Does Exercise Order Matter?

[Brice]

Also, does excercise order make a difference; for instance, would doing flys first and flat barbell bench last when I usually do barbell bench first and flys last?

Thanks

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Brice

I understand what you're saying and that will really help me to make a new routine to use for a while; just, what do you mean by "eccentric," "hold," and "concentric?" Also, does excercise order make a difference; for instance, would doing flys first and flat barbell bench last when I usually do barbell bench first and flys last?

Thanks

As far as excercise selection goes, it's usually best to do compound excercises first or those that take the most effort. For legs that could be squats, front squats, box squats, leg press, deadlifts, lunges, any number of exercises. For chest, that could be barbell, dumbbell, or machine presses, either flat, incline, or decline. Then you can move to more isolated movements if neccessary like a fly, dip, pullover, ect. Or you can even superset them.

[rlhaney]

Maybe im a Mutant but i usally start out with a burn out session that last roughly 45 mins..many diffrent excesie then i domy cardio..and then i come back to my weights...and i still seem to grow regularly..but ill try it you way...anything that helps im down for

[gymBum]

Originally Posted by rlhaney

Maybe im a Mutant but i usally start out with a burn out session that last roughly 45 mins..many diffrent excesie then i domy cardio..and then i come back to my weights...and i still seem to grow regularly..but ill try it you way...anything that helps im down for

eek! how long are you in the gym for?

[SarahPT&SN]

The order does make a diiference. Typically, after a good warm up, you would want to start with the big compound mvements with the bigger muscle groups, such as squats, deadlifts, pull ups, barbell rows, then bench press, military press, etc. Smaller, isolation movements for the small muscle groups would be last, if you do them.

Sarah

[Andrew]

I try and do the biggest muscles or things like the bench press first.

[mvp]

Big growth comes from big compound exercises. Compound exercises are used mainly for building muscle while isolation gets a little extra work done or sometimes can be used for burning fat.

You want to focus on compound exercises for growth. Therefor you should always do them first.