What Muscle Groups To Train Together?
Q: I have a totally random question that’s not totally random because it is in fact related to fitness. Here it is… Can I train my arms and legs on the same day or should I hit them separately? Lols. Fuck, I didn’t say anything funny so I don’t know why I just typed “lols”. Even worse, I don’t know why I pluralized the shit when there’s no such thing as “laughing out louds”. Anyway, thanks! Lols. Argggghhh, I JUST DID IT AGAIN!!!
A: Look here, toots. You can do anything you want. There are no rules, laws, or regulations governing how someone HAS to work out. You doing anything you want may not exactly be the most effective thing to do, though.
The muscle groups making up the legs require a bit more effort to grow than the upper body. So a good leg training session should leave you a bit too mentally and/or physically drained to then turn your attention to doing arms (or any other body part, which is also why I recommend most people to split their leg day into two separate days, with one for quads and the other for glutes and hams).
But what if you want to train your arms before legs?
Sure, go ahead…but not if doing arms first will rob you of the energy and/or focus needed to really get after it when you train your legs.
Besides that, it really sounds like you don’t know what muscle groups to train together because arms and legs is a pretty weird grouping. What’s commonly paired is chest with triceps and back with biceps. The thinking is that since pushing and pulling movements indirectly involve the tris and bis, respectively, then why not work them when they already have a pump? Pairing together antagonists (i.e. muscles that work while the other relaxes) is another popular way of grouping, examples of which are chest and back, biceps and triceps, and quads and hams.
That’s how normal people do it, but as I told you, there are no rules and you can do whatever the fuck you damn well please if being a weirdo is your thing!
With that said, all that’s left is to tell you that your random question wasn’t all that random because it was at least connected to fitness. Trust me that I’ve been asked more random shit than that!
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