training a bodypart 3x a week

[viking88]

i have a very weak chest and i really want to balance out my body's proportions by next summer.. im wondering if training my chest three times a week would be harmful and/or wasteful in terms of building muscle and filling out my chest.. i would not be on any gear because of my age(20), but would be eating clean and doing cardio.. and i do not mean training chest 3 times a week forever i just mean until i see that its coming back into proportion and then start scaling it back to two times a week then back to one or two times a week to maintain..

[Times Roman]

Viking,
3x a week is called "over training" and will hamper your gains. Remember, growth does not occur except at rest. Hit each area once a week, and if you really want to concentrate on a particular area, as you have mentioned, then 2x a week... max! Space it out evenly so that each time the chest gets a couple days rest.

Go to the exercise section here: http://forums.steroid.com/forumdispl...KOUT-QUESTIONS

and examine some of the routines used by the vets. adjust as needed for yourself.

Good luck!
---Roman

[dec11]

absolutely not, you'll end up over training and poss injuring yourself. hit it hard once a week. your delts and/or tri's could be taking the strain off your chest, try pre-exhausting chest with flyes before pressing movements. i'd highly recommend dbell presses over barbell also