colsa

Hi guys, gotta question for yas,

I will be starting weight training on monday after about 5 or 6 months off, well not off, ive been just doing cardio only because of injuries,

I used to love doing...chest with tris....back with bis....shoulders n traps,

Now then, because i will be going light until i bulk up and start getting my strength back, i was wondering if i should keep chest n tris apart and keep back n bis apart, theory is....if i do chest n bis on monday, than back n tris on wednesday, its like my bis and tris are getting 2 workouts a week, rather than doing chest n tris on a monday then back n bis on a wednesday which would only give my bis n tris 1 workout a week, if you know what i mean,

my proposed weekly workout muscle groups....

workout 1

monday....chest n bis
tuesday.....legs
wed..........back n tris
thur..........cardio
friday........shoulders n traps

then after 4-6 weeks change it to my fave muscle groups together

workout 2

monday...chest n tris
tue.........legs
wed.......back n bis
thur.......cardio
fri.........shoulders n traps

what do you think guys ?

muscle head

Your 4 - 6 week training pattern is my favourite to, but if your bulking, why are you doing cardio?

R.

colsa

yeah dude, the cardio, i think its because for the last few months, all i have been doing is cardio, so i was gonna keep a cardio day in, i think just sub-contiously i didnt want to lose all the fitness over the last few months of cardio, whats your fave muscle pattern dude, the first one or second one

Spangle1187

IMO I would keep a day of cardio to keep your fitness up just ensure you are having enough kcals.

I agree as above 4-6 workout is better. If you want to bulk why hit your bi's and tris twice a week?

colsa

can you guys confirm what you think the 4-6 workout is please, the first workout or the second workout, just the first workout is chest n bis on monday and back and tris on wednesday, this would hit your bis n tris twice a week, thanks

colsa

in my first post dude, i said i would be going light, until i get my strength back and bulk up, so i thought if i started with workout 1 , and hit my bis and tris on monday and wednesday , i would get used to lifting quicker, muscle memory and all that, monday chest n bis (also hitting tris as secondry muscle when doing chest).....wednesday back n tris (also hitting bis as secondary muscle with back), sorry, im crap at explaining stuff

colsa

yeah, im gonna do workout 1 for 6 weeks, get used to lifting again, then move to workout 2 and start going heavy, dunno about the thursday as cardio, probably end up missing it out eventualy (no motivation for it), or i might split my tuesday legs over 2 days, do legs tuesday and thursday, i'll ask the guys in the gym what they think,

Lost Soul

To gain muscle and to be more efficient

As for the original posters split

push/pull/legs is fine and is the second idea

You may also look at other forms of training such as FBR (full body stuff), upper/lower/off/upper/lower/off and repeat or even some volume training with chest and back, shoulders and arms and legs.

Loads of methods of splits, loads of ideas in them

colsa

nice one, thanks soul

willsey4

Ive never been a fan of doing chest and tri's together. I always feel that my tri's do not get a 100% workout after doing chest.

However it all depends on you and what you think works best for you

j.m.

I've normally always trained triceps with chest but I also feel sometimes, especially on monday the triceps didnt get a good work out, I'm going to try hitting the triceps first & doing chest later in the workout & see how it goes.

As for the routine, I'm doing the same as your second one at the moment

willsey4

I dont think that will work. Doing triceps first then trying to bench press! You will probably only be able to bench half the normal weight