Group: 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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working out more often

josmit
josmit
Posts: 107
Joined: 2005/06/09
Canada
2005/09/03, 04:03 PM
I have been working out 4 days a week, doing 2-4 muscles per day, this works each muscle once each week. Id like to increace this to build mass quicker. would it help to take less days off and work each muscle a little more often than once per week?
5p829zr7wg
5p829zr7wg
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Joined: 2005/08/10
United States
2005/09/03, 05:06 PM
doing it every 4 days should be good for your upper body and 5 days for your lower body
josmit
josmit
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Joined: 2005/06/09
Canada
2005/09/03, 08:28 PM
You mean working upper body muscles every 4 days is ok?
Does anyone have a good workout plan that works each muscle every 4 days?
bropie
bropie
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Joined: 2004/12/04
Canada
2005/09/04, 11:47 AM
heres mine

mon - chest/bis/forearms
tue - quads/glutes/calves
thurs - delts/traps/tris
fri - back/hams

abs on wed/fri/sun, and cardio when i feel i need it
josmit
josmit
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Canada
2005/09/04, 06:37 PM
Thats what im doing now. It works each muscle only once per week. I think I want to increase this so I work each muscle more often.
bropie
bropie
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2005/09/04, 08:55 PM
its been workin well for me jimi. besides, with my back and chest training i get secondary emphasis on my arms.
mikencharleston
mikencharleston
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2005/09/04, 09:05 PM
jimi are you using an FT routine? If you aren't I'd suggest you do one for a few weeks and see how it goes for you. Working tri's and bi's together works good as a shocking routine but I wouldn't do it to put on mass especially not twice a week. Just a recommendation, but for a couple of weeks try something along the lines of what bropie posted and you ought to see some better results. It won't take you long to figure out that you can work your arms every day and they won't get any bigger.

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Mike
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