Pull/push/legs routine

[sonny-jim]

Hi guys, I recently read up and heard about this split routine where by you divide the routines into pull (generally bis and chest), push (tris and back) and leg exercises and using the top 10 compound exercises and then individual isolation exercises according to what you wanna achieve. Apparently performing the big exercises 1st and small exercises last gives some sort of advantage.

It goes something like this:

pull - barbell deadlifts, overhand weighted chinups, cable rows then Isolation exercises.
push - bench press, weighted wide grip dips, military press then Isolation exercises.
legs - barbell squats, leg press then Isolation exercises.

If anyone's used this please let me know if it has worked for them.

[clickclickboom]

yes it works well... for intermediate-advanced. the reason being is beginners can recover from sessions faster (they dont lift nearly as much weight) and their just plain untrained.

so be honest with yourself before you pick up a routine where you hit everything once.

[Breadfan]

I train Push/Pull/Squat focusing on bench press, deadlift and front/back squats. So say...for Pull I focus on the deadlift, and then add assistance exerices, usually bent rows, pullups, cleans, shrugs etc. Its work well for me...the one thing I dont like about training like this is my shoulders are pretty fried after bench press and I dont do nearly as well on my shoulder work as I could. Way around this ifor me has been every month or so change focus for each day, for example focus on OH pressing on push days instead of bench, or front squats instead of back squats, cleans instead of deads etc.