im talking to someone who says he works upper body every other day. i say its too much to do biceps, triceps, etc. that often, and that if you work them out hard enough you only need to it once a week. who is right?
isnt it alright if you do like chest/bi on Mon, rest tues, back/tri Wed, legs thurs, shoulder/traps on friday.
that doesnt seem good actually, whats a good split?
also, can you explain why you shouldnt do like biceps, triceps every other day? like what happens if you overtrain
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Thread: upper body every other day??
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01-12-2002, 01:26 PM #1
upper body every other day??
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01-12-2002, 02:03 PM #2The Physique Architect
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Train everything once per week for best gains. every other day will overtrain you in like 3 days.
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01-12-2002, 02:11 PM #3
why is once a week the best for gains? i mean i agree with you, and i myself do once a week, but i dont really know how to explain it to him. is it because you need a several days to recover?
another thing- what about pullups and pushups? can you do those everyday?
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01-12-2002, 02:41 PM #4Registered User
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You can do both pullups and pushups every day, but you shouldn't. Especially not pullups. Pullups are pretty much a mass building exercise and fatuiging your lats like that is not a good idea. I used to do pushups every day, but that was before I was lifting. It helped me put a little size and a lot of definition on my arms, but probably wasn't the best idea for mass and power.
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