5 day week training while on cycle

What's your guys thoughts on 5 day per week mon-fri training program? Don't want to mix arms with anything an 1 bodypart per day...

I've always found that this split gives me the most effective workouts without interfering/fatiguing others.

Day1: Back
Day2: Chest and abs
Day3: Legs
Day4: Shoulders, rear delts, traps and calves
Day5: Arms

When I feel that I didn't work calves properly during day four then I'll go in on a 6th day to just do calves.

Hope this helpes.

I like them...

Yeah 5 day works nice for me, normal split I use is
Mon - Chest & abs
Tues - Back & calves
Wed - Quads and hams
Thurs - Shoulders & calves
Fri - Arms & abs


Tho at the moment im adding a second Quad and Hamstring session on a sat to get some more shape for comp.

Haha, and throw in posing for two hours on a sunday and im klaar :side:

Mon - Quads and calves
Tues - Chest and Abs
Wed - Back and Hams
Thurs - Shoulders and traps and Abs
Fri - Arms and done!

I see that everybody so far has Thurs and Fri as Shoulders and Arms...

Yep, Thur and Fri and Shoulders and Arms day for me to

I alternate the Chest, Legs, and Back days between Mon-Wed depending on what feels like it'll get a better workout.

Also, I sometimes shift all days by one (ending work on saturday) if I need to throw in a rest day during the week due to being to busy on that particular day. I'll still start on the next monday though so essentially some weeks my two rest days are together and others they are divided through the week...

I dunno how you guys keep that up :huh:
I've tried in the past and if I train more than 3 days in a row then come day 4 and I'm too buggered to train properly

Jayman wrote:

I dunno how you guys keep that up :huh:
I've tried in the past and if I train more than 3 days in a row then come day 4 and I'm too buggered to train properly

I do this...

monday - chest and bies

tuesdy - quads and hams

wednesday - abs and calves

thursday - shoulders and triceps

friday - back and traps and calves (i start with calves)

Jayman wrote:

I dunno how you guys keep that up :huh:
I've tried in the past and if I train more than 3 days in a row then come day 4 and I'm too buggered to train properly

See thats my problem, its more my mind isn't there, I still have strength but I don't want to push.. hard to explain, I just don't feel i'm really doing it properly, I really have to take wed off, I find when I trained to the clock, every 3rd day off regardles of what day it landed on I could train like a machine...

00pump wrote:

Jayman wrote:

I dunno how you guys keep that up :huh:
I've tried in the past and if I train more than 3 days in a row then come day 4 and I'm too buggered to train properly

See thats my problem, its more my mind isn't there, I still have strength but I don't want to push.. hard to explain, I just don't feel i'm really doing it properly, I really have to take wed off, I find when I trained to the clock, every 3rd day off regardles of what day it landed on I could train like a machine...

that's exactly what I mean!
also, you grow when you're resting, so in my mind 5 continuous days a week could actually be counter productive

I must have been born to train, because
since I've started training 5 days a week I feel awkward if I skip a day, or train less than 5 days a week.
I started at 3x a week, moved to 4x a week,
NOW I'm addicted to 5x a week :silly:

Once again different strokes for different folks...I train 6 days a week, 1 bodypart per day and Saturdays abs, calves and forearms. And may I add that with DJ's diet and cycle help I have gained 6,5kg(minimal water) in first 4 weeks on cycle and 5 weeks on strict diet. End Jan 2010 was 85,5kg and this morning after training 92kg.

North_Boy1 wrote:

Once again different strokes for different folks...I train 6 days a week, 1 bodypart per day and Saturdays abs, calves and forearms. And may I add that with DJ's diet and cycle help I have gained 6,5kg(minimal water) in first 4 weeks on cycle and 5 weeks on strict diet. End Jan 2010 was 85,5kg and this morning after training 92kg.

Progress pics plz oom? lol :silly:

SNOK1986 wrote:

North_Boy1 wrote:

Once again different strokes for different folks...I train 6 days a week, 1 bodypart per day and Saturdays abs, calves and forearms. And may I add that with DJ's diet and cycle help I have gained 6,5kg(minimal water) in first 4 weeks on cycle and 5 weeks on strict diet. End Jan 2010 was 85,5kg and this morning after training 92kg.

Progress pics plz oom? lol :silly:

OOM :laugh: Patience boet ! Rome wasn't built in a day (To think of it perhaps because I wasn't born yet when they built it...) :laugh:

North_Boy1 wrote:

SNOK1986 wrote:

North_Boy1 wrote:

Once again different strokes for different folks...I train 6 days a week, 1 bodypart per day and Saturdays abs, calves and forearms. And may I add that with DJ's diet and cycle help I have gained 6,5kg(minimal water) in first 4 weeks on cycle and 5 weeks on strict diet. End Jan 2010 was 85,5kg and this morning after training 92kg.

Progress pics plz oom? lol :silly:

OOM :laugh: Patience boet ! Rome wasn't built in a day (To think of it perhaps because I wasn't born yet when they built it...) :laugh:

AAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!! im gonna keep on bothering u about the pics until those 15 weeks are up...lol

pierre spies thread coming up in the general section hope u have some answers. lol

Have a look at MAX-OT training, 5 days a week, one body part per day...

I swear you will never look back...read the PDF it will destroy any myths you might have around training the right way...

Seeing, that while on gear, you do recover a lot faster, do people think the following will be practical:

Day1 - Chest, Triceps, Calves
Day2 - Back, Biceps, Abs
Day3 - Quads, Hams
Day4 - Shoulders, Triceps, Calves
Day5 - Biceps, Forearms, Abs

Andre511 wrote:

Seeing, that while on gear, you do recover a lot faster, do people think the following will be practical:

Day1 - Chest, Triceps, Calves
Day2 - Back, Biceps, Abs
Day3 - Quads, Hams
Day4 - Shoulders, Triceps, Calves
Day5 - Biceps, Forearms, Abs

Its not a great idea training chest and triceps or back and bicep together as you engage those muscles a lot while working the other. if you do chest you use quite a bit of tricep in the movements as its a pushing movement. Same with back because you use a lot of biceps with back as its a pulling movement.

I'm still of the opinion that my training split up top gives you the best rest of all the muscles thus giving you the opportunity to hit the gym hard every time you go.