Proper Exercise Order for Muscle Building
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
There should always be an order in which you do your exercises during a session of muscle building. Determining the proper order of exercises impacts the overall effectiveness of the session and increases your endurance. Before all else, exercises that target multiple joints should be done before exercises that impact a single joint. This means doing multi-joint exercises for all major muscle groups. Exercises should also contain opposing muscle groups.
For example, if you work your chest, you should also work your back. Since the muscles oppose one another, one will get larger than the other and your body will become disproportionate if you don’t work both. Next, always work on the parts of the body that need the most attention before you become fatigued. This build muscle ensures that certain areas of the body, especially the weak ones, are not left out. Any exercises that will exhaust the muscles, always do last. To take things a step further, exhaust small muscle groups first, and then work large muscle groups.