arm traing question

[JayO]

when do you guys like to train bi's and tri's?
bi's on back day, or on chest day?
tri's on back day, or on chest day?
or a whole seperate day for them?

JayO

 

[toughdawg]

I feel it is all a matter of preference. I personally choose to do back and tri's and chest and bi's. You'll find a lot of people are fans of the bi/tri workout in one day. PErsonally I dont like chest/tris, back/bi's. I dont feel that i get a good workout from that. See what works for you best.

 

[Abbaddon]

I do it slightly different I had a very hard time putting size on my arms for years and years but for about 8 months now I have been doing bis an tris together and twice a week to boot.

I do arms after shoulders. Both bis and tris are already warmed up the tris from the pushing movements and the bis from upright rows. On this day I usually go lighter with higher reps to failure just to finish the burn and pump but I never leave until they are completely burnt. I have found that it also helps to isolate the bis when your shoulders are already pre-exausted.

Then I give them a day all to themselves and just blast them with as much heavy weight as I can. Usually the days are about 3 to 4 days apart

 

[toughdawg]

abbandon-

have you gained size? not to criticicize, but isn't that overtraining? like i said earlier though, if it works it works, right?

 

[edgecrusher]

I do chest and bi's and my tri's w/ my shoulders. Here is my reasoning behind it. When I do chest, I use at least 2 pushing movements ie bench press or incline. Therefore my tri's are rather fatigued by the time it comes to train them, thus causing a submaximal workout. When I do shoulders, I normally do only one pressing movement, thus putting less stress on my tri's and giving me a better workout. I have seen good results w/ this program, my closegrip bench went from 245 for 6 to 275 for 6 within a month of switching to this split.

 

[toughdawg]

edge
i like your workout. i used to do that as well, just switched to back and tri;'s b/c i added another press to my shoulders.

 

[Abbaddon]

abbandon-

have you gained size? not to criticicize, but isn't that overtraining? like i said earlier though, if it works it works, right?

Have gained quite a bit of size to my arms not to mention the shape of them is far better than it used to be. I had a problem with arm thickness before.

I know this will end up being a flame on me but I dont believe in overtraining. I would never work a muscle group if it was still sore from the previous workout, but once it is no longer sore it is ready to be worked again. I intake nearly 2g of protein per pound of bodyweight everyday and make sure I work on my flexibility constantly. The only bodypart I dont work twice a week is my legs, I wish I could with them also but that has nothing to do with the muscles it has more to do with my destroyed knee.

 

[HeavyDutyGuy]

I do tris with shoulders and back with biceps.

 

[WarriorPL]

bi's with chest, tri's with back

~WizKid

 

[DaveNY]

bi's with chest, tri's with back

That sounds awesome, wiz. Did you notice a difference when you started? I presume you switched from either back/bi chest/tri. I'd like to know. Thanks.

DaveNY