Your favorite 3 day split workout!

Reney_13

I'm looking to do a new 3 day split strength program. What's your favorite?

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middlehaitch

There are a number of options here.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

My preference is AllPro, 3day full body.

Cheers, h.

cwolfman13

Reney_13 wrote: »

I'm looking to do a new 3 day split strength program. What's your favorite?

My trainer gives my my programming, but before that, New Rules of Lifting Supercharged was probably my favorite off the shelf type of program. I liked it because it had a variety of rep schemes to work with and it didn't assign you a specific lift, but rather a template for each workout with type of movement to be performed (ie hinge, single leg, etc) and then a whole host of lifts that checked the box for that particular movement, so you could get quite a bit of variety. I find programs like Starting Strength and Stronglifts to be boring AF...but it really depends on what you're after.

lorrpb

Shoulders arms
Chest back
Legs
+ A little core each day

firef1y72

lorrpb wrote: »

Shoulders arms
Chest back
Legs
+ A little core each day

Pretty much this.
Monday: shoulders and arms (main lift barbell shoulder press)
Tuesday : chest/back (main lift bench plus working on pull ups)
Thursday : legs (main lifts squats/deadlifts)

Most of my compound lifts work the corr anyway, but also do core work with PT. Do cardio mon-sat, on my own, with a PT and in classes. Also do trx and bodyweight stuff with PT

AJ_G

lorrpb wrote: »

Shoulders arms
Chest back
Legs
+ A little core each day

Chest and back are massive muscle groups and in my opinion should be done on separate days. It makes mores sense to group Chest and Triceps together as well as Back and Biceps because the muscle groups are complimentary. Chest exercises work your triceps, then at the end of the workout you can hit your triceps with isolated lifts to burn them out. Same with Back and Biceps. My 3rd split is usually Legs and Shoulders, but if you're open to a 4 day split, you can give each of those their own day.

riffraff2112

My primary days are generally Chest and Legs, Shoulders, Back and Abs.
I hit arms whenever I feel like it to supplement a workout but do not really schedule them in anymore as I tend work them pretty hard with my compound work.

lorrpb

AJ_G wrote: »

lorrpb wrote: »

Shoulders arms
Chest back
Legs
+ A little core each day

Chest and back are massive muscle groups and in my opinion should be done on separate days. It makes mores sense to group Chest and Triceps together as well as Back and Biceps because the muscle groups are complimentary. Chest exercises work your triceps, then at the end of the workout you can hit your triceps with isolated lifts to burn them out. Same with Back and Biceps. My 3rd split is usually Legs and Shoulders, but if you're open to a 4 day split, you can give each of those their own day.

Thank you. I reworked a 4 day program into 3 because that works better with my schedule. My intent was to put opposing muscle groups together, but I’ll consider your suggestions.

DancingMoosie

When I have 3 days to lift, rather than my usual 2, I tend to stick with full body, but break up the exercises so each gets worked twice. For example:
Mon squats, bench, deadlift, ohp
Wed squat, bench, split squat, row
Thurs deadlift, ohp, hip thrusts, pullups Something like that anyway...

stephie_nyc

If I only lifted 3 days per week I guess I’d do a Push/Pull/Legs routine. I’d be sad only hitting legs once per week though.