What order do you workout?

So, if strength is your goal: Warm up, do your strength workout, then finish with longer cardio bouts if you want to bake cardio into the equation. However, if you’re training for a race or looking to build cardio endurance, start with cardio-just be careful when you get to the weights.

Should you do chest triceps or shoulders first?

Because your chest muscles are larger than your shoulders, perform chest exercises first in your routine followed by shoulder exercises. However, train the shoulders first in your routine if your shoulders are your weaker muscle area.

What are the six muscle groups that need to be targeted in a workout?

Key Takeaways

• The six major muscle groups you want to train are the chest, back, arms, shoulders, legs, and calves.
• You want to train each of these muscle groups at least once every 5 to 7 days for maximum muscle gain.

How should workouts be structured?

As a general guideline, I recommend the following reps per set averages:

1. Compound Exercises – 5 to 10 reps per set.
2. Isolation Exercises – 8 to 15 reps per set.
3. Machine Exercises – 8 to 15 reps per set.
4. Leg Exercises – 5 to 20 reps per set.
5. Cable Exercises – 8 to 15 reps per set.

Do biceps or triceps first?

If you’re training your biceps alone, then tossing your triceps in at the end of a chest or shoulder workout, you’re treating them as an afterthought and that’s how they’ll respond. And if you’re training bi’s and tri’s together, you probably train biceps first.

Should you work triceps before biceps?

Keep In Mind: you don’t necessarily have to train both biceps and triceps on the same day. But if you do, do all triceps exercises before you start biceps. Even though I’m a powerlifter, I still say: of all the things we do in the gym, arm training is possibly the most fun.

Should you workout biceps and triceps on the same day?

It is fine to work tricep and biceps on the same day. The biceps and triceps are both located in the upper arm, though they are situated in different areas. Because they belong to different muscle groups: one posterior and one anterior, you can perform biceps and triceps same day workouts.