Hi Scott, I'm back with a new question.
On push day, I do 2 chest exercises, 2 shoulder exercises, and 2 tricep exercises. Now the trainer at my gym and most people say to work the larger muscle groups FIRST, however the problem is that if I try to do both chest exercises first, by the time I get to my first shoulder exercise, my shoulders are already quite fatigued.
Push day is this:
Barbell Bench Press 4x6-10 reps
Incline Dumbbell Bench Press 4x6-10 reps
Standing Barbell Overhead Press 4x6-10 reps
Rear Lateral Raise 4x12-15 reps
Dips 3x12 (bodyweight, and then negatives until I hit 12 reps)
CGBP 4x6-10 reps
I can only overhead press 55 lb for reps, and if I do Barbell Bench Press and then Incline dumbbell press I probably can't even do 4 sets with the bar on overhead press. So rather than train bigger muscle groups first, I instead have been doing the main exercises first:
Barbell Bench Press 4x6-10 reps
Standing Barbell Overhead Press 4x6-10 reps
Dips 3x12 (bodyweight, and then negatives until I hit 12 reps)
Superset:
Incline Dumbbell Bench Press 4x6-10 reps
Rear Lateral Raise 4x12-15 reps
CGBP 4x6-10 reps
This seems to work better as my shoulders don't get exhausted (since incline involves shoulders a lot) before I do overhead press. Will this affect my gains if I train the main movements first, rather than work larger muscle groups first? What are the pros/cons of this and would you recommend I do this?