The Best Workout Split for MAXIMUM Muscle Gains

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Whether you are following a total body workout split or a bro split (or any variation of) you are going to want to watch this video. Find out the best workout split for building maximum muscle gains and overall performance. There is a key message that you will not want to miss when it comes to answering this question truthfully and without relying on simple studies to do so.

When we talk about workout splits we are referring to the way that you break up your training over a period of time. Generally, this is the amount of workouts that it takes to complete one cycle of training and that ensures that you are hitting all of the areas you are attempting to target in your workouts. One of the most popular ways to split up workouts right now is actually one of the oldest in the books, and that is total body training.

This refers to performing three total body workouts per week, generally on a Monday, Wednesday and a Friday with the remainder of the days either being reserved for conditioning or rest. The benefits to this type of training are the higher focus on compound lifts that are designed to hit maximum muscle in each lift as well as the increased time for recovery.

Additionally, as science would indicate, hitting a muscle (even with a lower daily volume) more frequently in a training cycle is one of the most effective ways to make it grow. This would mean that if you were once following a more traditional bro split where you trained say chest just once per week with twelve to sixteen sets you would now be doing it as four to five sets per day over the three days in the week.

The restimulation of the chest every 48 hours is sufficient to increase muscle protein synthesis without waiting too long to hit the muscle again (as would happen with a bro split - or at least a poorly planned one). Does that mean that bro splits don’t work? Not at all. In fact, this is one of those instances of throwing the baby out with the bath water. Nobody could argue that the single muscle group per day routine has been effective for some. Maybe not as much as total body training, but there are many instances of it working well, and quite well to be exact.

How can that be? How can something that is somehow proven by science to be inferior actually produce results that in some cases are superior? That is because the real best way to split your workout for maximum gains is to switch what you are doing when you can honestly answer that you have stopped making gains in either strength, size or both. Just because something is supposed to be the best doesn’t mean that it is best for you at this time. Changing your split may reveal to you that certain muscle groups of yours are more responsive on a different training cycle.

The best you could do at that point is take the observations that you have made and use them to adapt your workout plan to idealize the volume and frequency that your body responds to the best. This video is meant to open your eyes to that possibility. If you are looking to change your current workout split and want to be sure you are putting the latest science into your workouts to make sure you get it right, head to the link below to pick the program best suited to your goals.

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Exercises: bicep curls
Frequency: everyday
Location:squat rack

jk
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My split:
Day 1: Head
Day 2: Shoulders
Day 3: Knees
Day 4: Toes
Day 5: rest
Day 6: Knees
Day 7: Toes

MrAxmea
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Jeff should have a series called “straight to the point videos”

Juicy
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My biggest take-away from this video was to work arms on Friday before going out to the bars

dougroberts
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Now I have absolutely no idea what to do in the gym...

Ty-nolj
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In case you’re lost (just like me because I watched this 3 times feeling confused),

Total body split:
Many recovery
48 hours protein synthesis

Push pull split:
Similar to Total Body
Much more frequent
Each workout will be shorter

PPL (2x a week)
Train Similar muscle group function

PPL (1x a week)
Beginner
Much less volumn

Unorganized bro split
Bad, will train similar muscle two days in a row.

Modified bro split
Just make sure not to train same muscle in 24 hours.

Key message:
If we follow the same split for too long, each split would have weakness and our body will reflect that.
Change up a bit to experiment from time to time. Each individual is different.

thynaruto
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My split something like:
Monday: right arm
Tuesday: right arm
Wednesday: right arm
Thursday: right arm
Friday: right arm
Saturday: right arm
And Sunday: right arm.
I focus mostly on forearm and grip strength

nb
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I want Jeff to make a series on:

1. Best workout split for beginners (hardgainers, average, overweight)
2. Best split for intermediate trainees
3. Best split for advanced trainees

Guys please upvote ☝️

saunokchakrabarty
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Just waited 13 minutes for an answer to be told to figure it out myself

Dylan-dkfj
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Jeff made sure that his dogs are all different weights so he could do drop sets

jeffcavalierescarbatteries
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I just like being in the gym. It's the only time and place in my life where I don't feel depressed and down on myself and can get my mind off of the things that I can't seem to shake otherwise. The more I'm in there the better off I am even if I don't really feel like I'm making the kind of progress I'd like to see.

johnfrank
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At 60 yrs young, I like a 4 day split: 1). chest, shlders, tri's 2). lats bi's abs 3). legs 4). functional strength/hip/core/balance. I like doing the 1 and 2 because those same areas are used and warmed up entirely. And two days off between each since I’m always good and sore. Rock On!

potentialthemax
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M: Whatever doesn’t hurt too bad
T: Whatever feels somewhat okay
W: Rest (much needed)
Th: Foamroll for like 30 seconds
Fri: Hit some crunches
Sat: Golf
Sun: Watch Football

Crushfire
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My split routine :
Monday: rest
Tuesday :rest
Wednesday:rest
Thursday:rest
Friday:rest
Saturday:rest
Sunday:rest

antivenom
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i heard banana split works pretty well too

pHilL
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This may be the best video Jeff’s ever done, and should be the channels intro video

fabianschweitzer
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My preferred split follows a 28 day plan, as shown below (Square brackets indicate weekends)

Two weeks of :
_Head Shoulders Knees Toes x [ knees toes ]_

Then I do one week of :
_Eyes x Ears x Mouth x Nose _

Then, a final week of :
_Head Shoulders Knees Toes x [ knees toes ]_

garychap
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Monday:Chest
Tuesday:Arms
Wednesday:Chest
Thursday:Arms
Friday:Chest
Saturday:Arms
Sunday:Chest&Arms

kingbubby
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You give courses from your heart.. You're not commercial

hamadachebahi
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Me: breathing
Athlean X : breathing is killing your gains

adifer