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[Hamfam]

Okay, I'm really confused now, so maybe someone can clear this up.

Right now, I seem to be grouping the machines/free-weight lifting I do, by the muscles they effect, and doing the same "group" every 5 days. For example...

1st day would be: Legs
2nd day: Chest
3rd day: Shoulders/back
4th day: Arms
5h day: Rest
Repeat

However, when looking at some other sources of advice, they seem to be saying to repeat the same exercise as much as every other day (like once every 2 days/3 times a week), and even mix-matching stuff. So like doing 2 leg weights, 2 for chest, 2 for shoulders. (just an example)

So uh, for those in the know.....what is best/right? Is the current way I'm doing it right, or should I be mixing them up, and doing them more reguarly? Hmmmm.

 

[CavemanLawyer]

You have it right. You have to let your body parts rest, and working them out every other day would be overtraining.

 

[yodathesoda]

I'm no expert but I usually group two muscle groups into one day. I try to always use muscles which are used together during sets. For example on a day I'm doing chest (usually 7 or 8 different sets) I'll finish with a bunch of tricep workouts. I do shoulders together with biceps and legs on a seperate day. This helps give the muscles more time to recoup since I'm not straining the same ones repeatedly. Hope that helps.

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

It's better to group more in one day and rest more days in between, than work 5 straight days. You're body needs to revocer as well.

 

[AssMan]

I work out at least five times a week. An example is:


Monday-Upper chest and middle chest/back
Tuesday-shoulders
Wednesday-biceps/triceps
Thursday-legs/abs
Friday-Lower chest