Working every single muscle on one day

[mastershake575]

When I lift upper body I do every single muscle in one day starting with biggest (Chest) and working down (back,shoulder,bicep,tricep) I do this routine 2x a week with 2x a week for legs (mostly squat/legpress)

Ive heard of people who do the same muscle only once a week but break it into days like Monday-triceps/back Wednesday-chest/shoulder....ect

What is the difference between the two types of workouts and which do you recommend ? Should I do every muscle twice a week in two workouts or spread them out yet only do them once a week (if I should change it what should I break the workouts into)

[Torrok]

spread them out. if you want an effective full body routine you just might have to commit suicide, thats tough.
split them
Push: chest, triceps, shoulders
pull: back, biceps
legs: quads, hams, calves

but if you want an effective full body routine it might be something like this:
squats
deadlifts
bench
bent rows
OH press
....

[fit2fight]

Yes you should break it in days.For each day you should keep one exercise it will help you maintaining your routine.

[-JM-]

When I lift upper body I do every single muscle in one day starting with biggest (Chest) and working down (back,shoulder,bicep,tricep) I do this routine 2x a week with 2x a week for legs (mostly squat/legpress)

Ive heard of people who do the same muscle only once a week but break it into days like Monday-triceps/back Wednesday-chest/shoulder....ect

What is the difference between the two types of workouts and which do you recommend ? Should I do every muscle twice a week in two workouts or spread them out yet only do them once a week (if I should change it what should I break the workouts into)

What you are doing is 2 upper and 2 lower. This is fine. It can performed 2 on 1 off 2 on, or every other day or whatever way you can get to train.

Many BBers will follow that type of bodypart split that you have also mentioned.

Consider what your goals are and then think about the type of slplit that would help you get there.

[Extacie]

The best thing to do in my opinion is break it up and focus on inpaticular muscle groups each day.

[brihead301]

If you pick 3 - 5 compound lifts, you can work every muscle group in one workout:

squat
OH press
barbell row
chin-ups

All muscle groups hit!

[nockits]

If you pick 3 - 5 compound lifts, you can work every muscle group in one workout:

squat
OH press
barbell row
chin-ups

All muscle groups hit!

really? i never thought OH press hit the chest sufficiently, if any...

[brihead301]

Oh ya, the chest I forgot.

[ZenMonkey]

OH press definitely hits my chest.

http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Delt...taryPress.html


And actually if you get down to it I think you would only need one of rows/pullups
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Back...ntOverRow.html
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Lati.../AsPullup.html

In my opinion you could probably get jacked from just Squat/Press/Pull.

[rbtrout]

spread them out. if you want an effective full body routine you just might have to commit suicide, thats tough.
split them
Push: chest, triceps, shoulders
pull: back, biceps
legs: quads, hams, calves

If you want 3 days a week, this.
4 days a week could be as good or better, depending.

[BigTallOx]

What is the difference between the two types of workouts and which do you recommend ?

What is your goal? If your goal is to build muscle, IMHO you may want to consider thinking more in terms of training movements instead of training body parts, ie have a squat day, a deadlift day, a pressing day, ( with some accessory lifts thrown in)... and don't worry if "exercise X hits body part y". When I made this shift in my workouts is when I started to really build some muscle.