Reply With QuoteI think a 3 day split can be good. I don't think you really have to worry about too much rest. I think you will be fine. doing back and chest all in one day does seem alot though.
3 day split enough?
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02-15-2002, 11:06 PM #1Junior Member ELITE MEMBER
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3 day split enough?
ppl that do 3 days splits..like myself
Mon: biceps, triceps, shoulders
Tues: OFF
Wed: Legs
Thurs: OFF
Fri: Back and chest
Sat: OFF
Sun: OFF
Is that enough workin body parts only 3 times a week? I know a 3 split routine gives the muscle optimum time to recover but is that too much recovery ya think.. I mean not havin the muscles in a warm state.. don't want them to get soggy from havin too much of a break... just curious on yalls thoughts. thx!
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02-16-2002, 09:01 AM #3Member
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heres what i do
mon-chest,biceps,some legs
tues-off
wed-back,triceps,abs
thursday-off
fri-chest,biceps,legs
then the next week i do back and triceps on monday and friday and chest only on wednesday
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I use a 3 day split.
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02-16-2002, 04:42 PM #5Meathead ELITE MEMBER
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I went from a 4 day split to a 3 day split and have made better gains. Being in my mid 30`s I find the extra day of rest is really helping in my recovery. Keeping my workouts under an hour and speeding things up a little I am getting great pumps on this split
Mon: Back,Shoulders
Tues: off
Wed: Legs, Biceps
Thur: off
Fri: Chest, Triceps
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02-17-2002, 08:23 AM #6Registered User
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Being in my late 30's I find that a 4 day split is too much so I always stick to a 3 day split. My split is like this:
sun- legs, shoulders
mon- cardio / abs
tue- back / triceps
wed-off
thur- chest / biceps / abs
fri - cardio
sat - off
GO SKINS !!!
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02-18-2002, 07:21 AM #7Registered User
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I used to train 4 days a week for 2 hours each day. I wasn't getting anywhere. I changed to a 3 day split and keep gym time to 1 hour max. Gains are incredible!
Here's my split
Monday - Shoulders, chest, tris
Wed - Back, bis, forearms
Friday - legsArtificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.
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