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How many sets per bodypart?

nEwSkIn

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Hello!

I usually do about 9 sets for large bodyparts, like back, legs and chest (3 exercises, 3 sets each) and then for calves 1 do only 3 sets, and smaller body parts lake triceps and biceps I do 6 sets (2 exercises, 3 sets each).

Is this ok? I´m wondering, because I´ve just read an article whose purpose is to make your biceps grow like hell, and it was like 8 sets overall (with many differente exercises), and then the final exercise was standing barbell curls, starting at 3 reps, then lowering the weight and doing 5 reps, and so on, until failure.

Isn´t this too much? I´ve read that overtraining can be worse than not training enough. Anyways, I could use some tricep/bicep growth! :P

thanx!
 
spatts said:
Don't get so caught up in the numbers that you lose sight of the goal. The goal, I think, is to grow. You are going to do most of your growing OUTSIDE the gym. So while you're in the gym, hit hard, and get out.

You may have totally different fiber ratios than some guy in an article.

Overtraining IS worse than undertraining. Don't neglect active recovery. It will allow you to do more work, more often, without interfering with growth.

Word is bond.
 
Don't get so caught up in the numbers that you lose sight of the goal. The goal, I think, is to grow. You are going to do most of your growing OUTSIDE the gym. So while you're in the gym, hit hard, and get out.

You may have totally different fiber ratios than some guy in an article.

Overtraining IS worse than undertraining. Don't neglect active recovery. It will allow you to do more work, more often, without interfering with growth.
 
I believe it is better to undertrain than overtrain. I feel I am far less prone to injury and I grow faster. Key word is "I". :)

Isolation movements specifically targeting singular bodyparts are ok at best. Hit the compounds, hit them heavy, you will grow everywhere

:)
 
thanx!

I had seen it before though... but are we supposed to do the active recovery the day after working out? Also, should cardio have the same effect on recovery?

I guess that doing the movements I made on my workout, even without elastic bands, would help then? or probably use really light weights...
 
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