I am doing push/pull/legs, but I am really liking the idea of full body or upper/lower split. This will what I will be doing after my next unload.
As of now I am doing Chest,arms/Legs,abs/Back,shoulders.
This was a split that worked well for me in my early to mid-20's, but now in my early to mid-30's perhaps my recovery isn't what it used to be because my arms and shoulders are always tired from being worked directly one day, and indirectly another.
Perhaps I should create as little overlapping as possible and give my arms and shoulders a full week to recover and adopt the push/pull/legs split.
Any thoughts?
thanks
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I am doing push/pull/legs, but I am really liking the idea of full body or upper/lower split. This will what I will be doing after my next unload.
DRSE Reconnaissance
Definately try it. More frequent but less intense workouts instead of trying to nail yourself knowing you have a week to recover. Im doing full body every 2nd day and making good progress.
I think I might try that Slip.
Because of work, I can only manage hitting the gym 3 days a week, but I am thinking of trying Cowpimps suggested split of doing Upper/Lower/Upper one week, and then Lower/Upper/Lower another and so on.
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What splits have you done before? Have you ever done fullbody workouts? If not, you should definitely do that.
If you have a good schedule where you can go every other day (3 times a week) I would suggest a FB split. If your schedule is not as structured a Upper/Lower/Upper - Lower/Upper/Lower split may work since you can go to the gym on back to back days then take a few days off if needed.
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Witchblade
I've probably tried every split there is. I was really into lifting (also read obsessed. lol) in my early to mid-20s, but then things fizzled a little when I got to my 30s. I still kept fit, but wasn't hitting the gym as hard as I used to.
I only recently got back into the swing of things again, and am finding that I'm not recovering as quickly as I would have hoped, hence my reasoning for initially mentioning the push/pull/legs split.
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I am definatly doing full body the next time around. You can maximum recovery time that way. P/P/L is not bad, but I'm doing that 4 days a week. With full body I will get an extra day off for recovery as well.
DRSE Reconnaissance
Try full body after this split Leatherface, then you'll have a feel for everything(ish) thats out there.
HST has an alright template. (hypertrophy specific training)
Thanks Slip. I'll give it a shot.
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