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Tip: The Upper/Lower Split: Pros and Cons

Most commonly, this training split involves 4 workouts a week with each session dedicated to upper and lower-body training in alternating succession, like this: Monday:Upper Body Tuesday:Lower Body Thursday:Upper Body Friday:Lower Body Pros For most lifters, training each muscle group twice a week is much more effective than only once. Many lifters enjoy the ability to give focused attention to a specific body region for an entire workout. Cons Twice a week may be less than optimal – especially for average to smaller guys who aren’t yet in the 1200 club (300 bench, 400 squat, 500 deadlift). Overall, this is a descent split, but there may be an even better way of organizing your training for the week. Check it out here: The Hybrid
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Tip: Pros and Cons of the Bro-Split

Most popular among bodybuilders, the bro-split involves devoting each workout to 1-2 muscle groups, such as: Monday:Back Tuesday:Chest Wednesday:Legs Thursday:Shoulders/Calves Friday:Biceps/Triceps Pros If you’re already huge and strong, your muscles will take between 4-6 days to recover from training. Therefore, training each muscle group once a week is likely ideal. You get to train 5 days a week, which many lifters enjoy. Many lifters enjoy the idea of dedicating an entire workout to a specific muscle/muscle group. The bro split has lots of benefits! Problem is, those benefits are usually offset by a very pesky drawback: Cons If you’re not huge and super-strong, your muscles will take between 1-3 days to recover from training. Therefore training each muscle group once a week is probably not frequent enough, and you’ll lose ground between sessions. Is there a better training split? I like a hybrid split. A hybrid split incorporates both whole-body days as well as upper and lower days into a 4-day training week. Check it out here: The Hybrid
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