What I mean is, if for example if I am doing Chest and Bis, is it ok to start with a chest exercise, then move to a bicep exercise and then back to chest, etc?
Or, is it more beneficial to complete the chest routine first, and then move on to biceps?
I prefer the former as it less monotonous for me but I fear that I am giving each body part too much rest in between exercises?
As a reference, I am going for size and am pyramiding down with reps and up with weight as I progress through the exercise (usually, 10, 8, 6, 4-5)
Thanks for reading.
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01-22-2013, 08:49 PM #1
Ok to alternate body part exercises within a routine?
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01-22-2013, 08:57 PM #2
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01-22-2013, 09:12 PM #3
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Generally, you should work big to small. That is, you should workout your larger muscles and more technical compound lifts first. Personally, I would not do one chest movement then one bicep movement. The biceps are a small muscle that do not need the attention as the chest does.
Supersets are usually better for antagonist muscle groups IE chest/back, quads/hams, bis/tris.
If you get bored, I like this split...
Day 1 - Chest/Back
Day 2 - Shoulders/Arms
Day 3 - Legs/Corehttps://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=180003183&p=1635918623#post1635918623
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01-22-2013, 10:39 PM #4
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