posted May 04, 2000 09:41 PM         

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how many exercises do i want to do for each specific muscle
for example:
if i am doing delts, would i do two exercises
for front, 2 for main and 2 for rear delt?

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posted May 05, 2000 05:07 AM         

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It all depends on how experienced you are? If you are a beginner I would recommend sticking to basic compound movement e.g. bench press, shoulder press, squats, chins, deadlifts, curls, tri pushdown.
If you are more advanced I would begin to increase the number of exercises but don't do anymore sets (stick to 8-10 sets). If you are very advanced I would do even more exercises but still only do 8-10 sets (e.g. 4 or 5 exercises of 1 or 2 sets).

As for delts (if you are not a novice). I would do one press for 3 sets (2 warmup (15 & 12 sets) plus one heavy (8-10 sets), 2 sets of lateral raises (12,8), 1 set of front raises (8), 2 sets of bentover raises (12,8) - even this may be too much. The delts are very easily overtrained do be careful.

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posted May 09, 2000 02:44 AM            

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At the most, I would do three exercises per bodypart. The only exception might be the back, since it is comprised of so many muscles.

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posted May 09, 2000 12:04 PM            

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I have read and found it to be true that you do better if you do no more than 12 sets of each muscle group.

So if you are working your chest don't exceed 12 sets of chest exercises. This includes exercises that may work the same muscles.

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posted May 14, 2000 06:22 PM            

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I do 3 exercises per muscle group with the exception of my back and my legs. I do about 5-7 for my back depending on the workout and about 5 for my legs, not including calves. i try to do about 4 for my calves. Calves are such a pain in the ass to get a good workout for.

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posted August 01, 2000 10:49 AM            

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2 for small, 3 for big

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posted August 01, 2000 09:02 PM            

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You could do 10 exercises for each muscle group.
You guys forget that there are other variables that you have to factor in.
What about the sets ,reps ,tempo,intensity,age..... yada yada yada.
Like I said at the begginning you could do 10 exercises for the delts at a 1,0,1 tempo for 1 set each for 6 reps.

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posted August 01, 2000 09:12 PM            

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i try to do 4 per big group (chest)
and 3 per smaller ones (bis, tris, etc..)

for a mucsle with a few different muscles in it like back or legs (traps, lats, erector, rhomub etc...)(quads, hams) i try to do about 5

Justin

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posted August 02, 2000 02:10 PM         

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4-5 for bigger muscle groups
3 for smaller ones

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