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Originally Posted by goatraider
does doing back excerises before biceps really matter?(I am curious not trying to be a smartass).
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Back work generally involves pulling, and pulling uses biceps. You're better off doing back work with all your muscles at full capacity, its a heavier lift and requires more effort. Nothing worse than missing a set or rep on rows because your biceps are too fatigued.
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Originally Posted by goatraider
I thought skullcrushers worked out your triceps more then chest, why should I move it to my bench day?
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Just to clear it up, skullcrushers do not work chest. Bench works your triceps as a secondary muscle so doing skullcrushers on bench day will hit your triceps nicely.
I wouldn't recommend doing Bench, Incline Bench and Close Grip in one day, let alone twice a week. That is excessive. Generally less is more, more volume does not mean more growth, it can even mean less growth.
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Originally Posted by goatraider
Also is 5 sets of 10 over working the muscles? Is that why you suggest 5 x 5 instead?
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5x10 is a bit on the high side, meaning significantly reduced intensity. Depending on your strength base a template similar to HST may be good (if you're only interested in size) but if your strength base is not that great then a 5x5 will improve your strength and still provide some hypertrophy (size).