lambert

I know a lot of people do tri's with chest but does anyone do them on a different day than chest, I cant lift as much when I've done them with chest.

oaklad

can do them anytime really.i no people who do them after back, some after chest, and some do on an arms day???

notorious1990

the reason you cant do as much is because your tri's play a part in your chest training so they are already exhausted.

personally i have a seperate day for arms, so a bi's and tri's day

if you dont want to do that then you can do, shoulders and tri's or back and tri's. theres so many options

Ben

Mrdaveyk

one guy on here does them with legs, whatever you feel happy with

Ironhorse

I do them on a wednesday with hamstrings and calves, i honestly feel the reason why my arms got so big and strong was because i trained tri's and bi's an seperate days from my other upper body workouts.

Inggasson

That'd be me!

I like to keep chest, shoulders and triceps all on different days, with atleast one day in between. After chest on Monday, they fully recuperate before I use them again on Wednesday. Both times, they're only used as secondary muscles, so they're not being hit that hard, or I don't feel they are. Hence I give 'em a good blast on Friday and let them recuperate over the weekend.

I hit them with a tri-set. Seems apt hitting triceps with a tri-set...

Skull-crusher/Close Grip Bench/Underhand Pushdown.

In a vain sense, it's also a great sleeve-filler if you're due out that Friday night ;)

I'm told that's an odd way to do it, but I'm an odd guy and odd stuff works for me. However, in response to your opriginal reason for starting this thread, triceps after chest is very hard. I wouldn't do it, personally.

need2getbigger

I used to do them with legs when I with my mate some years ago

Now I train legs on their own and do bi`s and tri`s on another day

willsey4

Triceps and shoulders

or

Triceps and back

I would go with one of these

thestudbeast

If your triceps are lagging and your chest is flying along then simply train tris then chest ie switch the order.

lambert

Ok thanks for the quick replies.

weeman

think of it this way,whats your aim?to build muscle/stimulate muscle growth,so therefor what difference does it make how much you can lift with your tri's? your muscle doesnt know what a weight is or how heavy something is,it only knows tension and stress.the fact that your tri's are goosed after training chest is no surprise and it also means you need to do less to then achieve your goal,muscular failure and triggering growth,simple as that.

i've trained my triceps with my chest for about 16 years now and they are one of my strongest bodyparts developement wise,particularly in recent years as i have really gotten to grasp with mind muscle connections more.

might i just add that (given each individuals given genetics) you are at risk of overtraining your triceps if you train them along with your biceps on an arm day of their own,think about it,that means they would have had two indirect training sessions via chest and delts and then you are focusing on them on their own day.

lambert

I don't seem to be prgressing when i work them with chest, I'm lifting the same weight each week as my tris just fail if i try more weight. When i train my tris on a seperate day i can lift significantly more and progressing.

bigdeadweight

I agree with weeman on this one.

as a bodybuilder all that matters is how much growth you have, and you get this from damaging the muscles and then recovering. by splitting chest and tris you will be hitting them hard a couple of times a week. seperate these two and shoulders and they are all getting hit a lot in one week. probably overtraining.

if you are a powerlifter then there could be very good reasons to split them. as this is when the poundages really matter.

Greekgoddess

I got the best results from training biceps/triceps on the same workout. I start with abs then do biceps/triceps and inner and outer leg muscles.

I do my workouts in the following order so that sore muscles from the day before do not stop me lifting heavy

mon-abs/biceps/triceps/inner and outer legs
tue-abs/chest/legs extensions, hamstring curls
wed-abs/back/ Hip machine reverse kick, squats and lunges
thur-abs/shoulders/leg press, calfs
Friday weights for any bodypart that needs extra work and kickboxing

weeman

how long have you tried training them with chest and on a separate day from chest,and are you natty or assisted?