As a rough guide, 10 - 15 sets
per muscle group per week is a good starting point.
High - frequency training limits the total volume (reps x sets) you can perform
per muscle group per workout; but this enables you to recover faster so that you can train more often.
The rule of thumb here is to perform around 25 reps
per muscle group per week with adequate intensity.
Not exact matches
The American College American recommends stretching each of the major
muscle groups at least two times a week for 60 seconds
per exercise, so choose your stretches based on your workouts and which areas you're targeting.
That means picking at least one exercise for each major
muscle group and performing 1 to 3 sets of 8 to 12 repetitions
per exercise.
In addition, at least 2 days
per week of moderate to high intensity
muscle strengthening activity involving all major
muscle groups can provide further health benefits.
In addition, athletes should have at least two to three months off
per year from a particular sport during which they can play another sport, utilize different
muscle groups, let injuries heal, refresh the mind and work on strength, conditioning and proprioception (balancing exercises) to reduce the risk of overuse injuries.
He claims that preliminary measurements of how
muscle groups work in people using his shovel instead of a conventional one show that his design saves a lot of energy: it can, he says, reduce the effort of shifting a truckload of mulch by at least 30
per cent.
Split your program up and focus on two to three
muscles groups per workout rather than full body.
This number will rise over the next weeks adding up to nine sets
per muscle group, making for a nice start up volume.
The message to take from all of this is that you need to keep your reps under 15 and sets
per muscle group under 20 to be effective while on a low - carb diet.
However, if your exercise routine consists of large numbers of reps
per exercise, which means more than 15
per set, or if your routine is very high in sets, which means more than 20 sets
per muscle group, then a diet with no carbohydrates can be harmful.
To increase the stimulus, you'll need to train your arms and shoulders twice a week, while limiting the work of other
muscle groups to one weekly session, which leads to a total number of four workouts
per week.
While subjects doing aerobic and resistance training lost the same amount of weight as their strength - only counterparts, those in the strength
group lost almost 100
per cent of their weight in fat, while those splitting their workouts lost a chunk of their weight from
muscle.
During the years of bodybuilding, bodybuilders have used these kinds of workout programs and often focused on one or two
muscle groups per day, by doing multiple exercises and sets for those particular
group of
muscles.
By hard I don't mean 30 sets
per muscle group.
-- Each
muscle group is trained with only one exercise
per workout session.
If you have time to train only two or three times
per week, this doesn't mean that you can't achieve some decent strength gain over time, especially if you try a full - body training in order to work with all
muscle groups.
There are representatives, of so called High Volume training that believe that you have to work each
group of
muscles with 15 to 20 + sets
per workout.
In my experience, the typical approach of blasting a
muscle group once
per week for an insane number of sets and exercises simply doesn't work for the majority.
Like any other
muscle group, the triceps should be trained directly twice
per week on nonconsecutive days.
-- Drop the number of exercises to only 2 - 3
per muscle group.
In his training, he paired chest with back in the context of a high - volume, high - frequency approach and made sure to hit these major
muscle groups three times
per week.
However, if you think you are really up to the arduous task of achieving a great body, the training of four or five days weekly is the more optimal regimen since it will allow you to have a lot shorter and harder training sessions and get enough training volume
per week for each of the bigger
muscle groups.
At one exercise
per muscle group you reduce the chances of overtraining.Yes, it is still possible to overtrain on this kind of workout but when compared to a regular split routine, where you do multiple exercises for a single
muscle group in one training session, super sets, drop sets, rest pause sets etc. the chances of overtraining are smaller.
-- He usually works out 6 days a week and takes 1 day of rest on the seventh day — He does 3 - 4 sets
per exercise — He trains biceps and triceps on the same day — He trains all big
muscle groups once a week (legs, chest, back and shoulders) and the small ones twice a week (triceps, biceps, calves)-- His favorite
muscle group are the legs, which is why he trains them on Saturday when he has the most time.
The results were unexpected — despite the differences in TUT
per set, both
groups experienced similar increases in
muscle growth because the researchers had equated volume - load between
groups.
Next thing to consider is the number of exercises
per each
muscle group.
After you've done a compound movement, the general recommendation is two exercises
per muscle group.
The
group that has been consuming 3 times higher protein dosages than the standard recommendation (or 1.3 grams
per lb of bodyweight) daily, had the greatest fat loss, as well as lean
muscle gains, while consuming a hypo - caloric diet.
The number of sets
per muscle group should not exceed 20.
In other words, in the
group of older adults, nobody maintained their
muscle size after cutting down to one session
per week, even though they managed to maintain their strength.
Considering they are a small
muscle group, they should be trained between 2 to 3 times
per week.
-- Hit your arms directly 3 times
per week while reducing the volume on other
muscle groups slightly to make room for the increased workload.
Fortunately, this has been studied by researchers (2) who looked at aerobic capacity (VO2)
per kilogram of
muscle mass in a
group of individuals ranging from endurance athletes (marathon runners, cross-country skiers, rowers, etc.) to power athletes (shot putters, football players, sumo wrestlers, etc.).
If you were training exclusively in the 80 to 85 % of 1RM range, like you do on my Bigger Leaner Stronger program, you'd want to be around 60 to 80 total reps
per major
muscle group per week.
The best thing about splits is they allow me plenty of time for recovery being that I'm only training certain
muscle groups once
per week.
If we have to emphasize heavy, compound weightlifting (80 to 85 % of 1RM or more)... and we want to do at least 60 reps
per major
muscle group per week... we have a problem.
Stop repeating your favorite exercises
per muscle group.
A body part split refers to a training plan that focuses on training one specific major
group of
muscles per session.
They allow you to utilize total volume
per muscle group in order to maximize overall metabolic fatigue and overload and are superior for body shaping.
-- Training frequency
per muscle group.
To improve strength, you should start using 6RM to 8RM with multiple sets from 3 - to - 5 and 2 - to - 3 exercises
per major
muscle group.
The «one
muscle group per day» split is not the best idea nor the most effective one, especially if you're a girl and your main goal isn't building
muscle mass.
Old school bodybuilding logic says you should «blast» every
muscle group with as many sets and reps as you can handle once
per week, then rest 6 days before doing it again.
A full body workout has you working out just three times
per week and still has you working each
muscle group more often than any other set - up.
Training each
muscle group twice
per week can help you gain more
muscle than training each
muscle group once
per week.
If you're splitting your routine into different
muscle groups (chest day, back day, etc.), then go ahead and do TWO leg days
per week.
If you have a lagging
muscle group that you want to develop, you'll probably make faster gains if you train it 2 or 3 times
per week instead of once
per week.
This lets you train each
muscle group about twice
per week, without spending too much time in the gym.