Chest/back

**buja** · 03-21-2006, 03:04 PM

Been looking at lifting routines to come up with a good one for putting on some mass. In one that i like they put back and chest together on the same day. It is a more high intensity less volume kind of approach. looking for comments or experince with this.

**novastepp** · 03-21-2006, 03:41 PM

If it different than anything you have done before, i can almost guarantee you will see results due to the system shock you will receive in a new training regiment. in about 3 weeks i will be doing bi's/chest & tris/back together seeing as i have never done it beofre and i want to give it a try...

**GunTotingHipGangster** · 03-21-2006, 04:06 PM

i dont do chest and back because i would never get out of there in under two hours

**chest6** · 03-21-2006, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by GunTotingHipGangster

i dont do chest and back because i would never get out of there in under two hours

With less volume like he said, he could still be outta there in an hour

**catabolic kid** · 03-21-2006, 06:11 PM

With this program...how many sets and reps do they have you do?

The only way I would train in this manner is if it were more of a strength routine, where you hit Chest/Back twice per week.

More details on program...

Also, Nova makes a good point in saying that anytime you make considerable changes in a routine you will make gains...you are doing something that your body has not yet adapted to.

**Myka** · 03-21-2006, 06:19 PM

Ive done it and I like it as long as it is done with super sets...each time you go to one muscle you are stretching the opposite muscle...chest is opposite of back you see?

**catabolic kid** · 03-21-2006, 06:26 PM

^^^When I am training Chest or Shoulders (upperbody press) I spend alot of time between sets hanging from a lat pulldown or chin up bar....it feels good to stretch, at the same time it takes some of the pressure out of my shoulder joints from the heay preesing movements.

**JAYROD** · 03-21-2006, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by NewKid

Ive done it and I like it as long as it is done with super sets...each time you go to one muscle you are stretching the opposite muscle...chest is opposite of back you see?

i almost always superset my chest+back. this has done wonders for me.

**soccer#3** · 03-21-2006, 06:38 PM

i personally would never put chest and back together on the same day. two big muscle groups need a day for each... but thats just me

**Bigpup101** · 03-21-2006, 06:43 PM

tried it, didnt like it

**chest6** · 03-21-2006, 07:02 PM

I've also tried it and I don't like it at all, but with less volume who knows. How many sets are we talking here?

***Doc.Sust*** · 03-21-2006, 09:37 PM

it does work if you use less volume, i am a fan of less volume, but with less volume, you must increase the intensity of the weights lifted. i myself could never make an entire day of just back, i like to sneak lat work in on odd days and just 3- 5 sets fo 10 reps or so and change exercises evey wk, i do not do lats on the day i do chest, i do them on my deadlift day and again on my squat day/leg day. i train a bit different than a body builder, but i train lats for hypertrophy and size , just like a body builder and i find that 2 seperate days works better than just one day of lats

**buja** · 03-22-2006, 07:56 AM

http://67.18.108.244/showthread.php?t=209429 this is the link to the workout that i am interested in. I have posted a question about the whole workout so feel free to take a look. The volume is two supersets of chest and two supersets of back. 5 reps as heavy as possible for the first excercise (like bench) and then 5 reps very slow of a lighter load of another excerceise(like flys) do this five times and then move on to another for chest in the same manner and then back i the same way also. (probably not the best explaination but the link will help) My goal is to put on mass, strenght would be an added bonus. I only care about strength so i can move more wieght to help me grow.