Thread: one body part a day
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07-12-2004, 07:15 AM #1Member
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one body part a day
hey guys i thought it is time i change my workout routine.
so i want to try the one body part a day. it will look like this
mon. legs quads an hams
tea-day2 chest
wen-day back
thur-day shoulders
fri-day biceps an triceps
an will do calves every second day.
do you guys think this will be fine it just look a bit to easy
only one body part a day.iam use to the 2 body parts a day workout.
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07-12-2004, 07:21 AM #2King of Supplements
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My split is like this:
1 - chest and triceps
2 - back
3 - quads and hams
4 - shoulders
5 - biceps
6 - abs and calves
7 - rest
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07-12-2004, 08:03 AM #3Originally Posted by nsa
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07-12-2004, 08:04 AM #4Originally Posted by dannyisaacs
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07-12-2004, 08:38 AM #5Originally Posted by dannyisaacs
Looks good to me. As long as you don't slack off, it definitely won't be easier than your normal workout.
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07-12-2004, 09:13 AM #6
The only problem I've had with doing one workout per week is that if you miss a day then it throws you off a lot mroe than if you were to split it with chest/tris, back/bis or however else. JMO but its easier for me to do 2 complementary groups in one workout.
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07-12-2004, 09:17 AM #7Originally Posted by brian11
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07-12-2004, 09:25 AM #8
2 hours? I have a strong feeling if youa re in the gym for 2 hours that you rae over training, even doing 2 muscle groups. I vary my workouts quite a bit, but here is a general schedule of what i might do...
WO1- 3-4 sets flat bench @ 8 reps; 6 total sets of triceps (3 sets usually being dips)
WO2- back ( 4 to 5 different excersizes including deadlifts with 3 sets a piece @8-10 reps; I do more total sets on back days bc there are so many muscles to train)
WO3 - biceps and legs (10 total sets of biceps @ 8-10 reps; 5 sets on leg press, 3 sets leg ext, 3 sets leg curl, 3 sets calves)
I dont have these on certain days, and i usually have each workout twice in 10 days.
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07-12-2004, 09:26 AM #9
I'm rarely at the gym longer than an hour
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07-12-2004, 09:33 AM #10Originally Posted by brian11
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07-12-2004, 09:36 AM #11
no, maybe it was confusing....
A typical chest day will be 3 excersizes for chest. 3-4 sets for flat bench, 3 sets incline and 3 sets decline. then I will do the pec dec and doing 1 set of about 12-15 reps with low weight very slowly and getting a really good stretch. Then i do 3 sets of whatever tricep excersize i feel like doing then 3 sets of dips. Thats it.
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07-12-2004, 09:46 AM #12Originally Posted by brian11
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07-12-2004, 11:36 AM #13
when bulkin its like this
shoulders, traps
chest
back
arms
legs
when cuttin up
shoulders traps
chest tris
back bies
legs
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07-12-2004, 02:13 PM #14Originally Posted by Decadbal
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07-12-2004, 02:20 PM #15
Thats good that you changed your frequency, but there are many other variables to be considered~
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07-12-2004, 04:28 PM #16LM1332 Guest
Youll be good mate thats what i do and it works great for me. But lately ive been doing whatever i feel like. Like if i did chest id throw in couple of excersises of tris as well...you konw
Originally Posted by dannyisaacs
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07-12-2004, 11:39 PM #17
my days are set on a 4 day routine.. not in thie order but..
chest
shoulders
back and bis
tris and legs
doing traps, abs and some forearms workouts every couple days after what i have scheduled.. i do a 5 day workout week so i always do one thing twice a week.. mondays and fridays again.. works pretty well for me..
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07-13-2004, 12:10 AM #18
I go by that routine sometimes. Maybe if I am too tired to workout, I will just do some arm curls and dips until failure. Next day arms have been done so I only have to do shoulders. The rest of the week follows. Very good program if you know you are gonna have a busy and tired week. It helps you isolate body parts more and you usually spend more time on it since it is just one muscle group instead of 2 or 3.
If you miss a day, just incorporate it into tomorrows workout. Good luck.
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07-13-2004, 12:29 AM #19
Might want to put a rest day in the middle
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07-13-2004, 07:08 AM #20Member
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thanks
thanks for your reply guys. i just done back today about three hours ago. an i already feel it my back is sore. i think i am going to like ths split. it will allow me to hit each body part really hard.
i do four set 15 12 10 8 an do five excerise per body part.
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07-13-2004, 03:20 PM #21Member
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danny isaacs. I like your split! It's almost the same as mine, except I do legs at the end of the week. Keeping bis and tris as last in the week for upper body is good as training either one at the start of the week could affect the rest of your weeks workouts for upper body.
Doing one body part a day I look to do 3 or 4 exercises on each staying to around14 - 17 sets. If you work to this you won't worry about it being too easy!
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07-13-2004, 10:29 PM #22
Yeah the one part a day split has really really worked for me. Sure, I'm always open for new methods, because one can ALWAYS improve. But I'd like to believe the one a day split is very very effective.
I do stuff once a week, but stuff gets hit like twice a week. For instance, I do close grip decline bench, and dips on tricep day. And both of those work my chest a little. And on chest days, my tri's get hit a little as well. That way it's kind of like a little hit to the other muscle groups to keep them on their toes. I do deads on leg days to hit the back, and bi's always get hit slightly on back day. Shoulders get hit all the time, so it's all good.
So basically every part is hit like once a week hard, and once a week lightly.
And I also do like a trap,abs,forearm day. I'll usually throw it in as a "rest" day when I'm overloaded from everything else.
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