IS IT OK TO

Is it ok to really focus on one part of the body and only work the other parts enough to maintain them?

Should you always push every part of your body to its fullest potential?

That depends on you Marty..what do you want?? do you want to get bigger muscles? or just maintain what you have and be fit?? But to answer your Q are you saying work one bodypart a week?? and if so yes.

As for pushing yourself you can answer that one..What do you think..Do you want to better yourself??

I want to better myself....but at the same time, I do want to get bigger...muscle wise.

In the beginning I was all about weight training, and the cardio together.

Lately I have been focusing on the cardio and nothing else. But I feel like my body is reacting differently now that the weight training has been put to the wayside.

So to put it simple...yes I want to get bigger muscle wise. I want to be bigger and stronger.

When you say work on body part a week what do you mean?

Like only work arms for a week then the next week move to another body part?

I only train each body part once per week. Abs/calves/traps I try to get in twice per week. I do this so that I can go all out intensity with each training session. If you try to train too many body parts each session, you may either fatigue out early or start overtraining.

To answer your orginal question...I think it depends on your goal. If you want to gain all round size you need to be training all your muscles to their fullest potential to keep your proportions. You wouldn't want to just have big arms and no chest... Or neglect legs and just train the upper body. Which muscles would you want to just maintain? Legs?

No Marty.lol..Like Tobias said train each bodypart once a week I thought thats what you were asking..And I said yes you can do that..Thats what I do..Think about your Q and I think you will be able to answer this one on your own...Good luck and stay focused you have done very well...Brian.

As far as not training something at all...i.e. training arms and chest but not legs....thats not what I am looking to do

i guess just weighing my options...trying to get ideas

Hello Tobias
could please let me know your training, I mean how many set per exercise, how many exercise per-body part that you do? do you do more that 2 exercise every training?

Me...I train one muscle group/day and switch to another one the following day and so on....

You need to train all your muscle part once per week!

I guess I had the best overall method in the begining. I used to have it laid out day by day, and maybe I just need to get back into a routine again.