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What kind of splits do you?

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  • Are you doing shoulder isolation standing presses?

    Anyho', did you follow that link - it was all good stuff.
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    You could look at the push/pull split. That way you get full body workouts but still break some of the muscle groups up. I agree with the others that you should lift like would if you were building strength or mass. The deficit will keep you from bulking up. I do higher reps on some of my isolation lifts but for the most part I dont try to turn my lifting into endurance or cardio training.

    My split is

    Chest and arms
    legs core
    back and shoulders





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  • Erica27511
    Erica27511 Posts: 490 Member
    BANANA!!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I do:
    M - Chest, shoulder, triceps (30 minutes)
    T - Legs, Back, Biceps (30 minutes)
    W - Cardio (20 min), abs (10 min)
    Th - Chest, shoulder, triceps (30 minutes)
    F - Legs, Back, Biceps (30 minutes)
    S - Rest
    S - Rest

    There is no need to do much if any ab work if you are focusing on the proper lifts (compound lifts). I use to do 2 days cardio and abs, but dropped it and added a fourth lifting day instead.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Are you doing shoulder isolation standing presses?

    Anyho', did you follow that link - it was all good stuff.

    I do like the 4 day layout. Have you looked into Wendler?
  • jenwalton
    jenwalton Posts: 87 Member
    BANANA!!
    LOL!! Me too.
  • Are you doing shoulder isolation standing presses?

    Anyho', did you follow that link - it was all good stuff.

    I do like the 4 day layout. Have you looked into Wendler?

    I have not, but I will look into Wendler.

    The link I meant was the one on the MFP forum which takes you to another web site where the 4 ds w/o starts to make sense in terms of strength gains and how some fancy chemical conversion of protein is made in the MALE body causes better muscle growth and maturity.
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