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Different Way To Split Muscle Groups

ArmstrongAlexis
ArmstrongAlexis Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Needing opinions on how I should split my muscle groups? How do you split yours? Trying to think of different ways and what works best!
I usually go 5 or 6 times a week and always incooperate
Quads calves glutes hamstrings
Chest back delts traps
Biceps triceps core and plyometrics or HIIT.
Anything helps and is appreciated :)

Replies

  • JohnnyPenso
    JohnnyPenso Posts: 412 Member
    edited May 2017
    I wanted to start the Stronglifts again but I figured the every other day squats might be too much for me so I came up with my own semi-Stronglifts that goes something like this. I try to get into the gym on Mon/Tues and Thu/Fri. This gives me an extra days rest for the legs.

    Monday/Thursday
    Squats
    Overhead Press
    Deadlifts
    Pull/Chin up usually with some dumbell curls in between
    Leg Press
    Lat Pulldowns

    Tuesday/Friday
    Barbell Rows
    Bench Press
    Smith Machine Barbell Rows
    Seated Bench Press
    Decline crunches
    Leg Lifts

    All the barbell routines start as 5x5 and as I work up to 5x7-8 I increase the weights. The Smith Machines I do drop sets. Each workout starts with a 10 minute warmup on a sort of elliptical machine that also goes side to side, with the focus on whichever bodypart I'm working that day and I also cool down on the same machine for about 10 minutes.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    While I prefer to do full body work, at one point I did kind of a split I enjoyed that went something like:

    -Glutes only
    -Chest/shoulders/tris
    -Quads/glutes
    -Back/bis
    -Hams/glutes
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I prefer hitting full body in as few movements as needed. At the very most an upper/lower split.
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