Triceps Twice a Week

[Alphatier]

I read an article online about how the triceps responds better if trained twice/week!

Current Routine:
Mon: Legs/Calves
Tues: Chest
Wed: Back/Forarms
Thur: Rest
Fri: Shoulders
Sat: Bi's/Tri's

Thought bout switching it up to something like this:
Mon: Legs/Calves
Tues: Chest/Tri's
Wed: Back/Forarms
Thur: Rest
Fri: Shoulders
Sat: Bi's/Tri's

What you guys think?

[D7M]

I like the first split better.

[jbm]

IMO! It's better just once a week to give the muscle enough time to rest!
If it's me!

[Dobie-BOY]

Your are going to be working triceps indirectly on chest day anyway. I do a few tricep sets after chest. I do a push, pull, lower split though.

[BIG_TRUCK]

I'm working triceps twice a week and they are responding much better.

[FireGuy]

The only muscle I do twice a week is calves. I think you can get away with twice a week on tri's as long as you are not doing a crazy amount of sets on them.

[Alphatier]

The only muscle I do twice a week is calves. I think you can get away with twice a week on tri's as long as you are not doing a crazy amount of sets on them.

I do around 8-10 sets for tri's. Good or not?

[kickinit]

I do around 8-10 sets for tri's. Good or not?

8-10 sets? Yeah man if your going to failure which I assume with those types of sets I would let yourself rest..... Do it once a week

I usually do mine twice a week right now since im juicing, but I do one heavy 3 sets, and then later in the week with chest till failure and then do it again next week.

[FireGuy]

I do around 8-10 sets for tri's. Good or not?

That is about the workload I would recommend. As long as you are recovering before hitting them again you should be good to go. If you are still sore or your strength starts to go down you probably need to back off them a bit schedule wise.

[eatrainrest]

depends on the intensity of the sets and your experience level, and when you are training. for example, begineers 8-10 at 6 reps 100 percent intensity id definately say no go. rather 4-6 and build from there. also, if your traning chest and triceps your tris are already fatigued, therefore youd be overtraining with 8-10 after a chest workout.

[Alphatier]

Nah I'm def. not a beginner lol. I'll give it a try for twice a week.

When I do Tri,s i normally do
Tricep Extension 2 Warm-up Sets 3 Working Sets
Seated One Dumbbell French Press 3 Working Sets
Overhead Cable Extension 1-2 Working Sets
Tricep Pressdown 2 Working Sets

I thought bout doing like 6 sets after chest, so:
Close-Grip Bench Press 2 Warm-Up Sets 2 Working Sets
Seated Tricep Extension 2 Working Sets
Tricep Pressdown 2 Working Sets

[kickinit]

nah i'm def. Not a beginner lol. I'll give it a try for twice a week.

When i do tri,s i normally do
tricep extension 2 warm-up sets 3 working sets
seated one dumbbell french press 3 working sets
overhead cable extension 1-2 working sets
tricep pressdown 2 working sets

i thought bout doing like 6 sets after chest, so:
Close-grip bench press 2 warm-up sets 2 working sets
seated tricep extension 2 working sets
tricep pressdown 2 working sets

what happened with max-ot????

[eatrainrest]

Nah I'm def. not a beginner lol. I'll give it a try for twice a week.

When I do Tri,s i normally do
Tricep Extension 2 Warm-up Sets 3 Working Sets
Seated One Dumbbell French Press 3 Working Sets
Overhead Cable Extension 1-2 Working Sets
Tricep Pressdown 2 Working Sets


I thought bout doing like 6 sets after chest, so:
Close-Grip Bench Press 2 Warm-Up Sets 2 Working Sets
Seated Tricep Extension 2 Working Sets
Tricep Pressdown 2 Working Sets

im not a fan of doing tris after chest... and i dont see why you would have to do 2 warmup sets of close grip after a chest workout

[green22]

They only way to find out is to try it. your body may respond great, or you may get nothing. give it a shot!!!

[Alphatier]

what happened with max-ot????

Yeah I tried it for like 2 weeks, but I really didn't like a lot of the exercises that are listed on the routine. I'll prolly give the slingshot training system a shot.

[Alphatier]

They only way to find out is to try it. your body may respond great, or you may get nothing. give it a shot!!!

Yeah I'll give it a shot, and I'll see how it goes.

[Dougewesq]

my tris get pumped on shoulder day so it looks like your doing tris 3 times. ONCE A WEEK IS SUFFICIENT

[Friend]

I don't see a problem training a muscle twice a week. I usually do it with a muscle group that needs the most work. For a long time i wasn't happy with my chest, then I started training it twice a week, and i really did see an improvement. Lately i have been struggling with traps, so i try to train my traps twice a week. Something i noticed is that training a specific muscle twice a week helps alot with building strength of that particular muscle.

But hey.. everyone is different