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Don't do Chest Exercises on Monday

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You're probably interested in this tip because you do your Monday workout consists of Chest and Triceps or Chest and legs. How did I know? Because almost every consistent gym goer tends to do a Chest workout on monday.

Working out on Mondays used to be pretty frustrating for me - especially back when I was still in college in Delaware. I'd come into the gym and scramble to find an open bench (rarely I'd find one). And even when I did grab a bench before many of the chit-chatters claimed them, I'd be bombarded with groups of 5 people asking to work in. Not that I resent people asking me to work in - that's fine - but obviously I'd rather workout without sharing equipment with 5 other people.

Monday is Bench Press Day! Every man, woman, and child seems to gather themselves on mondays to head off to the local lift-yard and see how much they can bench. I think chest workouts are so popular on Mondays because Sundays often used as rest days, and people like to start their workout schedule with their chest muscles. This is probably a good idea because many studies show that it's best to work your inner-core muscles first, and then work the appendages.

My advice is to somehow schedule your week so that you're not relying on using a bench press on Mondays. If you're dead set on doing a chest workout the first day after a rest day, try to move your rest day to Saturday instead of Sunday. Maybe consider lifting Upper Back and Abs on Monday instead of a chest workout. Your back is a core body part as well, so it should usually be worked before your appendages.

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Creator: ryan
Category: Strength Training
Posted: 4/9/2008

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	“ Exactly.. Back in the day I used to do that all the time. Start Monday with chest, Tuesday shoulders, then lose time and not do anything until next monday - and it was back to chest. I've switched a lot of things since then, but I remember that used to be a problem. ”
	- ryan on 7/3/2008 in response to davegleason	Respond

	“ Good post Ryan. There's no wonder why people create muscular imbalances and eventual injuries when they hit the same muscles on (usually chest and bi's) Mondays. The end of the week is usually when workouts get "bagged" and with a split routine it could be as long as 2 weeks before they hit those muscles again! ”
	- davegleason on 7/3/2008	Respond

	“ that's a really funny but good observation! i notice that monday's are really busy in our work gym period! and definitely the bench press gets more attention then anything else. I do Chest on Tuesday and Fridays atm which works well. ”
	- Hulbs on 4/11/2008	Respond

	“ So funny and so true and yes my chest day is Monday too, but I tend to workout at 2ish which is after the lunch crowd and before the dinner crowd. So , it does work well form me. But as a trainer I tend to get so frustrated w/ the lack of benches...oh that could be a rant right here:) ”
	- crista on 4/10/2008	Respond

	“ I agree - the gym is mostly empty, especially on Friday in the morning... I could do a full gym circuit and never have to share :) ”
	- plucky on 4/10/2008 in response to ryan	Respond

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