how often do you train every bodypart?

[First Blood]

seems like most bodybuilders do it once a week? some say theory says 2 times per week is best?

what do you do?

[WillGrant]

seems like most bodybuilders do it once a week? some say theory says 2 times per week is best?

what do you do?

Directly once a week , but you get alot of overlap in parts when you train other areas to.

[wes]

Once a week,abs and calves twice.

You only progress if recovery is sufficient.

[First Blood]

Directly once a week , but you get alot of overlap in parts when you train other areas to.

thanks for the answer . have you tried working every body part twice a week?

[slacker]

I am on a 4 day routine and I repeat it

Depending on my days off I might work the same muscle twice

[First Blood]

Once a week,abs and calves twice.

You only progress if recovery is sufficient.

thanks to you too wes! just doing my own study lol

[WillGrant]

thanks for the answer . have you tried working every body part twice a week?

Yes when I first started training , I didnt start to make progress till I dropped to more time between hitting each Body part directly once a week..everyones different though.

Abs and calfs ill do twice a week though  

[bigbobs]

Nasser usually trained a bodypart once every 5-6 days, sometimes more often if it was a lagging bodypart or if he felt his previous workout was not as good or intense as it could have been.  

[bigbobs]

thanks for the answer . have you tried working every body part twice a week?

why does it have to be once or twice a week?  Why not something in between, like every 4, 5, or 6 days?

[wes]

Fuck Nasser! 

[WillGrant]

Annother thing Nasser failed at..getting a mass following in how to train 

Hitting each bodypart once a week has been around since the 50s maybe longer but it wasnt till Dorian came along that everyone followed.Until then pros and all the articles were saying to train each bodypart twice and in some cases three times a week..

Dorian is the true leader , and why because it works if you train hard enough.

[First Blood]

Yes when I first started training , I didnt start to make progress till I dropped to more time between hitting each Body part directly once a week..everyones different though.

Abs and calfs ill do twice a week though  

thanks will, seems like science is behind pratical bodybuilding knowledge in this case. maybe the studies are based on newbies who dont train so hard thus making it possible for them to train a muscle group twice a week.

[First Blood]

Nasser usually trained a bodypart once every 5-6 days, sometimes more often if it was a lagging bodypart or if he felt his previous workout was not as good or intense as it could have been.  

yeah, when i trained a bodypart it feels recovered after like 4-5 days...so maybe possible to train it every 5 or 6 days.

[First Blood]

why does it have to be once or twice a week?  Why not something in between, like every 4, 5, or 6 days?

thats true..it doesnt have to be once a week...just been doing that usually...to be honest i dont know which is best lol...i just lift haha.

every 5-6 days sounds smart as i feel recovered after like 5 days...hmmmm

[Palpatine Q]

why does it have to be once or twice a week?  Why not something in between, like every 4, 5, or 6 days?

every 5 or 6  for me personally. it's optimal.

[First Blood]

every 5 or 6  for me personally. it's optimal.

thanks to you too...i seen your pics man. you definately know what your talking about.

more i think about it..5-6 days sounds good..and itsa compromise between twice per week and once per week...havent been able to mentally relax last couple of days as i tried to come up with a good routine  ....but if i compromise it cant be too bad..maybe best of both worlds and puts my mind to ease lol.

question is how to split it up...

[First Blood]

groink..could you tell me abit about your training theories? if you have time that is...

[calfzilla]

What is this "train" you speak of? 

[Hulkotron]

Every four days usually.

[First Blood]

Every four days usually.

how do you split it up..?

[bigbobs]

Annother thing Nasser failed at..getting a mass following in how to train 

Hitting each bodypart once a week has been around since the 50s maybe longer but it wasnt till Dorian came along that everyone followed.Until then pros and all the articles were saying to train each bodypart twice and in some cases three times a week..

Dorian is the true leader , and why because it works if you train hard enough.

No idea what you're trying to say?  Nasser and Yates both followed pretty similar principles.  Yates did a bit less volume and more forced reps, that's about it.

[WillGrant]

No idea what you're trying to say?  Nasser and Yates both followed pretty similar principles.  Yates did a bit less volume and more forced reps, that's about it.

BS , until Dorian came on the scene everyone was training each body part twice a week nasser included ..Nasser followed the master 

[bigbobs]

BS , until Dorian came on the scene everyone was training each body part twice a week nasser included ..Nasser followed the master 

haha, jokes aside though, lots of people think Dorian's training was far from the norm but I don't think so.  Yeah he did one very intense set per exercise, usually with some forced reps after, but he would still pyramid his way up and his second last set per exercise wasn't exactly a light warm-up either.  And when most other pros say they do 4 sets or so per exercise it's usually just the last 1-2 that are done to failure.  Not that much difference really.

[WillGrant]

haha, jokes aside though, lots of people think Dorian's training was far from the norm but I don't think so.  Yeah he did one very intense set per exercise, usually with some forced reps after, but he would still pyramid his way up and his second last set per exercise wasn't exactly a light warm-up either.  And when most other pros say they do 4 sets or so per exercise it's usually just the last 1-2 that are done to failure.  Not that much difference really.

Agree , Mentzer used to "claim" he only did 1 set to total failure and that was it, but was seen many times using the pyrimid system for 4-5 sets per exercise , when quizzed he would say..no no its only the last set that counts 

[bigbobs]

Agree , Mentzer used to "claim" he only did 1 set to total failure and that was it, but was seen many times using the pyrimid system for 4-5 sets per exercise , when quizzed he would say..no no its only the last set that counts 

But Mentzer could take credibility for breaking the mould of high volume training you think?  Or were others also hitting everything once a week before him?