Exercise days.

[theman32131]

Hey guys whats better? I dont know what should i do so yeah.

I asked two of my gym coaches today about this and one of them did this

He splitted my workouts like A B A B

So on sunday - I do A - Monday - I do B - Tuesday - I do A Wednesday - I do A And so on..

And one of them told me I should work out all of the body like A and B togheter in one day, and then rest one day so Like on Sunday ill do all of the body then rest on monday then tuesday all of the body and Wednesday all of the body again and so on.

Which one of them is better for me?

[Dan| High Rating]

so he has a 2 day split? It does depend on your goals, but generally you cannot effectively work 1/2 of your muscle groups in 1 training session. I say this because to do that properly you would have to be in there for hours, and after the first hour you will have used most of your bodies energy supply (glycogen) and then subsequently won't be able to work out effectively, wasting your time basically, you also risk going into a catabolic state. This is how I split my workout:

~Day1: Chest/tris

~Day2:Back/Bis

~Day3:Rest/HIIT (depending whether cutting/bulking)

~Day4:Shoulders/Abs (weighted excersizes)

~Day5:Rest/HIIT (depending whether cutting/bulking)

~Day6:Legs

~Day7:REST.

**Note, for most muscle groups I have 3-5 excersizes, of 3-4 sets and 10 reps usually. Make sure also to have a gentle warmup, and have compound exersises.

Make sure you don't negelect any muscle groups, especially your back/legs.

You could further research training routines/diets on this site:www.muscleandstrength.com

Goodluck.

[theman32131]

so he has a 2 day split? It does depend on your goals, but generally you cannot effectively work 1/2 of your muscle groups in 1 training session. I say this because to do that properly you would have to be in there for hours, and after the first hour you will have used most of your bodies energy supply (glycogen) and then subsequently won't be able to work out effectively, wasting your time basically, you also risk going into a catabolic state. This is how I split my workout:

~Day1: Chest/tris

~Day2:Back/Bis

~Day3:Rest/HIIT (depending whether cutting/bulking)

~Day4:Shoulders/Abs (weighted excersizes)

~Day5:Rest/HIIT (depending whether cutting/bulking)

~Day6:Legs

~Day7:REST.

**Note, for most muscle groups I have 3-5 excersizes, of 3-4 sets and 10 reps usually. Make sure also to have a gentle warmup, and have compound exersises.

Make sure you don't negelect any muscle groups, especially your back/legs.

You could further research training routines/diets on this site:www.muscleandstrength.com

Goodluck.

Thanks, so ill guess like say in day 1 ill work a muscle group (a) and in another day work another muscle group (b), like that? And also, whats HIIT?

[Dan| High Rating]

HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training (like sprinting, spinning, rowing or using a jump rope etc).

If I were you i'd find a good 3-4 day split, forget all this muscle group a and b nonsense and just find a routine where you work 2-3 muscles per day which should amount to 3-4 days, refer to the website i posted for a good training split.

edit: misread what you posted, yes for day 1 work 'muscle a and b' where a = chest (for example) and b = triceps. Then for day 2 do back and biceps etc..

[Reevesy]

ur coach is a dumb ass, simples. go read online and dont bewlieve everything people tell you.

probably got his coaching license from the bottom of a cereal box

[theman32131]

I mean a b a b which like a is = triceps/chest/abs

and b is = biceps/legs/abs

So i dont work each muscle every day, just working triceps/chest/abs (a) on one day, and the next day biceps,legs,abs(b)

[Steroids]

gj Dan| High Rating.

[Kofte]

Upper/Lower

M: Upper

T: Lower

W: Rest

T: Upper

F: Lower

S/S:Rest

You dont need to do cardio whether your bulking or cutting as long as your eating 500 over or less than maintainence. Make all excercises within each day compounds mainly.

[theman32131]

Still need help on this, i dont know if im working out correctly because it goes like this and it dosent look good to me.

A = Triceps,Shoulders, Abs, Upper back

B = Biceps, Chest, Legs

And every day i do A and the next day B so like Sunday A Monday B and so on, is this good because i dont think it is? Could anyone help please?

[Reevesy]

Still need help on this, i dont know if im working out correctly because it goes like this and it dosent look good to me.

A = Triceps,Shoulders, Abs, Upper back

B = Biceps, Chest, Legs

And every day i do A and the next day B so like Sunday A Monday B and so on, is this good because i dont think it is? Could anyone help please?

gay and lame, just make sensible splits, do things that work with other things.

[theman32131]

Like what? Can you help?

[I Meleed I]

im sure i told you to do starting strength b4. don't do a split if ur a new starter

[Reevesy]

guys a proper troll ignore him

[theman32131]

im sure i told you to do starting strength b4. don't do a split if ur a new starter

Is it bad to do a split if im starting out? Also can you give me the link for starting strength?

[I Meleed I]

it's on my stickied topic. it's not bad to do a split as long as it isnt a shit one but SS will make the most out of your noob gains

[Roman]

nice.

[Steroids]

nice.

dont u ever do that again idiot.

[Reevesy]

nice.

dont u ever do that again idiot.