gym style upper body workouts

[andieje]

Hello

I have just got the gym style upper body workouts and was after some advice.

How do you guys alternate them? Is it ok to do gs back, biceps and shoulders the day after gs chest or are your shoulders fatigued by the chest work?

Thanks
Andrea

 

[FitnessGoddess]

I have only done this once since receiving them but I haven't had any trouble. I found the workout to be a lot of fun, too.

 

[kathryn]

I would leave a day in between, so that the shoulders (used in both chest and back work) can recover. You COULD do the leg workout in between the two, or just use that day for cardio.

 

[fit_fairy]

Andrea,
I did them on back to back days. I felt like my work out on the second day suffered. Probably could have lifted heavier if I had put a day in between. I agree with the suggestion to put the legs in between. That's what I plan to do next time. Great workouts !!

catherine

 

[CathydsRNA]

I like to work out each body part at least twice a week but want to make sure I get enough recovery time between workouts. I do Gym Style Chest and triceps on the same day. It can be followed the next day by the Biceps section of back, shoulders and biceps and the next day by the shoulder and back work. I have'nt been rotating these with other upper body workouts yet. The upper body gym style seem to me to be a hybrid of slow and heavy and endurance with most of the work leaning towards S&H. I say this because most of the exercises use very heavy weight (heavier than you would use for endurance) and the counts for most of the exercises are slow (think 8 counts and 4 counts) and there is a significant break bewteen sets ( not the minute break you see in the S&H series)but still longer than you would find with endurance workouts. There are a few exercises that have single count reps but very few. The band work is great because it works your peak contraction or extension and I think the band work is more endurance. I will likely rotate these workouts with the pyramids and slow and Heavy because I love Slow and Heavy. There are more exercises/muscle group in general than the S&H series and I therefore think I am going to get my money's worth out of this set. :7

 

[Fitnessguruabc]

I've been adding one to two days between each upper body workout. I get my recovery time and have each upper body part worked out twice a week. These are some tough heavy lifting workouts but my muscles feel recovered after about 48 hours.

 

[mogambo]

There is a premix where you leave the shoulders out, so you could do them back to back that way. And then easily add shoulders in to whatever you do the next day.

 

[desertbriez]

i actually did them both the same day (yesterday) cuz i had the time (holiday) and i really don't care for 2-day splits (personal preference)


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[kathryn]

>There is a premix where you leave the shoulders out, so you
>could do them back to back that way. And then easily add
>shoulders in to whatever you do the next day.


Then shoulders would be worked three days in a row! They help with chest and back work as well.

 

[Conni]

I just did CT today, plan on cardio tomorrow, then BSB the next day. With the amount of reps and weight, I am not taking any chances. What's the point?

 

[Mic]

Are these endurance style workouts or are the heavy workouts? I haven't tried any of these yet either?

 

[CathydsRNA]

In my opinion these are a cross between Slow and Heavy and endurance but mostly Slow and Heavy training. Heavy weights are used and the counts for most of the exercises are slow, think 4 counts and 8 counts. Although there is a high rep number for some of the exercises, there is a lengthy break bewteen sets..not the full minute you see in the Slow and Heavy Series but longer than you would see in an endurance workout. There are some exercises that seem more endurance based such as the band work and some weight work on single counts. There are also more exercises per body part overall with these upper body workouts than you find in Cathe's other series.
The Gym Style lower body workout on the other hand is more endurance based.

 

[kathryn]

Coming back to say that I personally have found that I need even more rest between the two upper body workouts, so from now on, I plan to do back/biceps on day 1, legs on day 3, and chest/triceps on day 4 or 5 (with cardio and stretch workouts in between). Just another option. For me, that gives my sensitive shoulder more time to rest, and means I can hit the weights hard each time I do an upper body workout.

 

[Mic]

Thanks.