Chest with Bis, Back with Tris

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So i was wondering if i worked out my chest and biceps one day, then 3 days later i work my back and triceps, will this be more beneficial - having 1 direct day for my arms, and one indirect - than working my chest and triceps together and back and biceps together, therefore giving them each only one direct training day? I think that made sense but i'm not sure. Anyway it seems like the indirect days won't really do anything for your arms because they wouldn't get that good of a workout. Am i wrong?
 
Hey! That rhymes! :D

I'm really sorry, all I can tell you is that I personally would not take more than 2 days break off of any body part. I work Upperback, tris, bis, and chest all in the same day. Then wait 48 hours, and then repeat.
 
Biggie said:
So i was wondering if i worked out my chest and biceps one day, then 3 days later i work my back and triceps, will this be more beneficial - having 1 direct day for my arms, and one indirect - than working my chest and triceps together and back and biceps together, therefore giving them each only one direct training day? I think that made sense but i'm not sure. Anyway it seems like the indirect days won't really do anything for your arms because they wouldn't get that good of a workout. Am i wrong?
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Yep a big bench and chinups will give you huge arms. Nothing wrong with direct arm work but don't make it a priority very often.

Palms up bentover rows will help your biceps has well. Hit the compound lifts dude when you hit the advance stages you can worry about curls and extensions. That being said you can still do them but there secondary (place them around your compounds) at this point.
 
Biggie!! Ditchin the push/pull?? lol, anyways, I've thought about this also before. In the end I thought, 'why do indirect, direct. when i could just do direct, direct'. lol, simple reasoning, I don't know that this is even better than the method you proposed, just my personal thinking..
 
haha yeah, only cuz i've been doing push/pull for months now. Don't worry though i'll go back to push/pull after another month or so! Yeah i keep thinking direct is better but there are people (abear among others) who believe you dont' need any direct arm work. I'm sure both will give me good results as long as i keep my eating habits up, which i have been.
 
I like the chest/bicep back/tricep routine over the other. I don't think a lot of isolation is necessary for the arms, the biceps and triceps are small muscle groups and don't need a lot for maximum stimulation.

I will say from personal experience that at the most I've included 5-6 sets over the entire week of direct work to the biceps and 5-6 sets to the triceps and I've hit 16 3/4" arms. So, I guess I'm saying that most trainees can benefit from some direct arm work but not a lot is needed.
 
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