one muscle a week...good enough?

[Brak86]

everyone talks about doing one muscle one day a week...but that just doesnt seem enough for me....is it oikk if i do a muscle twice a week? im not tryin to bodybuild so when i work out....i dont lift to failure...but i get a good workout in...heres my workout

chest tris and shoulders mon and thurs
legs back bis tues and fri

is that ok? im gettin stronger...so that must be a good sign.

[bate18]

try it out for a few weeks and see if you improve. that kind of routine works for some people. dont be scared of by it just because everyone else does each bodypart once a week

[mike091]

i agree im workin our for football and i just dont think 1 muscle a week is good enough

[moveouttamyway]

Why don't you want to train till failure? It dosn't matter if you want to bodybuild or not it is always good to do reps till failure....Some muscles...yes you can work twice a week (biceps, calves,abs etc.)

[EAE]

Originally posted by moveouttamyway
Why don't you want to train till failure? It dosn't matter if you want to bodybuild or not it is always good to do reps till failure

No, it's not. Do a search in this section for a thread made by Fortified Iron on training to failure, and one of the several longs threads about it in the "workout programs" section, where the posts by John Henry, BigKaz and KaneFan (among others, other than musclemansam and sqweezer) contain lots of info.

And yes, you can train each muscle more than once per week. In fact, for the majority of the time I'd recommend it over the more common (in bodybuilding) once per week training programs. If you'd like to learn how to set up such a program, HST and DFHT would be good places to start. Reading up on periodization (such as this article: http://www.wannabebig.com/article.php?articleid=49 and this one: http://www.avantlabs.com/page.php?pageID=198&issueID=17 ) would also be a good idea.

[XPumperX]

I'd do every muscle group once a week, and maybe you can put in a day with pure powerlifting movements (don't forget cleans). That's gonna finish up your week.

[Rodity]

Simple:
Once a week-Big volume
Twice-Not too much volume
Three times-Low volume

For example:
Chest once a week-7-10 sets on chest day
Chest twice a week-4-5 sets on chest days
Chest three times a week-2-3 sets on chest days

If you up the number of times you train, decrease the volume, if you up the volume, decrease the times you train.

[Zen_Lifter]

hitting any muscle only once a week is not optimal for hypertrophy. No matter what people on this board will tell you.

[Guardian]

Originally posted by EAE
No, it's not. Do a search in this section for a thread made by Fortified Iron on training to failure, and one of the several longs threads about it in the "workout programs" section, where the posts by John Henry, BigKaz and KaneFan (among others, other than musclemansam and sqweezer) contain lots of info.

And yes, you can train each muscle more than once per week. In fact, for the majority of the time I'd recommend it over the more common (in bodybuilding) once per week training programs. If you'd like to learn how to set up such a program, HST and DFHT would be good places to start. Reading up on periodization (such as this article: http://www.wannabebig.com/article.php?articleid=49 and this one: http://www.avantlabs.com/page.php?pageID=198&issueID=17 ) would also be a good idea.

bump once every 5 days is ideal. Also though it depends on ur strength the higher weight u handle the more time between each routine u need. Somone that benchs 100 cna go 2 days while someone that does like 300 may need more.