working out every muscle twice a week

[peelmyskinnn]

I noticed ronnie coleman works out every muscle twice a week and I'm considering doing the same because I have nothing else to do with my week. I will work out my whole upper body twice a week and my legs once a week. I will do this between sunday-thursday and then have 2 days to rest. What do u people think about this? Is there any problems with this?

[Sp1ke]

well ronnie can do it because he recoevrs faster since hes on steroids


Plus he consumes around 7k calories a day and a ****load of proteina nd other supplements that help him.

[NavySeal5427]

What I do is I work on my arms, chest, and shoulders 3 days a week and I work on my legs, back and abs, 3 days a week. So I work on myupper body every other day and my lower body on the days in between.

[bigpump23]

it's fine to work a muscle twice a week as long as your give it enough rest and training it sensibly in the time before. Do 2-3 exercies, 3 sets each with 48 hours rest in between and you'll be fine

[bigpump23]

Originally posted by NavySeal5427
What I do is I work on my arms, chest, and shoulders 3 days a week and I work on my legs, back and abs, 3 days a week. So I work on myupper body every other day and my lower body on the days in between.

what's your volume like, that's screaming over-train if your training hi-volume

[Unknown_Rider]

I used to do this kind of workout before. it looked to something like this :

Mon: Chest, Biceps, Abs
Tue: Back, Lats, Traps
Wed: Triceps, forearms
Thu: Legs, Shoulders, Abs
Fri: Chest, Biceps
Sat: Back, Lats, Triceps
Sun: Off

i was able to do it, sure, but i wasnt working hard enough in the gym. Recently i took a private trainer to help me set up a good workout and i can tell you i wont be able to do the workout above anymore. Now, it can take me up to 3-4 days to fully recover.

It's not "bad" to do this kind of workout but id suggest you to make a good one and to do each part once a week maximum.

Dont forget, work hard but dont over train.

Hope this helped

[thecheezman]

mine is monday-back bis and shoulders
tuesday-chest tris
wed-forearms and legs
thur-same as mon
fri-same as tues
sat same as wed

[thecheezman]

mine is monday-back bis and shoulders
tuesday-chest tris
wed-forearms and legs
thur-same as mon
fri-same as tues
sat same as wed

also abs and neck (no not traps) everyday with cardio twice a week

[thecheezman]

i have 2 posts i skrewed up but teh 2nd 1 with teh abs n all that is the real 1 i ferogt 2 add teh otehr things b4

[peelmyskinnn]

Thanks guys here's my workout

Sunday-chest shoulders traps
Monday-legs back
Teusday-biceps triceps forearms
Wednesday-chest shoulders traps
Thursday-biceps triceps forearms

Any suggestions on what I can change to make it better?

[bigpump23]

Originally posted by peelmyskinnn
Thanks guys here's my workout

Sunday-chest shoulders traps
Monday-legs back
Teusday-biceps triceps forearms
Wednesday-chest shoulders traps
Thursday-biceps triceps forearms

Any suggestions on what I can change to make it better?

monday-chest, shoulder triceps
tuesday-biceps,back,traps
wednesday-legs
thursday-same as monday
friday-same as tuesday

[SavesTheMuscle]

Why workout legs only once a week? Unless your legs grow at a faster rate then everything else, you should be doing them twice a week with the rest of your body.

In a more simplistic split, you could go with...

Mon: Push
Tues: Pull
Wed: off
Thurs: Push
Friday: Pull
Sat: off
Sun: off

or a upper/lower

Mon: Upper (chest/back/shoulders/traps)
Tues: Lower (+ arms )
Wed: off
Thurs: Upper (chest/back/shoulders/traps)
Friday: Lower (+ arms )
Sat: off
Sun: off

[nk_84]

Originally posted by peelmyskinnn
I noticed ronnie coleman works out every muscle twice a week and I'm considering doing the same because I have nothing else to do with my week. I will work out my whole upper body twice a week and my legs once a week. I will do this between sunday-thursday and then have 2 days to rest. What do u people think about this? Is there any problems with this?

I'd consider working the same muscle groups 2x a week as overtraining, that is if you're working them directly.

NK.

[Coopercentral]

Originally posted by peelmyskinnn
I noticed ronnie coleman works out every muscle twice a week and I'm considering doing the same because I have nothing else to do with my week. I will work out my whole upper body twice a week and my legs once a week. I will do this between sunday-thursday and then have 2 days to rest. What do u people think about this? Is there any problems with this?

I do that EXACT same thing. I workout my upper body twice a week, and my legs once a week. I do my chest/back on Monday, biceps/triceps on Tuesday, legs on Wednesday, and Thursday do Monday's workout, and Friday do Tuesday's workout. Then Sat & Sun rest.

[nk_84]

Originally posted by SavesTheMuscle
Why workout legs only once a week? Unless your legs grow at a faster rate then everything else, you should be doing them twice a week with the rest of your body.

In a more simplistic split, you could go with...

Mon: Push
Tues: Pull
Wed: off
Thurs: Push
Friday: Pull
Sat: off
Sun: off

or a upper/lower

Mon: Upper (chest/back/shoulders/traps)
Tues: Lower (+ arms )
Wed: off
Thurs: Upper (chest/back/shoulders/traps)
Friday: Lower (+ arms )
Sat: off
Sun: off

I guess that will induce muscle hypertrophy right?

If only muscle hyperplasia was possible!

NK.

[Jwill]

mine is

Monday: Back + Biceps
Tuesday: Cardio
Wednesday: Chest + triceps
Thursday: Legs
Friday: OFF
Saturday: Shoulders + Abs
Sunday: Cardio

[Davesta]

Read this:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...highlight=high

[Blu1ce]

I kinda workout each muscle group twice a week.

chest, shoulder, tricep
back, bicep, forearm
legs, abs
day off

repeat

So my off days alternate through out the week

[andryuha]

Monday: Chest, Back
Tuesday: Shoulders, Forearms
Wednesday: off
Thursday: Biceps, triceps
Friday: Legs, abdomen
Weekends: off

[moosaman]

wow finally a thread that breaks the boundaries of typical once-a-week muscle exercise workouts!

i'm trying this one out

day 1 - arms, so Bis, Tris,
day 2 - Chest, abs
day 3 - back, shoulders
day 4 - off
day 5 - repeat day 1, etc.

[SsiK]

If you can work chest twice a week with only 2 days rest in between, you definately aren't hitting it hard enough.


- SsiK

[FrOdO_GoNe_BiG]

i was doing this for 5 months until recently i went rly high in volume and now it takes me atleast 3-4 to recover

[Hacksquash]

I noticed ronnie coleman works out every muscle twice a week and I'm considering doing the same because I have nothing else to do with my week. I will work out my whole upper body twice a week and my legs once a week. I will do this between sunday-thursday and then have 2 days to rest. What do u people think about this? Is there any problems with this?

Thats simply false. Ronnie does not workout every muscle group 2x per week. The only thing he does 2x per week are his legs..1 day is for hamstrings the other for quads as well as calf work

[moosaman]

question - how do you know when you've recovered?

[Hacksquash]

question - how do you know when you've recovered?

A couple days after you stop feeling sore is a good rule of thumb although not scientific. Every1 is different so you have to know thyself.

[moosaman]

true story. well i'm gonna try out that routine once my damn arms recover from yesterday, man they feel like pulp.. i love it . tuna here i come!

here's my arm if anyone cares-