I’ve been lifting weights since high school, and that’s been well over a decade now. I love the clarity of mind that a good gym session gives me, and feeling stronger definitely contributes to my overall energy levels and well being. It never hurts to be a little stronger too, as I’m sure that’s done some good things for my confidence levels, even if I don’t realize it.

I like to be as steady as I can with my workouts. It keeps things easy and routine, and I end up not neglecting any part of my body this way. Still, I’ve never really known whether to go with one or two muscles per workout.

For a long time, I would work out two muscles at once, and then I decided to mix things up by focusing on one muscle per day.

I’d do chest with triceps, back with biceps, and shoulders with legs. I had a solid three day rotation, meaning that I was hitting up most of my muscle groups twice per week.

The advantages of this are obvious. You’ll end up working your muscles more, and it’ll take less workouts per week to achieve the same workload for each muscle.

It wasn’t all great though. I didn’t really enjoy spending so much time in the gym, and I also wondered about the risk of exhausting my muscles by working them so often.

Recently, I decided to change things up by switching to a six day rotation. I just work on one muscle group each visit to the gym, which allows me to do some more sets and get a better workout in.

What it all comes down to in the end is how this all impacts the body. There’s good and bad to this approach. The good is that you can really get away with it, as long as you make sure you’re getting to the gym more than every other day. The bad is that if you fall behind, your muscles may suffer for it.

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