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Title: Working out one muscle group a day - good idea bad idea?
Post by: Stark on September 21, 2009, 02:38:26 PM
Well since my beloved wife doesn't drive I need to drive her to work - not much time in the morning to get the workout done - since I have been in the gym I am right now I ahve been struggling to get the workout done - now with cardio its near impossible to cramp that all in 90 min.

So I was thinking - since you should really switch and turn your workout plan upside down every now and then - how about I work one muscle group a day (apart from traps) and use the rest of the time for my cardio?

Is there anything that speaks against working one muscle group a day? Anything I did not think of?
Title: Re: Working out one muscle group a day - good idea bad idea?
Post by: Tre on September 21, 2009, 02:41:36 PM
Quote from: Stark on September 21, 2009, 02:38:26 PM
Well since my beloved wife doesn't drive I need to drive her to work - not much time in the morning to get the workout done - since I have been in the gym I am right now I ahve been struggling to get the workout done - now with cardio its near impossible to cramp that all in 90 min.

So I was thinking - since you should really switch and turn your workout plan upside down every now and then - how about I work one muscle group a day (apart from traps) and use the rest of the time for my cardio?

Is there anything that speaks against working one muscle group a day? Anything I did not think of?

Isn't this common for most bodybuilders? 

I'm not a bodybuilder  :D, but even I enjoyed it.
Title: Re: Working out one muscle group a day - good idea bad idea?
Post by: Stark on September 21, 2009, 02:44:30 PM
Quote from: Tre on September 21, 2009, 02:41:36 PM
Isn't this common for most bodybuilders? 

I'm not a bodybuilder  :D, but even I enjoyed it.


are we talking about handjobs?
Title: Re: Working out one muscle group a day - good idea bad idea?
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on September 21, 2009, 02:45:46 PM
Ask pumpster, he's the resident expert
Title: Re: Working out one muscle group a day - good idea bad idea?
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on September 21, 2009, 03:00:20 PM
These things don't matter as long as you make progress in some way.
Title: Re: Working out one muscle group a day - good idea bad idea?
Post by: just_a_pilgrim on September 21, 2009, 03:25:09 PM
Considering i do 3 main sets for chest and 2 for Bi's/2 for Tri's not really worth doing something like that for me ;D

I would do the bodyparts in the same day and have more rest days.