Muscle Groups
Hi MFT, I was wondering how many muscle groups are there and how many times a week should each bodypart should be trained. I've been hearing many peoples give different opinions of how many muscle groups are there.
Some say they are: Chest, Back, Shoulders, Legs, Arms, Abs or Chest, Back, Shoulders, Legs, Arms,Legs, Abs, Forearms, Calves, and sometimes the Glutes because it's a muscle as well.
From what I know the big muscle groups are: Chest, Back, Shoulders, and Legs. I'm assuming the small muscle groups are: Biceps, Triceps, Abs, Calves, Forearms, Glutes.
However, alot of people neglect working out their calves, forearms and glutes because it's not in their workout or they feel it is not necessary to train them.Does this sound right, and how many times a week should each body part get trained. I know that certain bodyparts need more rest than others for recovery and for better results.
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Muscle Groups...
Hey There!
Working out all the muscle groups is important. You actually work more than one muscle on most exercises. For example if you are doing rows for your back. You are working your back and biceps.
Its all preference to what workouts you want to do and what body parts to train.
I do this work out currently:
Day #1 Chest and Back
Day #2 Legs and Calves
Day #3 Arms and Shoulders
Day#4 OFF (Or go in and do some abs and cardio)
Day#5 Repeat Cycle
Try a workout for 2 weeks and see how your body reacts and feels. If you feel like your getting stronger and getting results then stick with it a bit longer, if not, try a new set of exercises. Trial and error works best. You need to find the best exercises for you!
If you need any help further, feel free to post another blog or email me at: jodscheidtm@msn.com
Id love to help.
Keep it real!
Michael Jodscheidt
Michael Jodscheidt
The number of muscle groups there are...
is a matter of perspective and importance to you. You want to go go for symmetry in your workouts as much as possible. Therefore, you might want to train opposing muscle groups with similar frequency. There can be a variety of opinions on important muscle groups to train, but try to be thorough too. You have the right idea with your assessment of the muscle groups to train. These key muscle groups include most of what you said: chest (upper and lower pecs), back (Lats and rhomboids among others), shoulders (and I would try to include the trapezius muscle here), arms (biceps, triceps, and forearms), legs (quads, hamstrings, glutes, and calves), and abdominals. Biceps and triceps should sometimes not be trained more than twice a week becasue they are already being used to some degree in pulling and pushing motions of other body parts. Glutes have specific exercises, but are also activated with various other leg workouts for the quads and hamstrings. There are varying thoughts on frequency of training these muscle groups, but each should not bot be trained more than 2-3 times a week.