twice a week

i train each body part twice weekly
 
monday/thursday= chest shoulders triceps
 
tuesday/friday = legs back biceps
 
have been loving this routine and making good gains on my weights etc
 
for last 5 weeks i have been trying the push pull legs routine
mon/wed/fri and have noticed i have had to drop my weights a lot
for instance bench pressing on old routine was 3x8 @96kg
and now on new routine ive had to drop it to 74kg and i can only do
3x4-5 if im lucky re
its same with every exercise,all my weights have dropped real bad
and cant do a full set of 8
so i was wondering if my body is telling me to train each part twice weekly
amd keep goin with it
 
 
 
 
 

Personally, I feel the body needs more rest.  If you're sincerely training hard, then once per week per body part is enough.

OchBugger


i train each body part twice weekly
 
monday/thursday= chest shoulders triceps
 
tuesday/friday = legs back biceps
 
have been loving this routine and making good gains on my weights etc
 
for last 5 weeks i have been trying the push pull legs routine
mon/wed/fri and have noticed i have had to drop my weights a lot
for instance bench pressing on old routine was 3x8 @96kg
and now on new routine ive had to drop it to 74kg and i can only do
3x4-5 if im lucky re
its same with every exercise,all my weights have dropped real bad
and cant do a full set of 8
so i was wondering if my body is telling me to train each part twice weekly
amd keep goin with it
 
 
 
 
 

For myself, it would be the opposite to what you have said.  I would definately have to use less weight if I trained each bodypart twice a week. My chest still aches for at least 2 days after I have trained it.

I train each group twice a week at the moment too and is working really well, maybe just give yourself a week off to let your body recover a bit.

cheers lads for the advice
im gonna stick to twice a week and do once a week at end of month
kinds like 3weeks on  1week off
see how that goes
like ur journal nath
maybe ill keep an eye on it
 
cheers again lads

yeah mate, well as i said im doing each part twice per week slightly changed my split now just for a bit of a mix up but still the same idea.