What Body Parts Do I Train If I Workout 5 Times A Week?

Question

I Want To Do A Dumbell Programme But Don't Want To Work The Same Body Part While Its Resting Anyone Got Any Good Combos Please?

Answer 1

When I work out with dumbbells I do the following:

Mon - Bis and Tris
Tues - Abs
Wed - Back and Traps
Thurs - Thighs and calves
Fri - Shoulders and Neck

I rest on Saturday and Sunday. Go to bodybuilding.com for workout tips.

Answer 2

There are many, many different combos that you can think up. What I do is

Monday- chest
Tuesday-lats and back
Wednesday-legs
Thursday-shoulders
Friday-arms

abs every other day

Everyone is different though, bodywise. Some people would prefer to work out their muscles twice a week. or maybe even 3 times a week.
Its hard to figure out what you really want to do because you said you will work with dumbells, but are you planning on working all body parts, not just your arms? If so, you may need more than dumbells, unless you are going to use body weight exercises to compensate for the muscles you can't work out using dumbells, like legs.

Answer 3

You can train every muscle in your body with dumbells including your legs as you can hold them in your hands as you do lunges, high step ups, dead lifts even.

As everyone else has suggested there are many different workouts depending on what you want.

If I was you for the first 4 weeks I would do a whole body work out on Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri and then CV on Sat. The full body work out should consist of two excercises for each body part, Chest, Back, Bi's, Shoulders, Tri's and legs. With 4 sets of 12 on each excercise. Chest: Flat DB Press & DB Fly, Back: Single arm bent over rows and Upright row. Biceps: Bicep Curls and uppercuts. Shoulders: DB Press & side raises. Tri's: Overhead ext and kick backs. Legs: Lunges and high step ups (holding weights). You should aim to reach failure on your last set at around 10 reps. When you can complete 4 sets of 12 up the weight. This will give you strength and endurance before progressing to the next 4 weeks which concentrates on hypertrophy (getting bigger).

During the next 4 weeks do a spilt routine say:
Mon: Chest
Tue: Back
Wed: Legs
Thu: Shoulders
Fri: Arms
The reason you stick legs into the middle is becuase you are using your shoulders on the chest and the back days so you need to rest them before you hit them again. Do pyramid sets of 12-10-8-6 with the weights getting heavier each time. You would ideally have a spotter with these as you should be going for failure every time. But that's one of the benifits of DB's if you fail you can just throw them down and you won't have a bar landing on your chest/head.

Remember to get enough calories/protien and carbs to give the body the stuff it needs to repair itself.

Good luck and enjoy, training is good!!!

Answer 4

If you're training 5 days a week then you can work one body part every day and do 3-4 exercises for each except Calves for which you can do 2-3.

So Monday - Chest and Calves, Abs
Tuesday - Lats & Back
Wednesday - Legs, Abs
Thursday - Biceps, Triceps
Friday - Shoulders, Abs

Answer 5

Work on your weak points three days a week and your strong points two days a week.

Answer 6

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