Cathe question about S&H?
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Lynn M.
Cathlete
Hi Barbara-
Although I am obviously not Cathe, I would suggest that you not put Shoulders/Tricep day after your Chest/Back day.
There is alot of incorporation of shoulder work in chest work so it would be better to put your bi/leg day in between them so you can give your shoulders some rest.
You could do:
Chest/Back day 1
Bicep/Leg day 2
Shoulders/Tricep day 3
Then on day 4, either do a rest day or an all cardio day so that you don't end up working chest and shoulder back to back on those days either.
good luck! Lynn M.
Although I am obviously not Cathe, I would suggest that you not put Shoulders/Tricep day after your Chest/Back day.
There is alot of incorporation of shoulder work in chest work so it would be better to put your bi/leg day in between them so you can give your shoulders some rest.
You could do:
Chest/Back day 1
Bicep/Leg day 2
Shoulders/Tricep day 3
Then on day 4, either do a rest day or an all cardio day so that you don't end up working chest and shoulder back to back on those days either.
good luck! Lynn M.
Cathe Friedrich
Administrator
Hi Barbara! S&H is set up to work opposing muscle groups per session. Since legs and shoulders didn't fit into that equation as specifically, they were put together for their own day.
When working opposing muscle groups you can lift heavier for each body part since the muscle fibers recruited for the first body part do not interfere with the muscle fibers recruited for the second body part. Now even though legs and shoulders do not oppose one another, you can still go heavy with this grouping because again, the muscle fibers recruited will not interfere with one another.
You can do the order that you listed above but I would definitely put a day of recovery between them so that all muscles get some down time before they are used again.
I want to point out too that certain shoulder exercises use the tricep muscles (ie: overhead presses) and certain tricep exercises use the shoulder muscles (ie: dips). So you might feel as if your fatiguing a little sooner than usual by doing shoulders and triceps together.
Looking at your line up, I think it would best work in this order....
1) Chest and Back
2)Legs and Biceps (do legs first for a better warm up to the muscles)
3) Shoulders and Triceps
Good Luck!
When working opposing muscle groups you can lift heavier for each body part since the muscle fibers recruited for the first body part do not interfere with the muscle fibers recruited for the second body part. Now even though legs and shoulders do not oppose one another, you can still go heavy with this grouping because again, the muscle fibers recruited will not interfere with one another.
You can do the order that you listed above but I would definitely put a day of recovery between them so that all muscles get some down time before they are used again.
I want to point out too that certain shoulder exercises use the tricep muscles (ie: overhead presses) and certain tricep exercises use the shoulder muscles (ie: dips). So you might feel as if your fatiguing a little sooner than usual by doing shoulders and triceps together.
Looking at your line up, I think it would best work in this order....
1) Chest and Back
2)Legs and Biceps (do legs first for a better warm up to the muscles)
3) Shoulders and Triceps
Good Luck!