Splits or Fullbody Routines.

[DeltaPapa]

Ok basically want to get back into lifting weights again. Been out of it for like 3/4 months because i aint got the stones to go back to the gym and him to ask me where i been for ages; but decided who cares lol.

So before i quit i was doing Full body routines, hitting each major muscle part, (legs, biceps, triceps, lats, back, abs, chest - about 2 exercises of each) and thought the results i was seeing was alright for the time i was doing it.

Just wondering why do Split routines instead of full body routines.

Only reason i can see, is if your going to the gym 4/5 days a week, your body wont recover in time and properly.

[Smush]

Splits = Great concentration on muscle groups. Meaning you can go all out on chest instead of being fatigued after squats and deadlifts.

I was once in your mindset of doing full body, but I found splits were more effective because I only concentrated on one or two muscle groups instead of being dead tired after working legs/core/shoulders/etc.

Full body is good if you don't have time to go to the gym at least 4 times a week.

Less fatigue = Greater loads, better improvement.

On a side note ... Arnold preferred splits .. #justsayin'

[DeltaPapa]

See that all makes sense. But then your training 1 muscle part a week. I can see how you could do that to keep up the muscle but not build on it.

Dunno if im being an idiot, but after 1 week of training, that muscle you built up will just go?

[Adam|Spakka]

no lol^

[Smush]

Hmm, I see what you're saying, but if you hit your muscles hard on that one day and go all out, you only need to train it once a week.

If you feel you need to train it twice a week or more, then you're not putting full effort.

Full body is preferred for a beginner though .. I started with full body and developed a base to start with and then moved towards BB splits .. It's all preference.

[DeltaPapa]

Full body is preferred for a beginner though .. I started with full body and developed a base to start with and then moved towards BB splits .. It's all preference.

See thats what i was doing (as i had just started) but iTango and Steroids laughed at me. As i really dont think i can do arms exercises like 5 times in a row

no lol^

ty for the imput Adam  :facepalm:

[Reevesy]

delta body takes like 72 hours to fully repair minimum. after 2 weeks of doing nothing you then start to lose muscle. 1 week is fine. just train the bodyparts in a split, when u are ready. every forth or 5th day or something

[DeltaPapa]

Ok. Il find a good split routine in www.muscleandstrength.com and try it out for a month, and if i cant work a muscle part enough in a session, il do some full body for awhile to get some base strength

[Tris]

Maybe start out with a 3 day split; Back/Biceps, Chest/Triceps, Shoulders/Legs.  If that's too easy then move onto a 4 day split, I'm thinking of going to a 5 day split since summer is coming up.

When I first started out I was doing full body and to be honest I didn't get as much of a burn or sense of progress compared to that of which I get with a split.

[Steroids]

key issue is just that full body ur doing 2 exercises for a large muscle group like back when on a split ull be hitting it with 5+ exercises with 20+ sets and actually working all area's of it.