chest and shoulders same day??

[bigjoe30]

i want to start doing chest 2 times a week. is it ok to do chest on shoulder day? if not when would be the best time?
thanks

[virk--]

I have seen workouts were people have done both together since they are both "push" exercises. The only thing I would be concerned of is if you do chest first you might not be able to give it your all for shoulders.

[BigBuck6]

"Virk" is right about not giving it your "all." If you want to do this split I suggest concentrate on the clavicle portion of the pectoralis major vs the sternal portion for optimal development on those days. Watch overtraining though as most exercises will pull into play the same muscles. I personally have done it a few times but keep my sets down to 3-5 combined for both.

[bigslick7878]

My chest/shoulder days are back to back on my routine, and if I do not have a day off in between I can feel the difference. I can get through both workouts in back to back days but I try not to.

Same day?

Why?

It would be pretty hard to squeeze out the sets in an hour to get both done anyway in one session.

[bigjoe30]

was just wondering , not sure if thats the way i want to go i was just thinking of doing chest twice a week for a while ,right now there are 2 days inbetween chest and shoulders. unless i just start doing push ups everyday again.

[BigBuck6]

Ultimately genetics will be the determining factor, listen to your body above all else.

[6ft5]

Yep genetics and how fueled u are to tackle that. I've dun it, but will do a pre exhaust, then hit the lagging muscles. I think it would be more effective that way u keep your sets down to a minimum per group.

[Kiki]

I'd always keep them separate, since flat bench already puts some work on your shoulders anyways, plus i'd be exhausted when doing shoulders and not able to lift much (assuming I do chest first).

[bigjoe30]

what if i did a few sets of chest on shoulder day? would that be any good?

[CougClan]

I do chest and shoulders together every time I train them. I've been making good progress on both. I follow DC Training, one of my workouts looks like this...

Flat DB Press
Machine Shoulder Press
Closegrip Bench Press
Then Some back (Pulldowns, Deadlift etc)

another workout might look like this...

Incline Bench Press
Push Press or Military Press
Skulls
Back Work

It's been working for me so far.

[bigjoe30]

im not doing anything now i broke my finger on good friday(go figure) so abs,cardo,legs for a while now.

[energizer bunny]

im doing chest, shoulders and triceps on the same day at the moment....

[evil30]

What are your exercises for each group on your chest/tris/shoulder days bunny?

[energizer bunny]

this is the order i do my routine

Warm up...Push ups and Shoulder dislocates 2 sets to failure

Bench Press (changing up between b and d bells and also inc,flat and dec) 5 sets Heay>Light
Flys(changing between inc,flat and dec) 3 sets Heavy>Light
Mill Press or Seat press 5 sets H>L
Side or Front raises 3 sets H>L
Floor Press 2 sets H>L
then 1 more tri exercise 2 sets H>L

note im doing this way of training to fit around my CKD plan...

[Booz]

i train shoulders before chest sometimes...................

[scorpion62]

Chest and shoulders seperate did them together and felt it was to much