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  • Darkness
    Moderator
    • Apr 2011
    • 5657

    What do you think of this split?

    Assuming the athlete is well enhanced and on a clean bulk with excelllebt nutrition.

    Day 1 Back and Bis
    Day 2 Chest. Anterior delts and Tris
    Day 3 Medical and posterior delts and legs
    Day 4 Off

    Repeat

    So the idea would be that each body part isn’t murdered every four days, just well trained.
  • liftsiron
    Administrator
    • Nov 2003
    • 18436

    #2
    Originally posted by Darkness
    Assuming the athlete is well enhanced and on a clean bulk with excelllebt nutrition.

    Day 1 Back and Bis
    Day 2 Chest. Anterior delts and Tris
    Day 3 Medical and posterior delts and legs
    Day 4 Off

    Repeat

    So the idea would be that each body part isn’t murdered every four days, just well trained.
    I have been doing similiar for a very long time.
    Day 1 Back including traps
    Day 2 chest, triceps, biceps
    Day 3 shoulders all three heads
    Day 4 legs
    I try to hit each group 3 times in 14 days.
    This works very well for me.
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    • Puff88
      VET
      • Jan 2019
      • 302

      #3
      I have always done traps with shoulders. Maybe I should switch it up and hit them with back

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      • Dawgpound_Hank
        Moderator
        • May 2019
        • 1034

        #4
        I don't like it but hey opinions are like A-holes haha. Levrone loved the push/pull/legs. Others do as well. I never liked hitting bis after back or tris after chest/delts bcoz they are usually pretty toasted by the time I get to them and the weights are much less.

        I've always did splits like:

        day 1 - chest
        day 2 - legs
        day 3 - rest
        day 4 - back
        day 5 - delts
        day 6 - arms
        day 7 rest
        repeat

        There have been times due to shoulder pain (RC) that I would hit delts after back bcoz all the stretching from back really warms the delts up good without exhausting them, so much less pain when hitting the delts. But end of the day, the push/pull I never have liked.

        If anything, if I were you, I would merely add in rear delts after back, and side delts on your chest/front delts/tris day. That's not really much more work on each of those workouts, and you will have 100% in the tank for legs alone. If one is truly busting ass on legs, they shouldn't have any energy left to do any other bdpt that day anyways.
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        • Dawgpound_Hank
          Moderator
          • May 2019
          • 1034

          #5
          Another split I have liked when I couldn't hit the gym 5 days is Yates' split:

          day 1 - chest/bis
          day 2 - legs
          day 3 - rest
          day 4 - back/rear delts
          day 5 - front & side delts/traps/tris
          day 6 - rest
          day 7 - repeat
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          • Dawgpound_Hank
            Moderator
            • May 2019
            • 1034

            #6
            Originally posted by liftsiron
            I have been doing similiar for a very long time.
            Day 1 Back including traps
            Day 2 chest, triceps, biceps
            Day 3 shoulders all three heads
            Day 4 legs
            I try to hit each group 3 times in 14 days.
            This works very well for me.
            I've also did similar working arms after chest. However I did the split in a different sequence as I can't hit bis the day after back bcoz bis are fatigued somewhat from back. Also I always take a rest day after 2 days of training - even ON. I just feel on the 3rd consecutive day, I don't have that "ummphh" factor of killing it like the first 2 days. So perhaps, not similar as I thought haha.
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            • Dakota
              VET
              • Feb 2017
              • 1991

              #7
              It definitely takes more rest as you age.
              The older I get the better I used to be.

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              • A.B
                VET
                • Jun 2004
                • 2333

                #8
                My workout schedule is all over the place now so the consistent schedule is out the door.

                I do very similar

                Day 1. Back n bis
                Day 2. Chest and triceps
                Day 3. Rest
                Day 4. Legs
                Day 5. Shoulders and traps
                Day 6. Rest.

                Random days of abs and cardio thrown in there I’ll likely be doing fasted cardio the the AM soon

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                • wallyd
                  VET
                  • Aug 2015
                  • 940

                  #9
                  Originally posted by A.B
                  My workout schedule is all over the place now so the consistent schedule is out the door.

                  I do very similar

                  Day 1. Back n bis
                  Day 2. Chest and triceps
                  Day 3. Rest
                  Day 4. Legs
                  Day 5. Shoulders and traps
                  Day 6. Rest.

                  Random days of abs and cardio thrown in there I’ll likely be doing fasted cardio the the AM soon
                  I do this split exactly. I followed Yates’ split for years & just needed a change & recently switched to this. 4 day splits work the best for me.

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                  • A.B
                    VET
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 2333

                    #10
                    Originally posted by wallyd
                    I do this split exactly. I followed Yates’ split for years & just needed a change & recently switched to this. 4 day splits work the best for me.
                    I used to be able to lift 6 days a week.

                    I need those rest days now tho after two days in a row. Sad really

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                    • BrutalHoney
                      VET
                      • Nov 2016
                      • 274

                      #11
                      might as well do posterior delts with back/bis, i figure. they're at least as used doing pullups/rows as bis are.

                      i also prefer to do shoulders with chest/tris, and i vary each time which one gets to go first. sometimes it's overhead press. sometimes it's dips (chest). whatever.

                      buuuut i can't help but fall into a push-pull-legs even when i try not to. just works for me.

                      i do think, though, that if you want to not "murder" a body part too often, you can just do less volume in a session, but more frequently. i get better overall workouts that way bcause i'm not exhausted by the end, and not sore as fuck the next day or five.
                      Last edited by BrutalHoney; 02-22-2021, 01:38 AM.

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                      • jrod
                        Moderator
                        • Jun 2010
                        • 1304

                        #12
                        I am with dph. I can’t do back and bi’s or chest and tri’s. I never SEEM to get as good a workout and pump if I do them separately.
                        1. Chest, bi’s
                        2. Back, tri’s
                        3. Shoulders, traps
                        4. Legs
                        I’ll mix in abs on various days.

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