Been lifting for ~5 years now and leaning towards doing a 5 day split…something like this:
Monday- Chest
Tuesday- Back/Bi’s
Wed- Shoulders/Tri’s
Thurs- Legs
Friday- Chest again
What do you guys think? Workouts would be appr 45 mins in the 12-15 rep range followed by 30 min cardio. Looking to cut from 205 to 195. Only supps are multi, protein, and fish oil. Opinions welcomed
[quote]Waittz wrote:
…your lower body comprises half of your body, you you wanna lift it 1/5 of the time you are in the gym?[/quote]
I was under the impression it was pretty common knowledge that your upper body needs way more variety than your lower body. Plus, if you can really work legs multiple times a week on this sort of split, then maybe you should question how hard your working them on their given day.
I see nothing wrong with a 5 day split, but am curious why chest gets hit twice in a rotation.
I’ve been on a 5 day split for the last 2 months while cutting: Chest/calves, Shoulders, Back, Legs, Arms, and weekends off (carb up). You’re not going to make any real gains while cutting, so you certainly don’t want to do more training than your system can recover from.
I see nothing wrong with a 5 day split, but am curious why chest gets hit twice in a rotation.
I’ve been on a 5 day split for the last 2 months while cutting: Chest/calves, Shoulders, Back, Legs, Arms, and weekends off (carb up). You’re not going to make any real gains while cutting, so you certainly don’t want to do more training than your system can recover from.
[quote]derek wrote:
toddthebod wrote:
Will you take the weekend off? Or do you start the rotation over again on Saturday?
I’d have to assume weekends are weight-free. At least I hope so.[/quote]
In that case, I’d drop the second chest workout. If your chest is lagging, you can add a chest exercise on one or more of the other days of the split. But I question the wisdom of specializing a body part when trying to cut.
I’m with Todd, weekends off or saturday starts over, please explain? This also sounds identical to my routine except I take Wed and Sun off. So, of course I like and recommend it! Just make sure with working the muscles once per week you are really hitting them hard and getting lots of variation.