1.Is there a limit to the number of days in a week one should do pressing exercises?
For example:
If you do horizontal pressing 2 days/week, you should limit vertical pressing to 1 day/week?
However, if you do vertical pressing 2 days/week, you should cut out horizontal pressing?
2.Is the number of set/reps also a factor? Using CW’s set/rep rule of 24-50 per bodypart/workout… does that mean in a given week one should limit total volume of pressing exercises(vertical and horizontal) to 72 - 150 (x3 of 24-50)?
For example, is it okay to do vertical and horizontal pressing everyday if you only do 4-5 sets of each (say you were doing a full body program)?
Are there any general guidelines one could follow? Thanks
Sort answer NO!!! there is no absolute #. Now your ability to recover and progress, as well as not only the frequency but also the load and volume used. Diet rest etc will all play a part.
One if they did it right could do pressing movements or any movement every day. Once again look at manual labor. But in the context of lifting weight. if you are to keep the sessions brief, a set or two. The movements quality above and beyond quantity. Also avoid failure sure go for it.
Many days, few sets, varied loads and rep schemes. low daily volume takes the place of a higher or equal weekly volume.
The reason I ask is that after my current program, I’m thinking of starting a program wherein I do chins twice a week, and well… overhead pressing is the only ‘vertical push’ exercise I can think of to balance witht the chins.
My program will look something like this:
Sun:
Chins 5x6
Standing Military 5x6
dumbbell lunges 4x10
Well actually you are doing verticle pressing three days in a row with the shoulder press, dips, and military. You may want to put the bench somewhere in between that other than that it all depends on you and your work capacity, etc.