Splits

[paulieserafini]

full body splits or one body part a day?


im trying to decide ive done 3 day splits 4 day splits and now 5 day splits

but im wondering if full body splits will give me good results

[MonsterForm]

4 Day split is the best << My opinion.

[saw7988]

full body splits or one body part a day?


im trying to decide ive done 3 day splits 4 day splits and now 5 day splits

but im wondering if full body splits will give me good results

Depends on your level of weight lifting. Beginners should do full body 3x a week for higher frequency, then maybe 2x a week as you need more recovery. 2x/week should probably be accomplished first with a 2 day split, then a 3 day split as you want to add more exercises in for each body part.

[CookAndrewB]

Depends on your level of weight lifting.

Why would it depend?

Beginners should do full body 3x a week for higher frequency, then maybe 2x a week as you need more recovery.

So beginners are the only ones who can benefit from a full body routine?

2x/week should probably be accomplished first with a 2 day split, then a 3 day split as you want to add more exercises in for each body part.

Why would you want to add more exercises? What do you gain by doing more?

[muscular10]

full body splits or one body part a day?


im trying to decide ive done 3 day splits 4 day splits and now 5 day splits

but im wondering if full body splits will give me good results

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=131660353
Read this thread it will help you choosing, it's almost going to be sticky today or tommorow
It got all the difference between fullbody and split routines and their advantages and disadvantages, and completely simple.

[saw7988]

Why would it depend?


So beginners are the only ones who can benefit from a full body routine?



Why would you want to add more exercises? What do you gain by doing more?

It depends because of two reasons. More advanced lifters need to do more work to stimulate muscular adaptations, and they also need more time to recover. So working a body part 2x a week will give you more time to recover than 3x a week. More exercises can be used to help add more work to stimulate the muscle adaptations.

EDIT: great link, muscular10. I'd like to specifically point out this section of it:

"Level of training experience- Typically, I prescribe full body workouts for beginners. Beginners are usually learning proper form and are relatively weak. Both of these qualities warrant more frequent exposure to the training stimulus.

For advanced guys, I generally recommend following a split routine. Advanced trainees are relatively stronger, requiring more recovery time in between exposure to the same movement patterns. You can bend these particular rules sometimes, but be aware of the above considerations."