legs once a week versus 2x a week...

[soseg]

ok hopefully this is my last post regarding my routine...

my routine is currently like this:

mondays = back/chest (deadlifts, tbar rows bent over rows for back which i guess use legs here and there - more so the deads)

tues/wed = off or cardio if i cbf

thursday = legs (squats etc)
friday = arms/shoulders


Now I'm sitting here (its tuesday) and I'm thinking... what if I put my legs day on tuesday and another on fridays, and moved my arms/shoulder day down to thursday

ie: monday = chest/back
tues = legs
wed = off
thurs = arms/shoulders
friday = legs

I am wondering who else here does anything along these lines? Squats are the king exercise for mass so its really tempting but I am wondering whether my legs will recover in time between tues-friday, and also enough from fri-mon before i deadlift for my back workout?

I'm starting a 5x5 workout which I have read you're not meant to lift till failure on the 5th, just do the 5 (not too easy) and slowly every week or 2nd week add really really small amounts of weight

any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[HEARTLESS]

my leg days are usually wed and sunday.. heavy on one of the two days then light high rep on the other

 

[1HP]

I squat 3 times a week. Been doing it for years now.

 

[soseg]

I dont know how you do that.
I'll give 2x a week a go.

 

[1HP]

It's easy actually, checkout Mark Rippetoe, Bill Starr, Glen Pendalay etc etc..

 

[soseg]

Yea I have I just never decided to do some of those workouts cause some of them did say to squat 3x a week... I thought theres no way I could do that

Ah well ill post back in a few months with whatever results I have gained

 

[1HP]

Yea I have I just never decided to do some of those workouts cause some of them did say to squat 3x a week... I thought theres no way I could do that

Ah well ill post back in a few months with whatever results I have gained

Ofcourse you can

 

[soseg]

all i know is that my legs arent even close to 100% after 2 days so yeah... we'll see

 

[1HP]

all i know is that my legs arent even close to 100% after 2 days so yeah... we'll see

You dont go to failure when squatting 3 times a week, it's based on progression from wo to wo..