what muscle groups to be worked together?

[mcvays1]

Alright im thinking about going on a new workout plan, following the "UNoffical How to Bulk thread and sample diet" posted on the diet forum, including cardio and all. Im thinking about lifting 4 days with 3 days of cardio on the rest days. Im just confued on what muscle groups should be worked out together on lifting days.
any advise?

[ImmmtheIceman]

if your set on doing muscle groups together id say chest/tris, back/bis, shoulders, and legs. Otherwise id say do something like this:

day1: chest/back
day2: shoulders
day3: legs
day4: arms

you could combine legs with another bodypart, but many people recommend training legs by themselves

[mcvays1]

Since I would probally use bench press on chest day and military press on shoulder day, wouldnt that be hard on my Tricepts, or would it matter?

[ImmmtheIceman]

It shouldnt be. If you find that it is, space out your workouts better

[mcvays1]

so how about

day1: chest/shoulders
day2: back
day3: legs
day4: arms
or
day1: chest/tricept
day2: back
day3: legs
day4: bicept/shoulder
would one of those be better or worse? I just dont want to put my tricepts through too much strain through the week.

[xenithon]

day1: chest/tricept
day2: back
day3: legs
day4: bicept/shoulder

That looks good since I wouldn't recommend working shoulders and chest together. However I would simply change the order so you go legs after chest, ie.

day1: chest/tricep
day2: legs
day3: back
day4: bicep/shoulder

To tweak a bit further though - the reason chest & tris are together is that tris are warmed up well after chest. For the same reason I would put bis with back. That would leave shoulders on their own. So to counter that put calves there (and legs day focus on quads and hams). The result:
day1: chest/tricep
day2: quads & hams (throw in some abs perhaps)
day3: back,/bicep
day4: shoulders/calves (perhaps some abs so they are hit twice)

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