yes thats right just upper back) same as with chest do some core in between each back exercise X 3
Thursday: biceps and lower back/legs
You can throw in some rest days here and there or split up the excersizes more if you want to go more than 4 times a week, your arm muscle group should always immediately follow the corresponding major compound exercise you did the day before (if you are going balls out for absolute size and strength) for example if you do chest, do triceps the next day so that by the time you do chest again your triceps arent holding you back.
the other thing to note, is that if you try and jamb too much stuff in one day you will spread the energy you have availble throughout too many muscle groups and not isolate one muscle group enough to take you to the next level.
this is all just my opnion. - its worked quite well for me.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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