The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

yes kodiak, that is what I ment haha

 

^ but when doing back you are already tiring your biceps, so when thrown in after back they will already be worked out so you don't need to do as much to really finish a solid work out.

Same with tri's after chest.

 

sure, you'll work you biceps when doing some back excercises and they will get a little pump, but if you are getting your bi's super jacked and giving them a "workout" when your working your back then your doing it wrong.

 

wrong?

maybe not as effective, but it's not wrong.

 

when doing a back excercise and your arms are doing the majority of the work it is both wrong and ineffective

 

this.

If you're doing an "exercise" (which is meant to specifically target a muscle) and you're not specifically targeting the muscle...then by definition, you are doing it "wrong."

your hands during a back workout should be just like hooks, you shouldn't be pulling with the arms.

 

So are you guys saying to do chest and tricep in the same workout and back and bicep in the same? Or opposite? Don't do chest tri or back bi?

 

Planet Fitness lol.....

 

Just depends on the exercise, like with compound exercises (bench pressing) if you are trying to get your bench press up you should work your chest first. If you do your triceps prior to the chest work out it can result in a decrease amount of weight you can lift.

This is on triceps and chest days when I work out

 

when i used to do more "bodybuilding" type workouts i did arms seperatly from everything else... bi's and tri's same day and chest and back had their own days

 

Ok thanks guys. Normally I'll do 3 sets of pull ups. Then 3 or 4 more back exercises. Then maybe 4 bicep exercises.

For chest I do flat incline decline flys dips and about 2 or 3 tricep exercises?

That ok? I'm starting to get regular at the gym so I want to start right. I see progress in my back and chest. But my upper arms, tricep and bicep seem to grow super slow.

 

Couple dudes I know throw arms in on leg day.

 

Look into Skull Crushers JD, best workout I've done with my triceps.

 

That seems like an awful lot of volume to me. Personally I only do 1 back 'width' exercise and 1 back 'thickness' exercise per session; 2 chest, 2 shoulder, etc. I also change the exercises and order every training session.

However, I only end up doing 12-15 working reps for each exercise, so YMMV.

 

I've sone them a few times. I do them every now and then. I'll also do the one where you get one dumbbell and sit and lift it up and down behind your head. Then I do some rope pulldown stuff.

 

What's a pull down for back?

 

Biceps are gonna get somewhat of a workout no matter what if you doing back. Not enough to burn the next day usually, but you still are using them.

Lat pulls down use biceps, deadlifs too, rows and chinups also do.

 

thats the thing.. your biceps should not be getting really type of work out while doing back. thats just poor form if they are

of the excercises you listed the only on that really "works" the bicep muscle is chin ups, obviously. the other excercises all your arms should be doing is "holding" the weight, they should not be "moving" the weight.