CaptainNapalm
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For the majority of my lifting days I have always set up my splits such that each major muscle group gets trained twice weekly. It always made sense to me that if I chose to execute 10 sets for legs in one week for example, that I would execute two leg days with 5 sets per day rather than try to squeeze out 10 full sets in one day and then have the legs rest for a week before killing them again. I have made great gains this way but I'm very tempted to try a split where I train each major muscle group only once a week with full volume. So I thought of trying something like this:
Monday: legs, 10 sets (various lifts)
Tuesday: shoulders, 10 sets
Wednesday: off
thursday: back, 10 sets
friday: chest, 10 sets
weekends off
Above is just a primitive sample but you get the idea. I train compound lifts mainly in the 6 to 15 rep ranges. My goals for the next three months are to gain more muscle mass so my diet will reflect that. I'm 6'1" about 205 lbs. Any thoughts on this guys? Believe it or not I've never tried this split in my whole 12 years of lifting because in my early days a big dude at the gym told me that you should hit each body part at least twice a week for maximum gains and this made sense and kind of stuck with me.
Monday: legs, 10 sets (various lifts)
Tuesday: shoulders, 10 sets
Wednesday: off
thursday: back, 10 sets
friday: chest, 10 sets
weekends off
Above is just a primitive sample but you get the idea. I train compound lifts mainly in the 6 to 15 rep ranges. My goals for the next three months are to gain more muscle mass so my diet will reflect that. I'm 6'1" about 205 lbs. Any thoughts on this guys? Believe it or not I've never tried this split in my whole 12 years of lifting because in my early days a big dude at the gym told me that you should hit each body part at least twice a week for maximum gains and this made sense and kind of stuck with me.
