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Hi guys.
So I have seen this Push/Pull/Legs split rising in popularity, in recent years.
Day1: Push (Chest/Shoulder/Tri)
Day2: Pull (back/bi)
Day3: Legs.
Rinse and repeat as needed.
Some of you may know, the popular coach Jordan Peters seems to advocvate it.
Now, oN paper it seems very simple The argument seems to be that, given that you are working overlapping body parts each day, you can benefit from the increased frequency.
My question is this:
Has any of you actually used this split to great success in real life?
I have never seen anyone truly huge, or strong in real life, that I have known personally, to have great success with this type of high frequency split.
I want to be open minded, because I'm always looking for smarter ways to do things.
Whenever I have tried Push/Pull/Legs in the past... I make good progress for a while, then become over trained.
Eventually, I have to add in more rest days, so that each body part gets trained every 5 or 6 days anyway. And in that case, I wonder "Why don't I just use a regular 'bro split', rather than try to cram all of these parts into 1 day?"
On my last vacation, where I had nothing to do all day but lounge around all day, eat, sleep, and train, I tried to do it 6 days in a row.
Monday: Push
Tuesday: Pull
Wednesday: Legs
Thursday: Push
Friday: Pull
Sat: Legs
I got over trained after about Thursday (feeling lethargic, muscles were not recovered, joints achy, poundages going down slightly), and the workouts were not as good in the 2nd phase.
After my vacation I scaled the split back, to where I had a rest day every 2 or 3 days.
ie.
Monday: Push
Tuesday: Pull
Wednesday: Legs
Thursday: Rest
I made good progress, but eventually got over trained. Moreover, I felt like the secondary muscles never "quite" got as good of a workout as when I used to train them individually.
Anyone have thoughts on this split? or empirical evidence why it trumps other splits?
So I have seen this Push/Pull/Legs split rising in popularity, in recent years.
Day1: Push (Chest/Shoulder/Tri)
Day2: Pull (back/bi)
Day3: Legs.
Rinse and repeat as needed.
Some of you may know, the popular coach Jordan Peters seems to advocvate it.
Now, oN paper it seems very simple The argument seems to be that, given that you are working overlapping body parts each day, you can benefit from the increased frequency.
My question is this:
Has any of you actually used this split to great success in real life?
I have never seen anyone truly huge, or strong in real life, that I have known personally, to have great success with this type of high frequency split.
I want to be open minded, because I'm always looking for smarter ways to do things.
Whenever I have tried Push/Pull/Legs in the past... I make good progress for a while, then become over trained.
Eventually, I have to add in more rest days, so that each body part gets trained every 5 or 6 days anyway. And in that case, I wonder "Why don't I just use a regular 'bro split', rather than try to cram all of these parts into 1 day?"
On my last vacation, where I had nothing to do all day but lounge around all day, eat, sleep, and train, I tried to do it 6 days in a row.
Monday: Push
Tuesday: Pull
Wednesday: Legs
Thursday: Push
Friday: Pull
Sat: Legs
I got over trained after about Thursday (feeling lethargic, muscles were not recovered, joints achy, poundages going down slightly), and the workouts were not as good in the 2nd phase.
After my vacation I scaled the split back, to where I had a rest day every 2 or 3 days.
ie.
Monday: Push
Tuesday: Pull
Wednesday: Legs
Thursday: Rest
I made good progress, but eventually got over trained. Moreover, I felt like the secondary muscles never "quite" got as good of a workout as when I used to train them individually.
Anyone have thoughts on this split? or empirical evidence why it trumps other splits?