bringing up lagging parts

[Haro3]

ok so my lagging parts i feel are my chest and traps and back thickness.....
my question is to bring up lagging bodyparts do you guys train them more intensly? add more sets for that part? or train them more than once a week? etc....im kind of at a loss on what to do differently...

[B-STRONG]

yeah i've tried to address this problem as well. what i have found works best is to really concentrate on the specific bodypart through about a 10 week period. stay on a relatively clean bulk and really re-vamp your current routine. as far as more intensity, more sets, more than once a week...do what feels right for you. i tried on a recommendation from a fellow bodybuilder to hit chest more than once a week during my 10 week program aimed at it, but due to soreness after workouts i couldn't. instead i really blasted it from all angles during the workout, and each week did the heavy benching i didn't the week before (ie flat barbell and incline smith one week, then vice versa the next). my chest workout was somethin like this...6 sets flat (range from 12-3 reps, pyramid up), then 3 sets incline on smith, then flat bench flies (dbells), then a burnout set on the pecdec. try to go all out on the day(s) you train the muscle, even if that means you need to take it a bit easier on some of the other workouts during the week. as long as your getting the cals and really pushing yourself, sky's the limit. good luck, a bit long and wordy, but hope it helps -B-STRONG

[naturalsux]

i try to hit the lagging muscles twice a week or once every 4 to 5 days, but i have to drop the volume so i dont stay sore as long. which i think is better for myself.

[Haro3]

yeah i've tried to address this problem as well. what i have found works best is to really concentrate on the specific bodypart through about a 10 week period. stay on a relatively clean bulk and really re-vamp your current routine. as far as more intensity, more sets, more than once a week...do what feels right for you. i tried on a recommendation from a fellow bodybuilder to hit chest more than once a week during my 10 week program aimed at it, but due to soreness after workouts i couldn't. instead i really blasted it from all angles during the workout, and each week did the heavy benching i didn't the week before (ie flat barbell and incline smith one week, then vice versa the next). my chest workout was somethin like this...6 sets flat (range from 12-3 reps, pyramid up), then 3 sets incline on smith, then flat bench flies (dbells), then a burnout set on the pecdec. try to go all out on the day(s) you train the muscle, even if that means you need to take it a bit easier on some of the other workouts during the week. as long as your getting the cals and really pushing yourself, sky's the limit. good luck, a bit long and wordy, but hope it helps -B-STRONG

yea i've just recently dropped my weight in my lifts to make sure im really "feeling" the muscle work and i will say im significantly more sore.......

im doing a mwf push/legs/pull routine right now but i dont know if i wanna keep doing it as i dont feel its enough....mind just be a mental thing tho im not sure

[B-STRONG]

yeah if you're tryin to bring up laggin parts, especially larger muscles like chest and back I would suggest taking each as its own project and really goin at em on muscle specific days for a period of 10-12 weeks and see how it goes. the monday wednesday friday push/legs/pull split has never worked for me when i'm really tryin to bring somethin up.

[Haro3]

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[Haro3]

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[Getinbgr]

You could try collagen.....?