How often should I be working a body part?

Should I be getting in each body part once or twice a week?

I was thinking about waiting 5 days between each body part workout. Does that seem ok? For some reason I feel that 7 days is too long inbetween.

Thanks.

Yeah 5-7 days is the general time.

keep in mind that alot of muscles get worked in compound movements. for example the delts get used heavily in any chest press, along with rows for your back, or dips for your tris.

So its better not to train any less than 5. It depends on the way your train really.

But to answer your question, 5 days is fine.

For example you could do this split:

Mon- Chest, delts, tris
Wed- Back , bis, forearms
Fri- Legs, calves, abs
Sun- start cycle over

I know I wait the 5-7 days in between body parts. Mondays are chest, tri, shoulders, Wednesday is back and biceps, and friday is legs, calves and i do abs 5 days a week and i take weekends off. It helps me and I train each body part to fatigue so it needs the recooperation time in between. Everyone is different though so you just kinda have to play and see what works best for you.