Author Topic: How many exercises per body part?  (Read 1850 times)

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How many exercises per body part?
« on: October 25, 2005, 05:46:38 AM »
i usually do 3 and 4
different exercises per body part depending on how big is the muscle im working that day .

like back and legs i usually do 4-5  along with chest also gets 4-5

now shoulders and arms get 3-4

what do you guys think?
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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2005, 05:53:16 AM »
That amount of volume sounds too high.  How long have u been training?

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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2005, 06:28:00 AM »
I've been training for a little over 4 years
2 of them religiously once i learning a lil about mind-weight- and eating habits

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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2005, 06:34:21 AM »
Are you happy with your results? If you are then don't worry what others think.  If you feel you could be doing better then change things around.  Me personally, I wouldn't do 5 exercises per bodypart, but only you can decide if thats what works for YOU.  Some people like high volume, high sets....I prefer lower volumes, low reps.

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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2005, 08:58:44 AM »
Exactly, IF the results are still good, then don't change anything.

If not, that's probably too much. IMO 6-8 sets for smaller muscles, 10-13 for larger muscles, training intensely. 3-5 sets for each exercise.


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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2005, 03:55:13 PM »
4 exercises is a good number.

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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2005, 01:56:37 PM »
when i did low volume, its was two to three exerise and 4-6 sets total. now that im tring high volume. im using 4-5 exerise, and end up 12-15 total sets. i've learned to be more open to different training styles

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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2007, 09:09:59 AM »
stick with about 4 sets in the 8-12 rep range unless your jay cutler thats a pretty standard way

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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2007, 02:40:29 PM »
well " legs"  is quads hams calves glutes ....

1-2 per workout and 4 total really
biceps and calves will only ever get 1 exercise directly and 2 overall

unless you count back exercises as biceps and leg exercises as calves...
The idea is to stimulate the muscle, it does not move and stretch in different ways each muscle is specialized



So train them, rest them, feed them, then they will grow.


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Re: How many exercises per body part?
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2007, 11:15:34 AM »
i do 6 exercises 3 sets of each for chest 18 sets total. but thats only once a week. back and quads same. shoulders gets 4 exercises 3 sets of each and so does hamstrings, and calves. for bi's,tri's,traps,and abs. its 3 exercises 4 sets of each. reps stay in the 4-10 range. i only train each part once a week and just shred it with partial holds on the last set of each exercise and no more than 30 seconds rest between sets. its working for me i've packed on a few inches to everything but my gut.