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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Exercise Order

Zenkei18
Zenkei18
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Joined: 2005/06/22
United States
2005/11/13, 07:38 PM
I was just wondering, a lot of the time the equipment at my gym is in use a lot. I have to sometimes do stuff out of order, would that affect how much it grows, ie if I do 1 exercise of about 4 sets for back then go to shoulders and back to the back is it not as effective as doing all the back sets and all the shoulder sets together?
wrestler125
wrestler125
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Joined: 2004/01/27
United States
2005/11/14, 10:48 AM
You want to do your compound movements first MOST of the time. But, changing the order of your exercises can often be an excellent stimulus for growth and a way to work through a plateau. I explained this more in depth in the plateaus thread.

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