Thinking about trying Arnolds Workout routine...

[H-BOL]

I found arnolds workout routine and was thinking about trying it out... but what i am wondering is would this be overtraining? I would split my workouts into morning and afternoon workouts as well as the workouts would be too long if i did it all at once... so for my mon, wed, fri workouts i would do chest and back in the morning then legs calves afternoon etc...

anyways your thoughts on this.. would i be overtraining or should i give this a try: here is the workout below this would mean id be hittin everymuscle group 3 times a week
Mon, Wed, Fri

Chest:
Bench press - 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Flat bench flies - 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Incline bench press - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Cable crossovers - 6 sets, 10-12 reps
Dips - 5 sets, to failure
Dumbbell pullovers - 5 sets, 10-12 reps

Back:
Front wide-grip chin-ups - 6 sets, to failure
T-bar rows - 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Seated pulley rows - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
One-arm dumbbell rows - 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Straight-leg deadlifts - 6 sets, 15 reps

Legs:
Squats - 6 sets, 8-12 reps
Leg presses - 6 sets, 8-12 reps
Leg extensions - 6 sets, 12-15 reps
Leg curls - 6 sets, 10-12 reps
Barbell lunges - 5 sets, 15 reps

Calves:
Standing calf raises -10 sets, 10 reps
Seated calf raises - 8 sets, 15 reps
One-legged calf raises (holding dumbbells) - 6 sets,12 reps

Forearms:
Wrist curls (forearms on knees) - 4 sets, 10 reps
Reverse barbell curls - 4 sets, 8 reps
Wright roller machine - to failure

Abs:
Nonstop instinct training for 30 minutes

Tues, Thurs, Sat

Biceps:
Barbell curls - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Seated dumbbell curls - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Dumbbell concentration curls - 6 sets, 6-10 reps

Triceps:
Close-grip bench presses (for the all three heads) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Pushdowns (exterior head) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Barbell French presses (interior head) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
One-arm dumbbell triceps extensions (exterior head) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps

Shoulders:
Seated barbell presses - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Lateral raises (standing) - 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Rear-delt lateral raises - 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Cable lateral raises - 5 sets, 10-12 reps

Calves and Forearms:
Same as Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Abs:
Same as Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

[Rob]

i would think that would be overtraining...but let us know how it goes if u decide to do it.

[Juddman]

I think it would be severe overtraining. Arnold's life revolved around eating and training. Most of us don't have the time to put in for that kind of training IMO.

[LACBodybuilder]

I would say 100% overtraining. I say take Arnold's socalled work out and edit it to be a little more realistic.

[YounG_SluG11]

I'm gonna say that would be overtraining too. I tried a split like that once and was always tired. I didn't grow much either. Give it a shot though and tell us how it goes. Everyone's recovery times are different so you won't know unless you try it.

[Ranger5]

I've done that exact routine on and off for about 5 years. Everybody always says it's overtraining but I seem to have my best gains on it. It definetly improved my overall core strength.

[H-BOL]

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[insanepump621]

I agree it is mostly overtraining IMO but I have been doing his chest routine and my chest has really improved almost to the put where I should cut it down because my chest looks almost abnormaly bigger then the rest of my body. And if your looking at the workouts according to the ones you saw in Muscle and Fitness that is the chest one I was doing too

[J-Dogg]

IMO it is harder to over train that most people think.

If your consuming the calories, getting the protien and drinking plenty of water you can work out a lot as long as your still getting your good rest 8+ hours, I would say 10 hours or more if your using that one.

That Hilary Swank or who ever in Million Dollar Baby worked out 4+ hours a day but as a 130 lb girl still had to consume 4,000 calories of mostly protien to keep up with it. She droped body fat and put on 20 lbs of muscle in a very short period of time. Keep in mind she is a girl too, no male hormones.

[J-Dogg]

Actually forget about it unless you don't have a job.

Taking 3 min breaks between set and taking about 1 minute per set, that would take over 7 hours of constant training.

[63190]

That high rep/set would be 1-2 minute rests.
I did it with 5 sets incline, flat, DB pull overs, wide chins/narro chins, bent over BB row, and deads and it took me about 2 hours
5 sets with clean and press, push press, heavy upright rows, DB laterals, BB curl, DB alternating curls, narrow grip bench, BB tricep extensions, wrist curls, reverse wrist curls: over two hours
5 sets, squats, lunges, leg curls, straight leg deads, good-mornings, calfs, about two hours.
Alternating upper and lower abs every day. Six days a week, ON's gainer mix and I went from 185lbs to 198 in about a month. Also, I was running a mile a day.

[J-Dogg]

I'd try it but I some times can only stay an hour a day, Full time job + rental realestate :/

[Intelligence]

one of the things I realized and I may sound dumb for saying this, but I always just do like 3 sets for calves seated and standing then I quit cause there are no more machines. Then I saw 10 sets. HOLY ****. Anyways, made me realize I should do more sets for calves because they tend to always get neglected

[J-Dogg]

My calves make my legs look like chicken legs :/

[SwoleCat]

I'd never ever do that workout.

Chest/Legs/Back in ONE DAY?

With THAT volume?

Only to do Chest/Legs/Back AGAIN 48 hours later?

It takes longer than 48 hours to recover let alone train again.

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[63190]

Oh, I forgot to mention that on Deads it says only 3 sets of 8, 6, 4. Push press is 3 with 6, 4, 2. Heavy up right row 3 sets 8, 6, 4. Straight legs and good mornings 10, 8, 6.