Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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work out routine

Xphobicas
Xphobicas
Posts: 98
Joined: 2002/09/19
Canada
2002/10/17, 11:55 AM

I have just began a split routine coming from a 3x a week full body work outs.I work out my chest and arms on tuesday then my legs,and back and shoulders on thursday and then i wanna work out my chest and arms again on saturday.MY goal is building muscle mass and i've heard u should only work out a muscle once a week but when it comes to my chest and arms i feel like one 1 and a half hour work out a week is limiting.Is this a good routine.plz and advice or suggestions would be apreciated.
7707mutt
7707mutt
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Joined: 2002/06/18
United States
2002/10/17, 12:12 PM
Well you can try it, but to gain mass you need to really use heavy weights. I would do the above workout for like a month take a month off and do the bodyparts once a week for a month and see what gives you the best workout. Personally I have done both and gained more only workout once a week per bodypart

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Xphobicas
Xphobicas
Posts: 98
Joined: 2002/09/19
Canada
2002/10/18, 11:36 AM

Should my target reps be maybe 5-6?right now i do around 8 reps for everything?what target reps do u suggest to gain mass?
7707mutt
7707mutt
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2002/10/18, 11:59 AM
6-8 reps usually to gain mass make sure to do a good warm up before hand