Would it be better to do chest and tri's together or chest and shoulders?

[emptywallet]

Would it be better to do chest and tri's together or chest and shoulders?

 

[bigdelt69]

I never do chest and shoulder together.

My shoulder routine has lots of presses, if i did my chest routine before my tri's would be shot.
If your shoulder routine is all laterals then chest and shoulders should be fine.

i work chest and tri's once per week
i switch every week which one i do first.

 

[abc 1]

neither split is very effective because shoulders are used heavily in every chest exercise as are tri's. can leaqd to overtraining and minimal growth. do antagonistic workouts, chest/bi's, back/tri's, shoulders, legs.

 

[gymtime]

neither split is very effective because shoulders are used heavily in every chest exercise as are tri's. can leaqd to overtraining and minimal growth. do antagonistic workouts, chest/bi's, back/tri's, shoulders, legs.

I disagree. They are both effective workouts. It's almost impossible to work a large upper body muscle without incorporating a smaller muscle group to some extent.

You can do one or the other. The key is to change it up after 8-12 weeks.

 

[punch]

I agree w/ gymtime. Shoulder and chest together is perhaps one of the more logical combinations. Especially for those w/some shoulder problems. The emphasys on pressing doing chest preexhausts the shoulder girdle allowing for lighter wieght during shoulder presses. Actually I have often skipped presses alltogether and went right to lateral raises. Shoulder presses are overrated in my opinion. LOL

 

[Haz]

I'll do chest and tris, but not shoulders. My shoulders are too wasted after all the chest press exercises. However, my tri's are just getting warmed up. Thats why I do arms with chest.

 

[louden_swain]

Chest and Triceps is a good combination. When you peform your tricep workout with chest, include no more than 6 sets. Remember, you are strongly stressing the triceps when you train chest.

 

[Dr.M]

Chest workouts hit my triceps HARD so I finish them on the same day. With delts you have 3 heads, so I prefer to do those on a seperate day when I can kill them with more sets.