CHOOSING YOUR SPLIT

How to choose the right training split for you…

A workout split is simply how your training is organised throughout the week.

This can be done in many, many, many different ways.

A very common mistake men make is performing what is called a ‘bro split’.

This consists of say, chest on Monday, back Tuesday, legs on Wednesday, a shoulder day on Thursday and finally an arm day on Friday.

While this approach can actually be quite effective, the common theme is that we are only training each muscle group ONCE per week.

As it does not take an entire week for our muscles to recover for another workout, we are potentially leaving gains on the table with this method of training.

When choosing a workout split, you’ll want to take into account your:

  • level of experience

  • personal training goals

  • how often you want/are able to train

  • individual strong/weak points

Changing workout splits every so often is a great way to break plateaus and keep yourself crushing PRs.

I’m sure you’ve all heard the old saying ‘there’s many ways to skin a cat’…

Well that statement rings very true when it comes to training splits.

There are literally hundreds of ways you can split up your training, so your imagination truly is the limit.

In general though, the only 4 training splits most men will ever really need are:

Now, you’re probably wondering which one of these splits is quote unquote ‘the best’.

Well, here it goes but…

‘The best’ training split is the one you can stick to!

In general, if you’re an early beginner/intermediate, start with full body or upper/lower workouts.

Once you’ve gained some experience, you can experiment further with some of the more advanced splits like push/pull/legs and push/pull to find what best suits you.