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jedibrat

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Chicken arms and Rhino legs
« on: May 22, 2011, 07:21:10 AM »
Looking for some advice on my training split. I need to balance up during this bulk more as my legs are overpowering and my arms are lagging. To try to even up my arms I've put a rest day before and after arm day, which seems to be working. So that my legs grow more gradually, I'm splitting between hams and quads on alternate weeks. So my split looks like (all 2-3 sets):

Monday: Chest
Flat Bench
incline bench
Pec Dec
decline bench
One arm Cable crossover

Tuesday: Back
Pulldowns
Bent-over row (free)
seated Row (machine)
one arm row wire

Wednesday: Quads
Leg Extensions
leg press
squats
Abs

Hams (alternate week)
deadlifts
Leg curl
Calf press
abs

Thursday: Shoulders
Machine laterals
Shoulder press
front bar laterals (wire)
side laterals

Friday: off

Saturday: Arms
Alternating bicep curl
Tricep push down
Preacher curls
Tricep extensions (two arms dumbbell)
Wire bicep curls
close grip bench

Sunday: off

I've got solid gains from my routine but think I probably overtain but can't decide where to change things.

Its relevant to say I'm enhanced and mid thirties, 6ft 2in and 215lbs with about 12-15%bf.

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Re: Chicken arms and Rhino legs
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2011, 08:34:30 AM »
If that’s working, then it’d be foolish to stop or change the current plan, IMO.
However, if you eventually do decide - for whatever reason - to change things further, you may consider simply reducing the total volume dedicated to leg training.

It seems that many trainers, in an attempt to bring up a lagging muscle group - are initially inclined to increase the workload for that muscle.
Oftentimes, that fails to work, and it’s better to simply back off training the overpowering body part(s) as much they‘ve been.


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Re: Chicken arms and Rhino legs
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2011, 10:40:39 AM »
Well, my arms are balancing up, and its the front/back leg split that is untested. What do you think to volume? I'm doing under an hour a day with slightly longer on arm day.

Good advice anyway, it aint broke, but at the same time it aint Perfect   8)

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Re: Chicken arms and Rhino legs
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2011, 09:49:02 AM »
Isolated quad day just meant big leg pumps for days. I'm going to try a second light arm day instead of legs and do legs every fortnight. Two arm days a week I expect will be ovettraining.

The rest of my program is solid: I've gained 13lbs in the first three weeks of this bulk cycle. Just don't want to look like a stuck together Greek mythology animal at the end.

Anyone else have advice for bringing up lagging arms?



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Re: Chicken arms and Rhino legs
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2011, 05:08:27 PM »
Eat more,be more intense,mind/muscle connection,sleep/rest more.

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Re: Chicken arms and Rhino legs
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2011, 11:54:17 PM »
Thanks wes. This is pretty general, so the message I'm taking away is that the right results will come with patience.

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Re: Chicken arms and Rhino legs
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2011, 12:21:06 AM »
Exactly......good luck.



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Re: Chicken arms and Rhino legs
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2011, 06:24:26 AM »
All I was really expecting in terms of advice was "up the dose". In the end I've mixed in arm work on other days and upped the calories. Thanks guys.