how often do u workout each muscle?

[JKurz1]

Chest/calves
Back
Delts Trps
Arms
Legs
Repeat

 

[dutchman063]

once a week.... primary..

alot of muscles get trained indirectly so they get some work more than once a week.... triceps when you work chest, biceps when you hit back...shoulders get plenty of work with chest and back...

 

[cobracock1979]

twice every 8 days

 

[Chrisco915]

So the next week would be Shoulders and Tris Monday and Friday.....etc.........legs.....etc?

 

[solrosenberg]

Each body part get hits once 6 days.

Chest / tri
back / bi
shoulders
legs
off

 

[FunFun]

Each body part get hits once 6 days.

Chest / tri
back / bi
shoulders
legs
off

In reality, although you're targeting muscles directly once every 6 days, the shoulder girdle and shoulder joint as well as the elbows and wrists are being targeted 3 times every 6 days plus during squats and deadlifts on other days. These skeletal structures take a pounding everytime you pick up a weight in your hands.

Most debilitating injuries are joint related as these type of injuries take a long time to heal. I find it incredible that in almost every thread about training frequency there's hardly a mention about joint recovery.

Perhaps it's my age, but I structure my weekly training around joint recovery, not muscle recovery. I never do upper body workouts on consecutive days.

 

[bran88]

Every 5-6 days here. If you're hitting them correctly, it can take up to 6-7 days for the muscle group to fully recover.

 

[bruce9241]

Bench/Overhead press/dips is twice a week.

Squats is 2-3 times a week.

Deadlift once a week.

During other days when I'm resting I do stuff like arms shoulders and cardio.

 

[kyle000]

once a week for me

 

[guerbear]

I use to train a muscle group 2+ times a week and one day I decided to try once a week. And my gains were larger because I was going so much harder on the weights for that muscle group one day a week