Tuesday --Chest & Shoulders Day

I've gone over my routines for both my favourite day (Back Day!), my trouble spot day (Arm Day), but there are still two more lifting days in the week for me. Hence I give you this post: chest & shoulders day. Now this is typically done on Tuesday mornings before work, but seeing as yesterday was New Year's day and the gym wasn't open, I did this routine this morning. So without further ado....

Now chest & shoulders day used to be just "chest day". And to be honest, I really didn't like it at all. I don't like benching because it puts a lot of strain on my shoulder joints and because I don't like in any way being inverted. I also don't like sitting a lot in the gym, which benching, incline benching, decline benching etc... seem to need. I also prefer pulling to pushing movements, hence my love affair with back day.

To increase my motivation to get up early on chest day, I decided to make it chest and shoulders day, with a little bit of arms thrown in. I did this to:

1. Motivate me to go more
2. Build extra shoulder muscles because I think they look pretty sexy on both guys and girls
3. Give my weak spot (arms) another lift so I'm doing one hard arm day and one easy arm day
4. Because one of my New Year's Resolutions is to bench 75 lbs.

Now, I'm starting to like "chest day" a bit more. I love working out my shoulders (even though it's more of a pushing motion!) and I like thinking about building chest muscles as useful for maintaining balance with my back. The stronger my chest, the stronger my back can get without developing imbalances!

Now, I just have to prepare for the New Year's Resolution crowd about to hit.....

What does your split look like? Do you have a separate chest day or combine it with shoulders or arms?