normal 3 days a week routine?

[Morocco]

How would you set up a good 3 days a week routine?

Morocco

[ctgblue]

I used to put legs and back at the ends, with the pressing movements in the middle

[Morocco]

you did full body workouts?

[ctgblue]

sorry
sunday or monday - legs & arms
wednesday - chest & shoulders
friday - back abs

now I run
Sunday - legs & arms
Tuesday - Back thickness & width - shoulders - chest
Thursday - arms & traps
I am running rest pause type workouts Sunday & Tuesday with a superset type on Thursday

[Morocco]

ok how is doing shoulder after back??

[ctgblue]

I do the exercises in this order
Back thickness - rack deadlifts from below knees
chest - incline smith presses
shoulders - seated front smith presses
back width - pulldowns, chins, or rack chins
Incline shrugs
that way I'm not completely dead from finishing back first
I am doing these pretty close to DC style so I've got maybe 5-6 sets for rack deads, 3-4 for chest(rest pause), 3-4 for shoulders(rest pause), and 1 warm up and one all out for chins, with two high rep incline shrug sets (50 rep) to finish center back
I am whooped at work that day, but can get it all done in under and hour in the mornings

[Big Ed]

I would do Tues Chest back, Thurs Legs, Friday Shoulders and arms.

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[ski]

I`m with Big Ed on this one,that`s a good scenario.

[EPU]

I train 3x/week in both the offseason and precontest. Nothing in my training changes. I keep heavy weights and the same number of reps. I take 1 week off for every 8-10 weeks of training. I separate leg training between the 3 days, ie, quads one day, hams one day and calves one day.

A typical training cycle from last offseason (i resume training after my 9/26 show on 10/11) was the following:

Day 1: back, bicep, hams, forearms
Day 2: rest
Day 3: abs, shoulders, traps, calves
Day 4: rest
Day 5: chest, tricep, quads
Days 6-7: rest

I've been training 3x/week year round (offseason and precontest) for the past 2 years and i've made great gains with this approach. I've been able to keep more muscle during the dieting phases and needless to say, my recovery has improved with more off-training days.

[mark mcgwire]

I'm also on a three day workout schedule for now.

Mon - Chest, Bi's, & Tri's
Wed - Quads, Hams, & Calves
Fri - Back, Shoulders, & Traps

I'm doing two working sets to failure for most exercises. Some of my lagging parts get three sets to failure.