Full body... might be a good idea.

[dnoyez]

I didn't realize you were basing it off 4 days, thought it was just for the one. My apologies.

If his TDEE estimation is accurate and he's basing his energy intake on his goals there's no need to cut calories on off days. That's already calculated into his energy intake and expenditure.

I have heard of the anabolic diet. Just another type of diet that can work or fail.

I didn't mention it as the end all be all diet..was just an example as you at first seemed opposed to someone cutting a little of the carbs back zigzagging an old name for it.As if they would miss out on recovery.No need to apologize bro sometimes my writing is a bit cryptic.

 

[Docd187123]

I didn't mention it as the end all be all diet..was just an example as you at first seemed opposed to someone cutting a little of the carbs back zigzagging an old name for it.As if they would miss out on recovery.

Nope I'm not opposed to it. Nor am I against cutting carbs or any other macro depending on the circumstances. My point was more along the lines of one still needing calories even on off days for recovery as anytime that person is in a hypocaloric state it's going to affect their recovery. How much it does depends on a bunch of things. And not saying OP is necessarily hypocaloric just in general.

 

[dnoyez]

True and your right he will need to be above maintenance on off days,but let's say a smart surplus.

 

[pmac928]

Maybe I'm just set in my ways but would rather train one body part per day. My full body work consists of just that work. Swinging pik axes. Snow remaval for 15 hours. It seems to be working. The thought of doing one exercise per body part has me thinking why? If I'm sore the next day after a workout I know I exhausted my muscles enough and new growth is happening during the rapid healing. I like volume. And biceps I find 12-14 sets is my sweet spot.

 

[dnoyez]

Maybe I'm just set in my ways but would rather train one body part per day. My full body work consists of just that work. Swinging pik axes. Snow remaval for 15 hours. It seems to be working. The thought of doing one exercise per body part has me thinking why? If I'm sore the next day after a workout I know I exhausted my muscles enough and new growth is happening during the rapid healing. I like volume. And biceps I find 12-14 sets is my sweet spot.

Its great to hear you know your sweet spot some of us even after twenty years are still shuffling around searching but I think I will be onto something soon for my self.

 

[Blacken]

I would say full body beats bro splits from my experience.

 

[ocman]

noticed guys at the gym gravitating towards full body workouts and keeping up a solid physique.

I wonder if this is due to the crossfit phase?

 

[raysugar1234]

Full body workouts are good but I prefer a push pull legs routine. If I could only train 3 days I would do a full body, but I train everyday but sunday. I get to hit everything twice per week with much more volume than a full body allows. I am able to make great increases in weight with my compounds and still add in plenty of volume and isolation. I get more time to really focus on everything every workout. For me full body is definitely not the most efficient program.

 

[Jamie]

I too have been looking for a change in routine . My question is this , doing full body work 3 times a week will the spent muscle have enough time to heal itself ? Aka train , eat , rest .

 

[powerlifter89]

I've been training using a full body split for a few years now and love it, the sessions just feel much more complete. Also if you're not feeling it on lets say squats for example then perhaps your second exercise is a bench press variation which you could really crush.