From my own experience, When i switched to full body i had these benefits : 1- No more soreness 2- better cardiovascular endurance 3- i became more athletic 4- i saved much time that i can do something else other than sleeping in the gym 5- squats and deadlifts aren't draining me out anymore, I can squat in the beginning of the workout and still have the energy to train for another hour 6- Better progression because you're practicing the movement 3 times a week depending on how you structure the program
Dr. Psycho hello, can u suggest a full body workout? I have been doing upper/lower routine. It’s been great so far. I just want to experiment to where my curiosity leads me. Thanks!
Try the westside barbell conjugate system, You have a heavy day (max effort day) and a volume day (Dynamic effort day) and you use concurrent periodization to avoid plateauing
I will explain it but the comment may become too long, Firstly you need to try what works best for you, But as a beginning you can try what will i tell you and make adjustments later, You'll have workout A and workout B but you'll train 3 times a week, So the first week it will be ABA, and the second week BAB, Workout A will focus on heavy weights and you should max out in this workout, Pick one press and one pull and one leg exercise, Let's say you chose overhead press and weighted pull ups and front squat, do 3 rep max on them, After you finish the 3 exercises throw some accessory movements like biceps curls and triceps pushdowns and rear delts, But don't do too many sets because you will train the same muscle again after 2 days so be careful of the recovery and test what works for you, Workout B is the volume day, Choose another press and a pull and a leg exercise but don't do the same exercises you did in workout A, let's say you chose close grip bench press and bent over rows and back squat, Now do 3 sets of 5 reps on them, After you finish them you can throw some accessory movements for biceps, triceps and rear delts, Now the most important part which is how to progress, For workout A, Try to add 1-2.5 lbs each time you have workout A, When you're no longer able to complete the 3 reps because the weight is too heavy you change the exercise to a similar exercise, For example if you were doing overhead press and failed to get 3 reps then on the next workout A you will switch the overhead press to a push press or dumbbell shoulder press for example and do 3 rep max, Don't switch the exercise to something not related to the old exercise, For example don't change the overhead press to a decline bench press because it will not carry over to the overhead press, For workout B, don't add 2.5 lbs everytime but try to get an extra rep each time, When you fail to add more reps also switch the exercise to something similar to the first exercise, You have to keep switching the exercises everytime you hit a plateau for about 6 weeks, After 6 weeks you return back to the very first exercise you did 6 weeks ago and you will see that you got stronger on it although you didn't do the exercise for 6 weeks, But you were doing similar exercises that help increasing your original exercise, This is the basic idea of the conjugate system and if you want to learn more you can buy their book, This is an example of a workout routine : Workout A : Overhead press 3RM Weighted pull ups 3RM Front squat 3RM Biceps 3x10 triceps 3x10 rear delts 3x15 forearms 3x15-20 Workout B : Close grip bench press 3x5 Weighted chin ups 3x5 back squat 3x5 abs 3xfailure triceps 3x12 rear delts 3x20 forearms 3x15-20 Good luck
Dr. Psycho thanks on the effort of your reply. NOTED* I am currently doing brandon campbell’s PHUL workout. It’s really great! You might want to check it out.
Hope you enjoy the FIRST video in our CUTTING PLAN series! In it we begin with our 5x5 prep phase and Brandon goes over the difference between compound and isolation and the pros and cons. It's his second video he's shot and edited so let him know what you think! Look for more videos very soon. Happy New Year! -Hudson
Buff Dudes I prefer full body because I’m not constantly tired and or sore from the multiple days of training. I’ve tried both out and I like full body because I can deligate it so I can work out at most 2 to 3 days a week and still can have a life outside the gym
Can you use this program if you want to gain more muscle because I don't have time for the bro split I am a medical student ,almost no time to go to the gym 5times a week even sometimes I even go two times a week and I am trying my best to increase my caloric intake please buff dudes your opinion ?
Always loved Full-Body that's how I started weights, tried to train on a Split a few times just didn't enjoy it felt as though something was missing! love feeling all the muscles in one session; training the body as a unit; plus you can do sports or cardio on the non-weight days.
Man I can't imagine a day of me not thinking about the two Buff Dudes and how they changed my life. You guys really motivated me to start lifting and make them buff gains.
Full body training for us naturals. Always and forever. Perfectly balanced. Every muscle group gets hit every other day, and, it's only 'getting ready and going to the gym' three days a week.
I honestly never really tried a full-body workout until I got the 12-week program book from B.U.F.F Dudes. I have to say, it's made a significant difference in my workouts and I really prefer it.
I've just done Starting Strength and do a full body variation of the 5/3/1. Incredible gains. I've done bro splits in the past but compounds are the way to go for my body.
Whether mehdi ripped off SS or not, I do prefer 5x5 compound workouts for 3 days a week, every other day. Stronglifts 5x5, I've been getting stronger and stronger because of it(eating 3000 calories would also help but I just prefer maintenance and going slightly above it).
Principles are the same for both. I started out with Stronglifts and very quickly had to switch to 3x5 in order to continue making progress once the weights started to approach my BW. Once piece of advice, if you stall on a lift that's past your BW, change the program. If it's below your BW, continue to milk linear progression.
He probably did rip SS of a little bit, and some other program (don't remember the name). On the other hand, his program is simple, the app is free (well, you can get some "upgraded" version ... I got that, but I don't remember exactly what it offered, probably just the warmups and plate counter?) and it's all sensible. Rows instead of cleans, more sets but smaller progression (I think Mehdi's has 2.5 kg each time, while Rip has 5 kgs added each time). Anyway, I'm not sure Mehdi's really ripping Rip off since he's probably not making a huge profit off that thing.
I give you guys credit for simply not editing out the accidental black face and just moving on. We need more of that, the room for a misunderstanding and nobody died
KC Nwaneri That's my point. Even they said it was a little too close for comfort and cleaned it off. Hell, if he actually did go black face and admitted it proudly, I personally wouldn't be offended, but clearly a lot of people would. So I'm saying I'm glad they didn't edit it out and just showed them being their natural selves, they don't mean to offend, and we all move on. No offense taken here at all, I'm giving credit
Marcy Aj Where did Eduardo say they were offended anywhere in this conversation. Stop trying to read between the lines and take you ignorant ass elsewhere!
I just switched to a full body-ish type of workout, and I’m loving it right now. Keeping the compound movements around 8-10 reps, and throwing in some isolation stuff during every session. Works good for my schedule!
Like you said, when starting out it might be better to do full body workouts. That’s what I did, full body. Then I split it, upper body and lower body, and now I do the “bro splits”. Bro splits are working better now with my schedule and with my goal for the sport I play. My time in the gym is short and at a high intensity. It’s all finding your goals and what you want to achieve.
I've been doing Full Body + Splits for a while and I'm seeing awesome results. An example would be Weighted pull ups 4x6 Incline Barbell Bench 4x6 Front Squat 4x6 Bicep curls 3x12 Tricep Pushdown 3x12 Lateral raise 3x12
Total body feels like the natural and human way of lifting, your body is designed to work together. Plus the research is pointing us towards frequency (training and stimulating the muscles multiple times a week.)
It depends on your goal and fitness experience. Total body is great but if your focusing on building muscle, a 5 day split would suffice(for advanced lifters).
I've been doing full body the last few weeks, after doing a few months of "bro splits", and I've gotten leaner, even though I'm "bulking" so eating more, and I'm stronger. It's great
As long as you are achieving progressive overload, eating in a caloric surplus, with at least 7-8 hrs sleep, you'll grow. It ain't rocket science people
You increase muscle mass, thus you increase your BMR.. So it is that simple, just add calories and strive for progressive overload. The last part however, isn't that straight forward. Watch Mike Israetel talk about volume. You can't keep adding weight to the bar forever and you can't keep adding sets, that's why you need periodization. Blocks of increasing volume (which is more easily achieved by adding sets rather than weight or reps) focussed on hypertrophy, and maintenance fases (in which you can train more for strength with lower volume - as low as 6 sets per week per muscle group are enough to maintain muscle when working with higher intensity (80%+ 1RM) ), you will look flatter but that's because of the loss of glycogen build up - to bring your strength up to par to your muscle mass. You need periodization in order to adhere to the adaptation principle. You need to scale down volume when you reach your maximum recoverable volume. After this 'deload/maintenance strength phase', you have a bigger potential of building muscle again when doing a hypertrophy phase with increasing volume. Basic linear progression programs based on weight increases are not optimal for hypertrophy. All the buff dudes are doing here is starting off with a lower volume higher intensity phase in order to create a base of strength and a minimum requirement of volume before increasing the latter one. Also, this allows them to measure strength levels and see what their approximate 1RM are, which they use in the hypertrophy phase to base their 60-75% 1RM working sets off. They lay it out completely for you in their programs they sell you, without actually explaining things so you have to buy their programs over and over again. Which is fine, because not everyone has the time to study and read up on programming. And 90% of population can get results with fuckarounditis in the gym. Everybody at some points increases weight/reps/sets without even knowing they're applying progressive overload.
Only really possible if you're a beginner and overweight. Gaining muscle and losing fat is nearly impossible without PEDs. However, you could actually increase muscle mass and lower bodyfat % at the same time. Doesn't mean you actually lost fat. Example: person weights 100lbs with 10% bodyfat, so 10lbs of fat. Goes to 120lbs at 9% bodyfat. He lowered the bodyfatpercentage, however... He now has 10.8lbs of fat. That's overexagerated, but not impossible.
Glenn Gaining muscle and losing fat is definitely possible. You never get calories perfect so you always overeat or under eat. This means if you're generally maintaining your weight you are bulking and cutting still. Powerlifters like Richard Hawthorne and jonnie candito do this. Saying it doesn't work isn't true, you can try say it's not optimal or whatever you want but that's an opinion. While cutting you can't gain muscle though. Body recomp works is all I'm saying.
This might be a long one but I wanna share with you all: It's all about understanding your body and the amount of time you can afford at the gym. Total body splits, bro-splits, push/pull/legs, all have their place in time. You just need to practice everything and see which one works best for you. Honestly, I follow a routine which focuses on each muscle group a day. For example : On leg day - I will start with very heavy squats (usually 3 sets of 6-8 reps, with almost proper form and then I finish off squats with a drop set of 15 - 20 reps, once the squats are done , I will continue with some heavy isolation exercises like leg presses, hack squats, extensions etc. Honestly, this has given me strength and size too.It's all about progressive overload. So, my training split consists of compounds as well as isolation exercises combined together. After 3 months, I will switch to Push/Pull/Legs with very heavy weights. One more thing guys, cardio is the most important fact, we all should perform HIIT cardio at least thrice a weak, this will make us heart stronger which in turn helps with the compound lifts.
I am with you. I could never at this point, and my age, do what I want with full body. It has it's place, but I say for most lifters, builders, etc of any experience, Use Some Sort of Split Routine, or, at the very least, do full upper one day, full lower the next, skip a day, do varied isolation exercises of the next two to three days.
I've been doing Stronglifts 5x5 for about 6 weeks and it's working great. I know it's not going to last me forever and I'm going to get into a gym down the line to really start sculpting my body. I'm looking forward to it but these full body workouts are amazing!
Full body with concurrent periodization has given me good results so far going 5 months in. Performing volume and strength work in a cyclical way - monday+friday volume day with wednesday as a strength (80%-90%-1 rep max) day
Honestly I do full body and I love that setup, but as long as you hit your muscles twice a week with sufficient volume and intensity you can run whatever split you want in my opinion.
Cool so if I do it twice a week my prob is I'm trying to get rid of mannoobs would a split be faster if I pick like 4 chest exercise like incline press /flat press /incline flys/push ups would this work faster I dont go to the gym so I'm limited on eqipment besides a good bench n 3 barbells
Good to see someone else promoting full body workouts. Have tried split routines a number of times, but in the end, I end up falling back to a Full Body workouts, 2 or 3 times a week. Seems to work well for me. Thanks also for the routine you've listed here. :-)
I have roughly a hundred lbs too loose and I just started doing your guys 5×5 program and I love it have been following your meal prep suggestions as well !
I do 5 days a week: (with warm ups) 1. Myofibrillar hypertrophy bench, 4 reps for 9 sets with rotator cuff work. Abs 2. Deadlift for 4 reps for 3 sets, weight pull ups and chin ups with bent over rows. Calves 3. Military press, side lateral, rear dealt raises all for 4-6 reps. Abs 4. Back squat, Romanian deadlifts, lundges. Calves 5. Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy bench 8 reps for 3 sets, arms and triceps after. Abs Ive done this for about a year after following Mike Matthews stuff and I feel great, no over training and dietary problems.
I figured out that my whole workout is better when i run the Treadmill for 6 and 1/2 minutes before the workout. Just makes my heart and lungs ready for the workout.
i love the split, just going all out on one muscle group and coming back the next day and blasung another. I have 4 days a week that i can visit the gym ( or doing a old fashion at home workout) so i can do a back-, chest-, shoulder- and legday. ohh and every day is abs and armday 😁
i do a combination of full body and split workout. 3x a week with a concentration split of chest & biceps, back & triceps, shoulders & legs on my main sets; my warm-up and failure sets would cover the rest of the muscles. so, essentially, the entire workout session is a full body workout
Splits are good. I like the challenge of full body especially when you start increasing rep range and weight. Right now I do 3 days a week, 3 workouts per body part. It's challenging and I am seeing great results. Of course my nutrition is key to recovery and my gains.
Bro splits work best when your quite seasoned with lifting and generally have a good foundation although I'd say PPL works best once you have the foundation + time
I tend to love bro splits, but sometimes, if I'm away from the gym for a week or so because of sickness or I'm visiting home or on vacation, I do a week or so full body routines to ease my body back into the rhythm
Hi guys i just subscribed to your channel ! AWESOME IS ALL I CAN SAY! You guys nail down the truth in a fun and joyful way. I have always liked all body workouts and i'm going to give this one a shot . thanks guys!! Also i cant wait to try the egg omelette pizza lol
Only on week 2 of full body 3 x week after getting back in to gym. I used to do the bro split for 2 years and got pretty big back when I was a gym rat. But I got to say, I’ve never climbed strength so fast since doing full body. I’m starting from the beginning again with all previous gains lost, but so far I’ve jumped from 60 to 70 kg on the benchpress in just a week!! I’m not on this 5x5 thing and still aim for 8-12 rep range with focus on eccentric hypertrophy. So I’m not getting quick strength gains by powerlifting. I dunno, full body feels like every workout is a nice pace as well, whereas bro splits can feel too intense on a leg day or not intense enough on an arm day. Definitely gonna stick at this for the next 6 months for a better comparison.
Tbh, not too much of a difference in results. Just get up and lift, that's all. Whether you do splits or not, goal is to increase in size and strength.
Studies show that full body routines yield slightly more energy expenditure. Meaning it can be a little bit more beneficial than splits routines. On top of that, it’s more time efficient. Regardless though, you have a point. Both have their benefits that should not be ignored.
Yup! Agreed. The thing is each and every gym at my place suggest one/two muscle group at a time. I loved big round shoulders, So despite them whining I atleast trained my shoulders every other day by greed. And five months in and two months out(exams) I get back and what do I see? Rest my body needs pump to look good but shoulders? The most beautiful and round shoulders in the whole gym, like the ones you see on TVs
I personally prefer a full body workout as there are some benefits for engaging upper and lower body at once. However, I personally don't have that much time in the day to dedicate to a full body workout. So, I do a split routine, 30-45 min/daily, 5 days a week. 3 days upper, 2 days lower. I'd like to know what you think about lifting heavy vs. time under tension (like 21's). Would pyramids or plyometric training be compromise between the two? Maybe lift heavy, with a set of high rep (10-15) finishing exorcise? Would make a good video!
If it works it works, you need to experiment to find out. I'm fifty plus post cancer with low t. I've done most types of training over the years but at the moment it's push, pull then legs I manage 4 sessions a week. This gives me enough recovery. If my situation were different I would train different and that's the point. Theses guys are good and give good representation, use the info and add it to your arsenal of knowledge, and always, always change it around 👍👍👍
In my opinion, it's both. 5x5 give me a lot of motivation to go to the gym, and lift the heaviest weight I can, and seeing myself progressing in strength every week just adds to the motivation and encouragement. The Bro Splits, like you said in the video, gives me the best pump I've ever felt, leaves me feeling energetic throughout the day, and motivates me to do more with my day! Love em both
i have done more full body and upper/lower workouts throughout the years but it's been 2 weeks i am on a bro split and i am feeling better i can recover more and push myself harder and i dont get exhausted from all the compound movements xD
I think the one that is best is the one that people can stick to. For example, I can only go 3 days a week to the gym no matter how much I try to prioritize the gym. I am loving full body. I know most people say "its only good for linear progression and beginners" but I squat, bench and deadlift everyday and have over a 1000 lb total. Early intermediate and I still love full body.
Research has discovered that full body is the best way to go. Even if you three times a week, you’ve worked each muscle group 3 times a week. 1 more than push pull leg
My personal experience last 20 years Training programmes shouldn't last longer than 6 weeks at top's as your body starts to adjust to quickly and you don't get as great results Variety is key in my opinion full body workout functional training high intensity cardio low intensity cardio high protein low protein high carbs medium fat so on and so on Variety is the spice of Life
Im favoring full body. Been lifting for two years now. Did the bro splits but plateaued on chest. Great results with this program Monday. Flat barbell. Warm up set of 8-10 each side, add five pounds each side, 4-8 reps, 4 sets Back: barbell row 3 sets 6-12 reps Legs: 3 sets squats Arnold press: 4 sets Tuesday: cardio one hour, elliptical or tread Wed: Chest:flat or inclind dumbell press 3 sets 8-12 Back: throw in a back exercise, hyperextension, t bar, whatever- 3 sets 8-12 Legs: leg press or hack squat machine, 3 sets 8-12 Skull crushers or tricep pushdown 4 sets 6-12 Th: hr of cardio Fr: incl barbell 8-10 one set warm up, 4 sets 4-8 reps Back- 4 sets of pullups amap Legs- dumbell lunges or squats 2 sets 60 lb barbell curl, 5 reps, 3 sets 50 lb barbell asap Sat: round off isolation exercises for shoulders, tris, bis Shoulder: 3 sets lats supersetted witb rears delt flys Tri: dips- pick a number and hit it or 3 sets close gril bench press Bi- 3 sets of any bicep exercise
I enjoy doing full body lifts, but i always feel sick during the third exercise. I love lifting big muscle groups and lifting heavy but holy shit...my stomach doesnt care for it!
I like bro splits better. You can also make a plan so that you hit body parts 2 to 3 times a week when taking into acount rest time for certain muscles and their recruitment in compound exercises. You just have to be creative while maintaining a certain threshold or rest time of choice.
I'ma go wit dis... (01) Squat (ass-to-grass frog squat) (02) Deadlift / Deficit deadlift (bands) (03) Barbell row (deadlift style heavy) and/or T-bar row (04) Chin-up / Pull-up (added weight / bodyweight / band assisted) (05) Bench press and/or Incline press (06) Upright press (07) Upright row (wide grip) You can throw in bend-squats with (01) squats and romanian deadlifts with (02) deadlifts. Start with lighter weights and longer sets and add weight each set to build up to the heaviest set. Long enough rest between sets. Start deadlifts with RDL and do (03) bent over barbell rows (and/or T-bar rows) as well followed immediately by (04) chin-ups and/or pull-ups. You can add some front lever pull-downs with bands or pulley before the chin-ups to pre-exhaust. Continue with deadlifts only as you add weight ending with heavy deadlifts. Then (05) bench press. Then (06) upright press. Then (07) upright row. End with hanging shrugs and a few chin-ups to really stretch the back.
Been training over 30 yrs , always used the bro split , tried ppl for 10 weeks didn't enjoy it or felt any benefit, went straight back to my tried and trusted bro split, find what works for you and stick to it,too many u tube experts saying this or that is best,
Push-Pull-Legs it is for me. Best of both worlds: volume, relatively more energy available (e.g. per compound) and still able to get enough frequency in (~2 times a week per muscle group). Not to mention: more gym time YAY!
I changed to full body from splits and I like it a lot more. It's more simple because I hit each muscle group, and the 5x5 doesn't have to be strength training, I do 5x10.
Ive always liked hitting two muscle groups at a time. Anytime ive done full body it doesnt seem like im hitting certain muscles as much as i want. I add in full body once in a while but i definitely prefer focusing on one part of my body at a time. I have a high metabolism so i dont focus on cardio or anything like that much. I usually stick to short sprints so i dont burn up any muscle. It really just depends on your body type and your goal.
No it doesn’t, but even if you’re doing higher reps for some lifts, if you’re doing many compounds in one workout you’ll always be doing certain lifts in fatigued states. And if you’re always training certain lifts with higher reps only, then you spend more time in the gym, and aren’t maximizing your strength on it
you got time for a 5x12 for 3-4 coumpound lifts daily? maybe 5x12 for 1 compound lift a day. I dont have time for full body workouts tbh. I just do legs push pull style splits
I started with the pdf file you guys had on your site for PPL. Within 1 year I went from weighing 138 pounds to 150 but people say I look 160 pounds. I could only eat 4k cal now seems easier.
being a natural lifter i have trouble trying to complete full body workout routines. i usually end up there for 3.5 to 4 hours and i get burned out by 2, so i tend to stick to splits. also i dont feel like i get as much out of full body because i try to manage time which only allows me to do a small amount of sets per exercise. basically im asking if full body routines actually require 3+ hrs (which i cant do because of my obligations) or is there a way to achieve an effective full body workout routine in around the same amout of time it takes to do bro splits.
I personally really enjoy doing a full body workout plus as a fighter I don't need to look like Arnold so the functionality of full body workouts suits me more
Full body is better imo. I'm not on steroids so I need to train body parts 2-3x a week instead of just once a week. But my overall volume is low so I prefer low volume with high frequency i.e. 5x5
The answer is whichever suits your schedule and which one you enjoy the most. To me, Full Body Workout is better. Did 6 weeks of FBW and saw more results than 3 months of Bro Split. However, personally I think Push/Pull/Leg is the most effective plan especially if you crank it up to 6 days of PPL a week. I was at my largest size during PPL program early this year compared to Full Body or Bro Split.
I use them both few weeks with a full body routine, then few weeks of bro split lol and when doing the full body I dont just do 5×5 I preform 5×5 say on a Monday then wed I'll change it up focusing on other push ,pull and leg variation exercises and adding isolation movements and also change the weight and rep ranges like Monday, heavy, Wednesday moderate, and Friday light weight and when it come to the split well it's a split lol but all and all good videos guys keep it up!
I would never do full body. Upper/lower splits is something i am looking into. The reason is that i LOVE the gym. I want to be there 6 days a week. I've got the time for it so i dont mind :D
U/L is meant to be 3-4 days a week. If you want a 6 day split, PPL is better. Rest is often an overlooked factor that's quite important for muscle growth.
Straining or lifting heavy should be avoided if you have high eye pressure. Because of the damage to the optic nerve. Doing so can lead to glaucoma and eventually permanent vision loss.
No I have glaucoma and have had multiple surgeries, I just keep it light and high volume. I can't dead lift what so ever, that's like suicide. Next time you guys lift heavy try to be conscious of your eyes, you'll notice
I started with a full body workout, but after running some numbers (NERD ALERT!!!) and making a few adjustments, I found that a Bro Split allowed me to increase the workout volume and intensity by a significant degree. It eventually evolved into doing *heavy partials in the morning (**Great for waking up!!!) and "lighter" full range of motion work in the evening. *This can also help you overcome plateaus, provided that you use common sense and don't abuse it. **Try not to do anything stupid (like bench pressing 900 pounds), if you do this.
full body SHITS on bro splits LOL at least if you're a natural, splits were made with steroids in mind because you can recover way faster (not bashing on roids) if anything, do like a PPL split or upper body/lower body split, i been doing the latter after doing full body for so long and i get amazing results.
I just shake my head when I see noobs doing 5 exercises for chest because thats what the roid head gym trainer told them to do thinking they will look jacked like him. Sometimes I try to explain to them but they think Im full of shit because Im 5'8 at 170 lbs. and not 220 shredded enhanced.
anthony LOL that sucks. yea i do that many exercises on my upper body day for chest (more like 4, but it's close!) but well i been lifting for a while now, lol. I'm much stronger than most gym goers even at just 1,000lb powerlifting total (although i weigh 165lbs only, 1,000lb club is pretty damn great for someone weighing so much less than 200lbs bodyweight) and i still dont look as jacked as roid heads.
It kinda feels good though to be stronger than guys almost twice my size. been training about 4 years now after about 2 years in, I plateaued and made fuck all gains from doing 1 body part per week. tbh, I would have tried using steroids but given my family history with heart problems and acne during my teens I have made my decision staying natural. When I switched to upper/lower 3-4 days a week it was a night and day difference in both strength and size!
haha yea I've heard stories from other natties that they feel like they COMPLETELY wasted time, some even for entire years, when they switched to split training. Then they go back to full body or an actual GOOD split like PPL/upper+body and realize sadly they made a mistake. im just lucky im very stubborn and have stuck with full body pretty much every time i ever lifted (back at the beginning of this decade, and then again at the end of 2015 til now). I've tried splits a few times, namely the "Guido Pump" by robertfrank615, lmao...great workout, but it's really just pure volume and very low weight. I've tried the usual splits too, but man FUCK working out a muscle group a mere ONCE a week. that shit is so trash lmao
From my own experience, When i switched to full body i had these benefits :
1- No more soreness
2- better cardiovascular endurance
3- i became more athletic
4- i saved much time that i can do something else other than sleeping in the gym
5- squats and deadlifts aren't draining me out anymore, I can squat in the beginning of the workout and still have the energy to train for another hour
6- Better progression because you're practicing the movement 3 times a week depending on how you structure the program
Dr. Psycho hello, can u suggest a full body workout? I have been doing upper/lower routine. It’s been great so far. I just want to experiment to where my curiosity leads me. Thanks!
Try the westside barbell conjugate system, You have a heavy day (max effort day) and a volume day (Dynamic effort day) and you use concurrent periodization to avoid plateauing
Dr. Psycho googled it. But i don’t know how to compose a workout routine on my own
I will explain it but the comment may become too long, Firstly you need to try what works best for you, But as a beginning you can try what will i tell you and make adjustments later, You'll have workout A and workout B but you'll train 3 times a week, So the first week it will be ABA, and the second week BAB, Workout A will focus on heavy weights and you should max out in this workout, Pick one press and one pull and one leg exercise, Let's say you chose overhead press and weighted pull ups and front squat, do 3 rep max on them, After you finish the 3 exercises throw some accessory movements like biceps curls and triceps pushdowns and rear delts, But don't do too many sets because you will train the same muscle again after 2 days so be careful of the recovery and test what works for you, Workout B is the volume day, Choose another press and a pull and a leg exercise but don't do the same exercises you did in workout A, let's say you chose close grip bench press and bent over rows and back squat, Now do 3 sets of 5 reps on them, After you finish them you can throw some accessory movements for biceps, triceps and rear delts, Now the most important part which is how to progress, For workout A, Try to add 1-2.5 lbs each time you have workout A, When you're no longer able to complete the 3 reps because the weight is too heavy you change the exercise to a similar exercise, For example if you were doing overhead press and failed to get 3 reps then on the next workout A you will switch the overhead press to a push press or dumbbell shoulder press for example and do 3 rep max, Don't switch the exercise to something not related to the old exercise, For example don't change the overhead press to a decline bench press because it will not carry over to the overhead press, For workout B, don't add 2.5 lbs everytime but try to get an extra rep each time, When you fail to add more reps also switch the exercise to something similar to the first exercise, You have to keep switching the exercises everytime you hit a plateau for about 6 weeks, After 6 weeks you return back to the very first exercise you did 6 weeks ago and you will see that you got stronger on it although you didn't do the exercise for 6 weeks, But you were doing similar exercises that help increasing your original exercise, This is the basic idea of the conjugate system and if you want to learn more you can buy their book, This is an example of a workout routine :
Workout A :
Overhead press 3RM
Weighted pull ups 3RM
Front squat 3RM
Biceps 3x10
triceps 3x10
rear delts 3x15
forearms 3x15-20
Workout B :
Close grip bench press 3x5
Weighted chin ups 3x5
back squat 3x5
abs 3xfailure
triceps 3x12
rear delts 3x20
forearms 3x15-20
Good luck
Dr. Psycho thanks on the effort of your reply. NOTED*
I am currently doing brandon campbell’s PHUL workout. It’s really great! You might want to check it out.
Hope you enjoy the FIRST video in our CUTTING PLAN series! In it we begin with our 5x5 prep phase and Brandon goes over the difference between compound and isolation and the pros and cons. It's his second video he's shot and edited so let him know what you think! Look for more videos very soon. Happy New Year! -Hudson
Buff Dudes This is some awesome work, Brandon. You're killing it!🙌👍
Buff Dudes great video but why not train on an empty stomac if you want to cut? Check out professor Berend Breitenstein 😉
Buff Dudes I prefer full body because I’m not constantly tired and or sore from the multiple days of training. I’ve tried both out and I like full body because I can deligate it so I can work out at most 2 to 3 days a week and still can have a life outside the gym
I've sent you guys a snap well I sent a snap to Hudson and no reply back.
Can you use this program if you want to gain more muscle because I don't have time for the bro split I am a medical student ,almost no time to go to the gym 5times a week even sometimes I even go two times a week and I am trying my best to increase my caloric intake please buff dudes your opinion ?
its like "If Rhett and Link' were yolked. lol
Welfare Gourmet I can’t unsee that now
Its like if Rhett and Rhett were yolked
The Welfare Gourmet Where's Link?
The Welfare Gourmet your a legend for that one I’m dieing 😂
who?
It's an omelette, my man.
Nah my man, that is a Frittata. But we can both agree that it is not a pizza.
George Reeves this is the best answer i’ve read today
Alright fine. I’ll make an actual breakfast pizza in the next one.
Fucking frittata dumbass
I mean, I'm just glad they put up some recipes. Most bodybuilders I see can't cook at all 😂
Always loved Full-Body that's how I started weights, tried to train on a Split a few times just didn't enjoy it felt as though something was missing! love feeling all the muscles in one session; training the body as a unit; plus you can do sports or cardio on the non-weight days.
Man I can't imagine a day of me not thinking about the two Buff Dudes and how they changed my life. You guys really motivated me to start lifting and make them buff gains.
Full body training for us naturals. Always and forever. Perfectly balanced. Every muscle group gets hit every other day, and, it's only 'getting ready and going to the gym' three days a week.
I honestly never really tried a full-body workout until I got the 12-week program book from B.U.F.F Dudes. I have to say, it's made a significant difference in my workouts and I really prefer it.
I've just done Starting Strength and do a full body variation of the 5/3/1. Incredible gains. I've done bro splits in the past but compounds are the way to go for my body.
Whether mehdi ripped off SS or not, I do prefer 5x5 compound workouts for 3 days a week, every other day. Stronglifts 5x5, I've been getting stronger and stronger because of it(eating 3000 calories would also help but I just prefer maintenance and going slightly above it).
Principles are the same for both. I started out with Stronglifts and very quickly had to switch to 3x5 in order to continue making progress once the weights started to approach my BW. Once piece of advice, if you stall on a lift that's past your BW, change the program. If it's below your BW, continue to milk linear progression.
He probably did rip SS of a little bit, and some other program (don't remember the name). On the other hand, his program is simple, the app is free (well, you can get some "upgraded" version ... I got that, but I don't remember exactly what it offered, probably just the warmups and plate counter?) and it's all sensible. Rows instead of cleans, more sets but smaller progression (I think Mehdi's has 2.5 kg each time, while Rip has 5 kgs added each time).
Anyway, I'm not sure Mehdi's really ripping Rip off since he's probably not making a huge profit off that thing.
Been training for 19yrs and based on my experience is that fullbody workouts are more effective for me especially for naturals
I give you guys credit for simply not editing out the accidental black face and just moving on. We need more of that, the room for a misunderstanding and nobody died
Yeah. We already have enough retards bitching about a so-called war on Christmas.
KC Nwaneri That's my point. Even they said it was a little too close for comfort and cleaned it off. Hell, if he actually did go black face and admitted it proudly, I personally wouldn't be offended, but clearly a lot of people would. So I'm saying I'm glad they didn't edit it out and just showed them being their natural selves, they don't mean to offend, and we all move on. No offense taken here at all, I'm giving credit
Ye credit to them for just outright stating and then just moving along.
Eduardo are you black? Cause that’s the only reason you should be offended you idiot
Marcy Aj Where did Eduardo say they were offended anywhere in this conversation. Stop trying to read between the lines and take you ignorant ass elsewhere!
I just switched to a full body-ish type of workout, and I’m loving it right now. Keeping the compound movements around 8-10 reps, and throwing in some isolation stuff during every session. Works good for my schedule!
You guys will forever be my favorite channel
Thanks Nicholas!
Like you said, when starting out it might be better to do full body workouts. That’s what I did, full body. Then I split it, upper body and lower body, and now I do the “bro splits”. Bro splits are working better now with my schedule and with my goal for the sport I play. My time in the gym is short and at a high intensity. It’s all finding your goals and what you want to achieve.
Full body workouts 4 times a week, i must say this is the best thing i did for myself ever
Unfortunately took so much time.. but enjoyed and see great progress
I've been doing Full Body + Splits for a while and I'm seeing awesome results. An example would be
Weighted pull ups 4x6
Incline Barbell Bench 4x6
Front Squat 4x6
Bicep curls 3x12
Tricep Pushdown 3x12
Lateral raise 3x12
Can you give a example for a week?
Full body workouts > bro splits. I leave the gym feeling like a machine whereas bro splits you only feel the pump in one section of the body
Major facts🙏🏼🙏🏼
Um...that's the point of splits....🤔
Total body feels like the natural and human way of lifting, your body is designed to work together.
Plus the research is pointing us towards frequency (training and stimulating the muscles multiple times a week.)
It depends on your goal and fitness experience. Total body is great but if your focusing on building muscle, a 5 day split would suffice(for advanced lifters).
You walk out the gym all swollwed up after doing full body workout
I've been doing full body the last few weeks, after doing a few months of "bro splits", and I've gotten leaner, even though I'm "bulking" so eating more, and I'm stronger. It's great
As long as you are achieving progressive overload, eating in a caloric surplus, with at least 7-8 hrs sleep, you'll grow. It ain't rocket science people
You increase muscle mass, thus you increase your BMR.. So it is that simple, just add calories and strive for progressive overload. The last part however, isn't that straight forward. Watch Mike Israetel talk about volume. You can't keep adding weight to the bar forever and you can't keep adding sets, that's why you need periodization. Blocks of increasing volume (which is more easily achieved by adding sets rather than weight or reps) focussed on hypertrophy, and maintenance fases (in which you can train more for strength with lower volume - as low as 6 sets per week per muscle group are enough to maintain muscle when working with higher intensity (80%+ 1RM) ), you will look flatter but that's because of the loss of glycogen build up - to bring your strength up to par to your muscle mass. You need periodization in order to adhere to the adaptation principle. You need to scale down volume when you reach your maximum recoverable volume. After this 'deload/maintenance strength phase', you have a bigger potential of building muscle again when doing a hypertrophy phase with increasing volume. Basic linear progression programs based on weight increases are not optimal for hypertrophy. All the buff dudes are doing here is starting off with a lower volume higher intensity phase in order to create a base of strength and a minimum requirement of volume before increasing the latter one. Also, this allows them to measure strength levels and see what their approximate 1RM are, which they use in the hypertrophy phase to base their 60-75% 1RM working sets off.
They lay it out completely for you in their programs they sell you, without actually explaining things so you have to buy their programs over and over again. Which is fine, because not everyone has the time to study and read up on programming. And 90% of population can get results with fuckarounditis in the gym. Everybody at some points increases weight/reps/sets without even knowing they're applying progressive overload.
ITS BRO SCIENCE, AND ITS HARDER
What about body recomp?
Only really possible if you're a beginner and overweight. Gaining muscle and losing fat is nearly impossible without PEDs. However, you could actually increase muscle mass and lower bodyfat % at the same time. Doesn't mean you actually lost fat. Example: person weights 100lbs with 10% bodyfat, so 10lbs of fat. Goes to 120lbs at 9% bodyfat. He lowered the bodyfatpercentage, however... He now has 10.8lbs of fat. That's overexagerated, but not impossible.
Glenn Gaining muscle and losing fat is definitely possible. You never get calories perfect so you always overeat or under eat. This means if you're generally maintaining your weight you are bulking and cutting still.
Powerlifters like Richard Hawthorne and jonnie candito do this. Saying it doesn't work isn't true, you can try say it's not optimal or whatever you want but that's an opinion.
While cutting you can't gain muscle though. Body recomp works is all I'm saying.
This might be a long one but I wanna share with you all:
It's all about understanding your body and the amount of time you can afford at the gym.
Total body splits, bro-splits, push/pull/legs, all have their place in time. You just need to practice everything and see which one works best for you.
Honestly, I follow a routine which focuses on each muscle group a day.
For example : On leg day - I will start with very heavy squats (usually 3 sets of 6-8 reps, with almost proper form and then I finish off squats with a drop set of 15 - 20 reps, once the squats are done , I will continue with some heavy isolation exercises like leg presses, hack squats, extensions etc. Honestly, this has given me strength and size too.It's all about progressive overload.
So, my training split consists of compounds as well as isolation exercises combined together.
After 3 months, I will switch to Push/Pull/Legs with very heavy weights.
One more thing guys, cardio is the most important fact, we all should perform HIIT cardio at least thrice a weak, this will make us heart stronger which in turn helps with the compound lifts.
I am with you. I could never at this point, and my age, do what I want with full body. It has it's place, but I say for most lifters, builders, etc of any experience, Use Some Sort of Split Routine, or, at the very least, do full upper one day, full lower the next, skip a day, do varied isolation exercises of the next two to three days.
I've been doing Stronglifts 5x5 for about 6 weeks and it's working great. I know it's not going to last me forever and I'm going to get into a gym down the line to really start sculpting my body. I'm looking forward to it but these full body workouts are amazing!
I love doing full body been lifting for a year, it seems to give great results and it is very convenient for me as I am a student
Full body with concurrent periodization has given me good results so far going 5 months in. Performing volume and strength work in a cyclical way - monday+friday volume day with wednesday as a strength (80%-90%-1 rep max) day
Honestly I do full body and I love that setup, but as long as you hit your muscles twice a week with sufficient volume and intensity you can run whatever split you want in my opinion.
So it's TRUE splits arent bad as long as u hit the muscel 2 a week but if u did it once a week per body part not so good
Cool so if I do it twice a week my prob is I'm trying to get rid of mannoobs would a split be faster if I pick like 4 chest exercise like incline press /flat press /incline flys/push ups would this work faster I dont go to the gym so I'm limited on eqipment besides a good bench n 3 barbells
All so forgot to mention if I'm over weight would a full body be more better than a split or vice versa I'm trying to get rid of fat and bulid muscel
@@olivercarriere6759 did you lose weight yet?
@@olivercarriere6759 Does 2 a week enough by doing bro split?
Good to see someone else promoting full body workouts. Have tried split routines a number of times, but in the end, I end up falling back to a Full Body workouts, 2 or 3 times a week. Seems to work well for me. Thanks also for the routine you've listed here. :-)
I have roughly a hundred lbs too loose and I just started doing your guys 5×5 program and I love it have been following your meal prep suggestions as well !
You lose that 100lbs?
You lose that 100 pounds?
Love it. I might do it for a 6 weeks. Only thing I really did is on the 2 day i added a single leg curl just to touch up the hamstrings.
Been doing fullbody for 1 year now instead of bro split. I love the intensity and only 3 days a week.
I do 5 days a week: (with warm ups)
1. Myofibrillar hypertrophy bench, 4 reps for 9 sets with rotator cuff work. Abs
2. Deadlift for 4 reps for 3 sets, weight pull ups and chin ups with bent over rows. Calves
3. Military press, side lateral, rear dealt raises all for 4-6 reps. Abs
4. Back squat, Romanian deadlifts, lundges. Calves
5. Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy bench 8 reps for 3 sets, arms and triceps after. Abs
Ive done this for about a year after following Mike Matthews stuff and I feel great, no over training and dietary problems.
I figured out that my whole workout is better when i run the Treadmill for 6 and 1/2 minutes before the workout. Just makes my heart and lungs ready for the workout.
Definitely the full body. However, sometime might work a little more on weak points if i have extra time
i love the split, just going all out on one muscle group and coming back the next day and blasung another. I have 4 days a week that i can visit the gym ( or doing a old fashion at home workout) so i can do a back-, chest-, shoulder- and legday. ohh and every day is abs and armday 😁
i do a combination of full body and split workout. 3x a week with a concentration split of chest & biceps, back & triceps, shoulders & legs on my main sets; my warm-up and failure sets would cover the rest of the muscles. so, essentially, the entire workout session is a full body workout
Splits are good. I like the challenge of full body especially when you start increasing rep range and weight. Right now I do 3 days a week, 3 workouts per body part. It's challenging and I am seeing great results. Of course my nutrition is key to recovery and my gains.
When you have a tough job or a family full body is the way to go. You can miss a day and still hit every muscle twice
Bro splits work best when your quite seasoned with lifting and generally have a good foundation although I'd say PPL works best once you have the foundation + time
I tend to love bro splits, but sometimes, if I'm away from the gym for a week or so because of sickness or I'm visiting home or on vacation, I do a week or so full body routines to ease my body back into the rhythm
Hi guys i just subscribed to your channel ! AWESOME IS ALL I CAN SAY! You guys nail down the truth in a fun and joyful way. I have always liked all body workouts and i'm going to give this one a shot . thanks guys!! Also i cant wait to try the egg omelette pizza lol
Only on week 2 of full body 3 x week after getting back in to gym. I used to do the bro split for 2 years and got pretty big back when I was a gym rat. But I got to say, I’ve never climbed strength so fast since doing full body. I’m starting from the beginning again with all previous gains lost, but so far I’ve jumped from 60 to 70 kg on the benchpress in just a week!! I’m not on this 5x5 thing and still aim for 8-12 rep range with focus on eccentric hypertrophy. So I’m not getting quick strength gains by powerlifting.
I dunno, full body feels like every workout is a nice pace as well, whereas bro splits can feel too intense on a leg day or not intense enough on an arm day.
Definitely gonna stick at this for the next 6 months for a better comparison.
Tbh, not too much of a difference in results. Just get up and lift, that's all. Whether you do splits or not, goal is to increase in size and strength.
Studies show that full body routines yield slightly more energy expenditure. Meaning it can be a little bit more beneficial than splits routines. On top of that, it’s more time efficient. Regardless though, you have a point. Both have their benefits that should not be ignored.
Yup! Agreed. The thing is each and every gym at my place suggest one/two muscle group at a time. I loved big round shoulders, So despite them whining I atleast trained my shoulders every other day by greed. And five months in and two months out(exams) I get back and what do I see? Rest my body needs pump to look good but shoulders? The most beautiful and round shoulders in the whole gym, like the ones you see on TVs
Damn, Rhett got HUGE
Good Muscular Morning
I've been doing the full body split for 3 months and its absolutely awesome!
I personally prefer a full body workout as there are some benefits for engaging upper and lower body at once. However, I personally don't have that much time in the day to dedicate to a full body workout. So, I do a split routine, 30-45 min/daily, 5 days a week. 3 days upper, 2 days lower. I'd like to know what you think about lifting heavy vs. time under tension (like 21's). Would pyramids or plyometric training be compromise between the two? Maybe lift heavy, with a set of high rep (10-15) finishing exorcise? Would make a good video!
If it works it works, you need to experiment to find out. I'm fifty plus post cancer with low t. I've done most types of training over the years but at the moment it's push, pull then legs I manage 4 sessions a week. This gives me enough recovery. If my situation were different I would train different and that's the point. Theses guys are good and give good representation, use the info and add it to your arsenal of knowledge, and always, always change it around 👍👍👍
You guys should look into old time strongman exercises. For example, the bent press.
ONE OF MY FAVS
Awesome editing, Buff dudes. I think it suits your style and personality. Looking forward to seeing more videos like this.
In my opinion, it's both.
5x5 give me a lot of motivation to go to the gym, and lift the heaviest weight I can, and seeing myself progressing in strength every week just adds to the motivation and encouragement.
The Bro Splits, like you said in the video, gives me the best pump I've ever felt, leaves me feeling energetic throughout the day, and motivates me to do more with my day!
Love em both
i have done more full body and upper/lower workouts throughout the years but it's been 2 weeks i am on a bro split and i am feeling better i can recover more and push myself harder and i dont get exhausted from all the compound movements xD
"No beer" Okay, the line has to be drawn somewhere, and the line must be drawn here and no further.
Love this guys. There funny, and know how to keep in shape. Buff dudes are masters at there craft. O ya baby!!!
They're Are Funny Hahaha 😄 😆 🤣 😂 😁 😀!And Also Keep In Great Shape 👍 👌 😄 😉 😀 😊 👍 👌 😄 😉 😀 😊!
These Guys Are SO FUNNY Hahaha 🤣 😂 😆 😄!
I think the one that is best is the one that people can stick to. For example, I can only go 3 days a week to the gym no matter how much I try to prioritize the gym. I am loving full body. I know most people say "its only good for linear progression and beginners" but I squat, bench and deadlift everyday and have over a 1000 lb total. Early intermediate and I still love full body.
Austin, you hit the nail on the head. When free time is an issue, you can't go wrong with a well planned Full Body program.
Research has discovered that full body is the best way to go. Even if you three times a week, you’ve worked each muscle group 3 times a week. 1 more than push pull leg
Full body for life!
Austin Novodvorsky hey bro which split are you following? i can barely hit the gym nowadays and could probably go with a 3 day split.
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Full body workout for mass and strength most of the year,split program,strict diet and cardio works great when cutting.
My personal experience last 20 years
Training programmes shouldn't last longer than 6 weeks at top's as your body starts to adjust to quickly and you don't get as great results
Variety is key in my opinion full body workout functional training high intensity cardio low intensity cardio high protein low protein high carbs medium fat so on and so on
Variety is the spice of Life
The videos are getting much better in quality! congrats guys
Anyone else look at the face on his bag and giggle a bit at 1:28? Just me, okay
That was worth rewinding ahaha
Thank you !
I do 3 upper body and 3 lower body workouts per week - although muscles from upper and lower body get worked in some capacity in both routines.
When you're too early so you gotta watch in 480p. Lol awesome video btw
Eduardo Paez
When you're not early and it's still 480p, because encoding issues
Im favoring full body. Been lifting for two years now. Did the bro splits but plateaued on chest. Great results with this program
Monday. Flat barbell. Warm up set of 8-10 each side, add five pounds each side, 4-8 reps, 4 sets
Back: barbell row 3 sets 6-12 reps
Legs: 3 sets squats
Arnold press: 4 sets
Tuesday: cardio one hour, elliptical or tread
Wed:
Chest:flat or inclind dumbell press 3 sets 8-12
Back: throw in a back exercise, hyperextension, t bar, whatever- 3 sets 8-12
Legs: leg press or hack squat machine, 3 sets 8-12
Skull crushers or tricep pushdown 4 sets 6-12
Th: hr of cardio
Fr: incl barbell 8-10 one set warm up, 4 sets 4-8 reps
Back- 4 sets of pullups amap
Legs- dumbell lunges or squats
2 sets 60 lb barbell curl, 5 reps, 3 sets 50 lb barbell asap
Sat: round off isolation exercises for shoulders, tris, bis
Shoulder: 3 sets lats supersetted witb rears delt flys
Tri: dips- pick a number and hit it or 3 sets close gril bench press
Bi- 3 sets of any bicep exercise
I enjoy doing full body lifts, but i always feel sick during the third exercise. I love lifting big muscle groups and lifting heavy but holy shit...my stomach doesnt care for it!
I like bro splits better. You can also make a plan so that you hit body parts 2 to 3 times a week when taking into acount rest time for certain muscles and their recruitment in compound exercises. You just have to be creative while maintaining a certain threshold or rest time of choice.
When Wolverine And thor become's bodybuilding
As a martial artist, I focus on total body workouts. Also varying my reps. 15 reps per set is what I like most, personally.
Yes! I did MMA and all our crossfits were fullbody circuits as well, it definitely helped build and maintain killer stamina and cardio
Really liked this style of video. You rock guys
Thank you Bruno! Excited to have them in this style for the next couple of months.
I'ma go wit dis...
(01) Squat (ass-to-grass frog squat)
(02) Deadlift / Deficit deadlift (bands)
(03) Barbell row (deadlift style heavy) and/or T-bar row
(04) Chin-up / Pull-up (added weight / bodyweight / band assisted)
(05) Bench press and/or Incline press
(06) Upright press
(07) Upright row (wide grip)
You can throw in bend-squats with (01) squats and romanian deadlifts with (02) deadlifts. Start with lighter weights and longer sets and add weight each set to build up to the heaviest set. Long enough rest between sets. Start deadlifts with RDL and do (03) bent over barbell rows (and/or T-bar rows) as well followed immediately by (04) chin-ups and/or pull-ups. You can add some front lever pull-downs with bands or pulley before the chin-ups to pre-exhaust. Continue with deadlifts only as you add weight ending with heavy deadlifts. Then (05) bench press. Then (06) upright press. Then (07) upright row. End with hanging shrugs and a few chin-ups to really stretch the back.
Awesome thanks for sharing. Just got your DB plan. Question any tips to making exercises harder without adding weight? Thanks
Been training over 30 yrs , always used the bro split , tried ppl for 10 weeks didn't enjoy it or felt any benefit, went straight back to my tried and trusted bro split, find what works for you and stick to it,too many u tube experts saying this or that is best,
Push-Pull-Legs it is for me. Best of both worlds: volume, relatively more energy available (e.g. per compound) and still able to get enough frequency in (~2 times a week per muscle group). Not to mention: more gym time YAY!
I’m starting full body training today
Wish me luck
Full body is what I will be doing for the next few months.
2:14 old man in green buff af!
OG badass my man
Can't help it no matter what buff dudes will always be my favorite. Buff dudes, un storia di grande amore
Hudson, you're silly, but you guys are the best!💪🙌👍
I changed to full body from splits and I like it a lot more. It's more simple because I hit each muscle group, and the 5x5 doesn't have to be strength training, I do 5x10.
Why the hell is the highest quality for the video 480p???
Damn I just realized that. Encoding issue. I'll make sure it's fixed for next videos. -Hudson
Lol just thought of that
don't lie Hudson, one of you had a pimple you needed to hide (jk great video)
To learn what it feels like to live in countries with slow bandwidth
Quality content > Quality of video
Ive always liked hitting two muscle groups at a time. Anytime ive done full body it doesnt seem like im hitting certain muscles as much as i want. I add in full body once in a while but i definitely prefer focusing on one part of my body at a time. I have a high metabolism so i dont focus on cardio or anything like that much. I usually stick to short sprints so i dont burn up any muscle. It really just depends on your body type and your goal.
Full body doesn't have to be a low rep strength focus.
No it doesn’t, but even if you’re doing higher reps for some lifts, if you’re doing many compounds in one workout you’ll always be doing certain lifts in fatigued states. And if you’re always training certain lifts with higher reps only, then you spend more time in the gym, and aren’t maximizing your strength on it
you got time for a 5x12 for 3-4 coumpound lifts daily? maybe 5x12 for 1 compound lift a day. I dont have time for full body workouts tbh. I just do legs push pull style splits
Ren yes but you’ll adjust very quickly also do giant sets of Time is an issue
On a full body workout, you can have a volume day and a intensity day.
That's what I do. Works great for me.
I started with the pdf file you guys had on your site for PPL. Within 1 year I went from weighing 138 pounds to 150 but people say I look 160 pounds.
I could only eat 4k cal now seems easier.
I love upper and lower body splits the best. I highly recommend it to anyone at any level. I’ve gotten amazing results from it
being a natural lifter i have trouble trying to complete full body workout routines. i usually end up there for 3.5 to 4 hours and i get burned out by 2, so i tend to stick to splits. also i dont feel like i get as much out of full body because i try to manage time which only allows me to do a small amount of sets per exercise. basically im asking if full body routines actually require 3+ hrs (which i cant do because of my obligations) or is there a way to achieve an effective full body workout routine in around the same amout of time it takes to do bro splits.
I personally really enjoy doing a full body workout plus as a fighter I don't need to look like Arnold so the functionality of full body workouts suits me more
i like to keep.it bettwen. Monday: chest, triceps, front delts.Tuesday: deadlifts ONLY. Wednesday: legs, glutes, thighs, calves, lateral delts. Friday: back, biceps, rear shoulders.
Full body is better imo. I'm not on steroids so I need to train body parts 2-3x a week instead of just once a week. But my overall volume is low so I prefer low volume with high frequency i.e. 5x5
ronki23 I don't see how anyone can get stronger working a body part once a week !
The answer is whichever suits your schedule and which one you enjoy the most. To me, Full Body Workout is better. Did 6 weeks of FBW and saw more results than 3 months of Bro Split. However, personally I think Push/Pull/Leg is the most effective plan especially if you crank it up to 6 days of PPL a week. I was at my largest size during PPL program early this year compared to Full Body or Bro Split.
Excuse me does your book includes machines ? Because I don't own them and hate gyms by I own weights
I'm a fan of mixing; doing a split for a few weeks, then doing full body for a bit, then calisthenics then loop back around
Brandon, have you seen Rip in his prime? Think you should, before making fun of him.
Pics?
Looking forward to the sketch :D
Full body all the way!
I'm a simple man
When l see Buff Dudes Upload
I click
I use them both few weeks with a full body routine, then few weeks of bro split lol and when doing the full body I dont just do 5×5 I preform 5×5 say on a Monday then wed I'll change it up focusing on other push ,pull and leg variation exercises and adding isolation movements and also change the weight and rep ranges like Monday, heavy, Wednesday moderate, and Friday light weight and when it come to the split well it's a split lol but all and all good videos guys keep it up!
He reminds me of Hopper from Staanger Things😅
I start with cardio and then start my full body work out the cardio gets my body nice and loose puts me in the right mind set
I could tell Brandon was cringing from the horrible taste of the “breakfast pizza”, but hey, ya gotta do what you gotta do to be buff 💪
Used to do L/P/P, but now with two kids, a wife and a job, i'ts almost impossible. Full Body workouts are the best and I still get great results.
I would never do full body. Upper/lower splits is something i am looking into. The reason is that i LOVE the gym. I want to be there 6 days a week. I've got the time for it so i dont mind :D
you can do cardio in the spare days lolol
ya ya yeah but cardio sucks
if you want 6 days, go PPL. best split hands down for a mix of strength/aesthetics
Totte.s Chest,Back,Legs,Arms,Shoulders and Calves, Chest and Back is a cool 6 days split
U/L is meant to be 3-4 days a week. If you want a 6 day split, PPL is better. Rest is often an overlooked factor that's quite important for muscle growth.
good call on eliminating the silver face..it was too dark. You guys are awesome
I can't lift very heavy due to high eye pressure so the bro split seems to work the best for me
Straining or lifting heavy should be avoided if you have high eye pressure. Because of the damage to the optic nerve. Doing so can lead to glaucoma and eventually permanent vision loss.
You don’t need to lift heavy with fullbody
Are you a pug?
No I have glaucoma and have had multiple surgeries, I just keep it light and high volume. I can't dead lift what so ever, that's like suicide. Next time you guys lift heavy try to be conscious of your eyes, you'll notice
@@mougell456 pls tc
I started with a full body workout, but after running some numbers (NERD ALERT!!!) and making a few adjustments, I found that a Bro Split allowed me to increase the workout volume and intensity by a significant degree. It eventually evolved into doing *heavy partials in the morning (**Great for waking up!!!) and "lighter" full range of motion work in the evening.
*This can also help you overcome plateaus, provided that you use common sense and don't abuse it.
**Try not to do anything stupid (like bench pressing 900 pounds), if you do this.
full body SHITS on bro splits LOL at least if you're a natural, splits were made with steroids in mind because you can recover way faster (not bashing on roids)
if anything, do like a PPL split or upper body/lower body split, i been doing the latter after doing full body for so long and i get amazing results.
Loose Goose Agreed
I just shake my head when I see noobs doing 5 exercises for chest because thats what the roid head gym trainer told them to do thinking they will look jacked like him. Sometimes I try to explain to them but they think Im full of shit because Im 5'8 at 170 lbs. and not 220 shredded enhanced.
anthony LOL that sucks. yea i do that many exercises on my upper body day for chest (more like 4, but it's close!) but well i been lifting for a while now, lol. I'm much stronger than most gym goers even at just 1,000lb powerlifting total (although i weigh 165lbs only, 1,000lb club is pretty damn great for someone weighing so much less than 200lbs bodyweight) and i still dont look as jacked as roid heads.
It kinda feels good though to be stronger than guys almost twice my size. been training about 4 years now after about 2 years in, I plateaued and made fuck all gains from doing 1 body part per week. tbh, I would have tried using steroids but given my family history with heart problems and acne during my teens I have made my decision staying natural. When I switched to upper/lower 3-4 days a week it was a night and day difference in both strength and size!
haha yea I've heard stories from other natties that they feel like they COMPLETELY wasted time, some even for entire years, when they switched to split training. Then they go back to full body or an actual GOOD split like PPL/upper+body and realize sadly they made a mistake. im just lucky im very stubborn and have stuck with full body pretty much every time i ever lifted (back at the beginning of this decade, and then again at the end of 2015 til now). I've tried splits a few times, namely the "Guido Pump" by robertfrank615, lmao...great workout, but it's really just pure volume and very low weight. I've tried the usual splits too, but man FUCK working out a muscle group a mere ONCE a week. that shit is so trash lmao
Full-Body! Best if you are busy. Still doing main compounds.
That mark rippetoe diss
lmao...another righteous video with great comedy and personality. thumbs up!