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Lauren · 20-06-2005, 12:08 PM

Which do you guys think is a better way to train:

one body part a night (so five nights a week consecutively)

or

training 3 times a week - 2 body parts a night.

Im thinking of reverting back to training 3 times a week and adding more cardio in between, purely a time factor thing for me - just so busy at the minute and not finding time for anything else.

Do you think this is beneficial so muscles can recover for longer?
or do you think the second muscle group to train will be pre exhausted from the first muscle trained on one evening???

Help..........:confused:

ONE SMART COOKIE · 20-06-2005, 01:11 PM

Depends on what you are really after......

I could recommend training the whole body 3x`s a week in peripheral heart fashion or as the call it nowadays a curcuit..the difference being thet with the phf you train a single bodypart for 3 sets(5-10 secs rest between sets)then move onto the next bodypart...starting with the biggest bodyparts then finishing with the smallest...whole routine should be done in under 30mins.....

Or you could train on a upper/lower body split training 4 days aweek and training each bodypart twice a week using many many different exercises and rep/set formats...so you could do upper body monday lower on wednesday then upper on friday then lower on sunday and just keep repeating.......

Or if time is very limited you could split the body in to 3 workouts and train 3 on 1 off and repeat..so you are training 6 out of 7 days and then there is no need to do any cardio as your training at such a fast pace that it aint really needed....

samurai69 · 20-06-2005, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ONE SMART COOKIE

Depends on what you are really after......

I could recommend training the whole body 3x`s a week in peripheral heart fashion or as the call it nowadays a curcuit..the difference being thet with the phf you train a single bodypart for 3 sets(5-10 secs rest between sets)then move onto the next bodypart...starting with the biggest bodyparts then finishing with the smallest...whole routine should be done in under 30mins.....

Or you could train on a upper/lower body split training 4 days aweek and training each bodypart twice a week using many many different exercises and rep/set formats...so you could do upper body monday lower on wednesday then upper on friday then lower on sunday and just keep repeating.......

Or if time is very limited you could split the body in to 3 workouts and train 3 on 1 off and repeat..so you are training 6 out of 7 days and then there is no need to do any cardio as your training at such a fast pace that it aint really needed....

All good training methods

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Which do you guys think is a better way to train:

one body part a night (so five nights a week consecutively)

or

training 3 times a week - 2 body parts a night.

???

I prefer to train 5 days 1 large or 2 small bodyparts per day, my wife trains on a 3 day split upper, lower and arms, upper, this allows for a slightly longer rest every third workout and she is doing very well, weights going up every time (if not weight then reps)

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Im thinking of reverting back to training 3 times a week and adding more cardio in between, purely a time factor thing for me - just so busy at the minute and not finding time for anything else.
???

If time is a factor then a circuit type training session would be ideal, you also get some cardio if you train quickly enough, I would stick with compound movements and rotate exercises (so chest, back, shoulders, legs. then repeat 3 times)

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Lauren The Lady Of The Manor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bedfordshire, UK Posts: 2,291	Training Routine Which do you guys think is a better way to train: one body part a night (so five nights a week consecutively) or training 3 times a week - 2 body parts a night. Im thinking of reverting back to training 3 times a week and adding more cardio in between, purely a time factor thing for me - just so busy at the minute and not finding time for anything else. Do you think this is beneficial so muscles can recover for longer? or do you think the second muscle group to train will be pre exhausted from the first muscle trained on one evening??? Help..........:confused:

20-06-2005, 01:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
ONE SMART COOKIE cerca trova Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,020	Depends on what you are really after...... I could recommend training the whole body 3x`s a week in peripheral heart fashion or as the call it nowadays a curcuit..the difference being thet with the phf you train a single bodypart for 3 sets(5-10 secs rest between sets)then move onto the next bodypart...starting with the biggest bodyparts then finishing with the smallest...whole routine should be done in under 30mins..... Or you could train on a upper/lower body split training 4 days aweek and training each bodypart twice a week using many many different exercises and rep/set formats...so you could do upper body monday lower on wednesday then upper on friday then lower on sunday and just keep repeating....... Or if time is very limited you could split the body in to 3 workouts and train 3 on 1 off and repeat..so you are training 6 out of 7 days and then there is no need to do any cardio as your training at such a fast pace that it aint really needed....