How many sets per muscle/week?

Frysebox

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Hello, I recently joined this forum.

17 years old, soon been training for a year now, done full body programs like 5x5 up til now, so need some advice on how to set up a split.

I was thinking of trying out a 3-split routine;
Monday back/biceps

Wednesday chest/triceps/abs

Friday legs/shoulders


My question is, how many sets should I aim for for each body part each week, roughly?

I was thinking in the lines of;
Chest 8-10 sets
Back 10-12 sets
Legs 12 sets
Triceps 6-7 sets
Biceps 6-7 sets
Shoulders 7-8 sets



Does this look somewhat correct?

Thanks in advance for constructive criticism and advice :wavey:
 

CJ1990

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Depending on what your goals are, you can either add more volume to the chest/back/shoulders/legs, and decrease volume.

So I have to ask:
What are your goals?

And give an example of a workout that you would do.
 

Frysebox

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Depending on what your goals are, you can either add more volume to the chest/back/shoulders/legs, and decrease volume.

So I have to ask:
What are your goals?

And give an example of a workout that you would do.
Goals are to get bigger and stronger of course. No particular body part that needs attention, just looking to get generally bigger. Tho my back and shoulders seems to be ahead of arms and chest, but it's marginal.

Monday: back/biceps
Deadlift 3x6-8
Pulldown /w grip facing me 3x10
Barbel rows 4x8
Cable rows 2x10
Hammercurl 3x8-10
Barbelcurl 3x8-10
Shrugs 3x8

Sets back: 12 (not counting shrugs)
Sets biceps: 6

Wednesday: Chest/Triceps/Abs
Dumbell chest press/bench 4x8-10
Incline bench 3x8-10
Flies 2x10-12
Frenchpress 3x8-12
Pushdown 3x8-12
Cable-rotating-something (abs) 2x8
Rollouts (probably not correct name) 2x8
Cable crunches 2x8

Sets chest: 9
Sets triceps: 6
Sets abs: 6

Friday: Legs/shoulders/calves
Squat 5x8-10
Legpress 4x8-10
Legcurl 3x8-10
Dumbbell shoulderpress 4x8-10
Lateral raise 2x10-12
Rear flies 2x10-12
Calf raise 4x10

Sets legs: 12 (not counting calves)
Sets shoulders: 8


This is just a template I threw out from the back of my head, so it's very open for configurations. What I was wondering was if there's really any point doing isolation stuff like rear flies at my level, and if I just should do more sets of the "main" exercises like military pressed or dumbbell shoulder presses.
 

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