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#2,002
nbakerld said:
You can google "effects of alcohol on protein synthesis" and find a lot of reading.
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& for every one you find you will find another contradicting it. I don't think anybody said a 6 pack was a good protein shake just having a couple drinks on a day you workout doesn't void any gains you may have made.
 
#2,003
#2,003
This is from last year. This is probably the biggest I've ever been and second strongest I've ever been. My agent makes me shave my chest.

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#2,004
#2,004
Oh, good. Billy showed up.

So, I worked out chest on Monday, and since it's week 1, I'm still pretty stiff and a little sore. Should I go ahead with shoulders and back today, knowing that my arms and chest are still a little sore and there's a bit of overlap? After 72 hours, is it safe to proceed, or should I push my next workout another day. I didn't work out yesterday, did legs tuesday.
 
#2,005
#2,005
Thrasher865 said:
Oh, good. Billy showed up.

So, I worked out chest on Monday, and since it's week 1, I'm still pretty stiff and a little sore. Should I go ahead with shoulders and back today, knowing that my arms and chest are still a little sore and there's a bit of overlap? After 72 hours, is it safe to proceed, or should I push my next workout another day. I didn't work out yesterday, did legs tuesday.
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Go ahead. If you can battle through the soreness it will probably get better as you loosen & warm up.
 
#2,006
#2,006
It's not the soreness I'm worried about, it's the detriment to my muscles. Any chance I do more harm than good? Could my muscles still be recovering after 72 hours?

It's not like I'm directly working my chest and triceps, but they will get a little work.
 
#2,007
#2,007
Thrasher865 said:
It's not the soreness I'm worried about, it's the detriment to my muscles. Any chance I do more harm than good? Could my muscles still be recovering after 72 hours?

It's not like I'm directly working my chest and triceps, but they will get a little work.
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Definitely. Once you get in the habit that should be a rare occurrence, but I lift as consistently as anybody and I'll be sore 72 hours later if I do something new to shock the muscles.
 
#2,009
#2,009
If you are dead set on shoulders, I wouldn't do any front delt work but that's me. When I do shoulders I focus on the medial and rear delts. I have good front delt development. I also do a little trap work at times. Traps are a strength for me so I don't focus on them that much. JMO, but If you are following a push pull routine, then I would do back and bi's today. Shoulders and tri's on the next workout.
 
#2,011
#2,011
I'm not on a push/pull routine, but thinking about switching to it. I'm trying to split my routine into 4 workouts a week, so I'm doing chest, legs, shoulders/back and arms in that order, but it may not be the best idea with so much overlap.
 
#2,012
#2,012
Thrasher865 said:
I'm not on a push/pull routine, but thinking about switching to it. I'm trying to split my routine into 4 workouts a week, so I'm doing chest, legs, shoulders/back and arms in that order, but it may not be the best idea with so much overlap.
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seems like a lot for just starting out
 
#2,013
#2,013
I bought an Everlast punching bag ($100) that has different heights and sits on the floor. It gives a little, so you aren't in as much danger in having a wrist/hand injury like with a heavy bag. I bought boxing gloves for the kids and I use UFC gloves. I just went three 2 minute rounds of just combinations with 1 minute rest in between. If you have never done it or boxed, you won't believe the pump in your shoulders/chest/upper arm, and the cardio.
You can lower it and kick it as well.
 
#2,014
#2,014
golfballs03 said:
seems like a lot for just starting out
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I'm not sure what you mean by "a lot." Maybe I did get in over my head, as I'm sore as balls. This is the routine I was doing 2 years ago that worked very well for me, so I just picked it right back up.

Are you saying you think I should start out doing modest full body workouts or something? What makes this work out seem like a lot? Just curious.
 
#2,016
#2,016
ORANGE & WHITE said:
If you are dead set on shoulders, I wouldn't do any front delt work but that's me. When I do shoulders I focus on the medial and rear delts. I have good front delt development. I also do a little trap work at times. Traps are a strength for me so I don't focus on them that much. JMO, but If you are following a push pull routine, then I would do back and bi's today. Shoulders and tri's on the next workout.
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For the most part, that's the same of everybody. I never do front delt work other than military press. You're already working it on chest day. When I work shoulders, generally the strategy is to play catch up with my rear delts.
 
#2,017
#2,017
Thrasher865 said:
I'm not on a push/pull routine, but thinking about switching to it. I'm trying to split my routine into 4 workouts a week, so I'm doing chest, legs, shoulders/back and arms in that order, but it may not be the best idea with so much overlap.
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I go:

Back
Cardio
Chest/Biceps
Legs
Cardio or Rest
Delts/Triceps
Rest

Doing arms on their own day is maybe a little too much since they get so much secondary work.

One cool thing I've liked doing lately is finishing every lifting session with 2 sets on bi's and 3 sets on tri's for a week. I keep a pretty good pump all week long.
 
#2,018
#2,018
Just curious. Why chest/biceps, rather than triceps? I've always just done workout routines willy nilly, but I want a plan this time, and I want to track my progress. Week 1 was experimental. I wound up going in and doing back/biceps today.

Also, love the avatar. :good!:
 
#2,019
#2,019
Thrasher865 said:
I'm not sure what you mean by "a lot." Maybe I did get in over my head, as I'm sore as balls. This is the routine I was doing 2 years ago that worked very well for me, so I just picked it right back up.

Are you saying you think I should start out doing modest full body workouts or something? What makes this work out seem like a lot? Just curious.
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I laid off several weeks, traveling a lot. I took a body pump class with the wife to get a whole body workout. I'm sore, but I feel like I "woke up" my muscles. I got a great upper body workout this morning.
 
#2,022
#2,022
Thrasher865 said:
Just curious. Why chest/biceps, rather than triceps? I've always just done workout routines willy nilly, but I want a plan this time, and I want to track my progress. Week 1 was experimental. I wound up going in and doing back/biceps today.

Also, love the avatar. :good!:
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Chest/bis is a weird split but unless I read it wrong he does tris & bis 5 days a week with 1 day of cardio. Mix it up & do what you have time for. Not everybody can lift 6 days a week & some can only go maybe 3 times. Something is better than nothing & try to hit each muscle group at least once a week. The recovery will take care of itself if you do that.
 
#2,023
#2,023
Thrasher865 said:
Just curious. Why chest/biceps, rather than triceps? I've always just done workout routines willy nilly, but I want a plan this time, and I want to track my progress. Week 1 was experimental. I wound up going in and doing back/biceps today.

Also, love the avatar. :good!:
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I prefer to do more work on my back than my chest, so that's why I don't pair back with biceps (which is the norm). This leads me to either do biceps with chest or biceps with shoulders. I don't think it really matters which goes where. I do more work on tri's and less work on Delts (compared to bi's and chest respectively), so that's why I have it split this way.
 
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#2,024
#2,024
govols/cc said:
Chest/bis is a weird split but unless I read it wrong he does tris & bis 5 days a week with 1 day of cardio. Mix it up & do what you have time for. Not everybody can lift 6 days a week & some can only go maybe 3 times. Something is better than nothing & try to hit each muscle group at least once a week. The recovery will take care of itself if you do that.
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I do it 4 days in a week, at the most 1 week a month.
 
#2,025
#2,025
Week 2. Bout to go ham on these weights.


I decided to just reorder my workout rather than going push/pull. I'll do chest Mondays, back Tuesdays, legs Wednesdays and arms Thursdays. That will give my triceps enough time to rest between chest and arm days. Early on I can take Thursdays off and push arms to Fridays.
 
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