Is PPL the best split for natural bodybuilders? or is it junk volume?
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Is PPL the best split for natural bodybuilders? or is it junk volume?
Is PPL the best split for natural bodybuilders? or is it junk volume?
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>PPL
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>U/L
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>Push/pull
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>Full body
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>Anterior/posterior
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>Legs, Chest/back, shoulders/arms
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>Left/right
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>U/L + Arm day
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>6 day U/L
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PPL is unironically too much for a natty unless you are half assing each day with only 9-12 sets
Natty should be 3-4 days in the gym
Roiders are the ones who should be in the gym 5-6 days per week
so my understanding is you need to break your muscles down which requires lots of effort
this amount of effort kinda fricks the 6 day routine idea because it ends up being lots of pump work but not as hard
TLDR: natties have to go hard, cant go as hard if you go 6 days
is this true
more like going hard often fricks you up worse than you can recover from in 3 days, especially for legs.
I do PPL but I just take a rest day whenever I feel it's needed. I never actually do 6 out of every 7 days.
I pretty much agree with you. But I think you can push up the number of days in the gym if some of your workouts cause hardly any systemic disruption. Like on a PPL you're causing a bit of disruption to your whole system every day. But if you did Upper/Lower/Arms, unless you're doing CGBP & chin-ups like a jackass, the arm day itself should be minimally disruptive to the point where you can get away with breaking that rule of general no# of days in the gym per week.
I'm really 50/50 about the Arnold Split where you've got a day for shoulders+arms because it might be sufficiently systemically disruptive to cause problems trying to train on it 6 days a week.
I basically do arms, upper, lower
Arm day I can push 100% and be pretty damn fresh. Upper day can be hard, and lower is brutal per usual.
I do 8-12 sets per bodypart. Closer to 12 on back, while bicep and tricep I do 8.
If I don't feel like I put in enough effort I just add a set, and do rest pause till I fail.
Nice. Though I'd personally be a little bit paranoid with training triceps and then training chest and shoulders with pressing the next day, like I'd be disrupting my triceps recovery potentially. But I've never done the split so maybe it's a moot point
Whats wrong with doin 9 sets tho. I do ppl 9 sets per bodypart a sesh and doesnt feel any half assed by the end of the workout, plus no systemic fatigue
ANSWER ME
Depends on the quality of your volume and quality of your rest and diet. With that much time on you really can't afford to have irregularities in your sleep or life. But if you have your life and routine really nailed down it's pretty good.
is 6 day better if performed optimal?
Doesn't matter if you equate volume. I prefer the 3x3x with the order legs push pull so I can work abs every other day and do cardio on push and rest days. Too many consecutive on days or too long of session tends to frick with my sleep this is just a happy medium for me.
if my biceps and legs grow the most, is it likely my genetics for their recovery happens to be better?
No to the first yes to the second because everyone has genetics that prioritize leg recovery and growth.
can you do legs fully 3x a week?
Sure lot of people do. I wouldn't want to but that's just personal preference. If I had to do legs 3 times a week I probably wouldn't like lifting very much.
thanks anon
interesting that everyones genetics prioritize leg growth, never knew that
It's true with most animals too. Mobility = survival.
I've been doing upper/lower six times a week, and I struggle to recover. I'm probably getting too old for working out that much though, I'm 37 and I just guess my body can't handle that much any more. I guess it's more for the teens and people in their 20s.