One Part Per Day Question

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Cathlete
When you do one part per day, do you consider legs one part, or do you divide it up into quads, glutes, hams, etc.?

TIA
 
Great question. Cathe seems to consider legs one part, but makes her leg workouts very long. If you want to break the leg workouts into two sessions, then you could do a standing routine one day, and a floor routine another day.

Cheers,
Sandra
 
I would recommend doing two leg workouts a week.

Some body builders do a split routine where they will do quad-dominant exercises one day, and hamstring-dominant exercises another day.
 
I like that idea, Kathryn. I was thinking of doing Hams/Calves one day and Quads/Glutes on another.

Thanks everyone!!!
 
Gina-
When I used to do one body part per day, I liked to split up the leg workout into two days. The primary reason was that I was just able to do more reps that way. Cathe's leg workouts are so long, I just couldn't get through the whole thing unless I split it up. Maybe that's a bad reason for doing it that way, but it worked best for me.

-Nancy
 
I can certainly understand that, Miss Nancy Pants lol! I usually take longer breaks during the leg workouts if I am doing the entire thing in one shot.
 
I consider legst to be one bodypart.

It's really difficult to maximize results if you split up your leg workout. Exercises like presses, squats & lunges work glutes, hams & quads all at the same time. Even calves to some extent. Basically you've warmed up & got the blood flowing to all of those muscles, so it's most effective to continue with the more muscle specific exercises.

That said, working your entire lower body at once is long & exhausting. If it will discourage you, then split it up. You have to do what works for you. If you'd be more likely to stick w/a split routine than enduring the dreaded leg routine (believe me I dread this every week & have a tremendous feeling of accomplishment every time I finish), that's what you should do.
 
>I like that idea, Kathryn. I was thinking of doing
>Hams/Calves one day and Quads/Glutes on another.
>
Actually, hams/glutes go together well, because many moves (like deadlifts and some of those stability ball floor moves) hit both. But as long as you don't do the two workouts back-to-back, you can certainly combine them the way you suggest (and hit the ham/glute area twice).
 
I count my legs as one body part but like to break up standing and floor work at times. I also like to do cardio that is leg oriented along with my leg workouts. I do tht for upper too. Kickboxing workouts are terrific for that type of rotation.
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