There is a ton of information out there on training splits. Some folks train one body part per day.  They’ll do chest on Monday, legs on Tuesday, you get the picture.  There is the full body split where you’ll go through a full body workout, usually 3 times per week. Then there is the upper/lower split where training sessions consist of only upper or lower body exercises.

I am HUGE fan of full body and upper/lower splits.  The biggest reason is the number growth opportunities  a muscle group gets each week versus the once per week growth chance of the one body part per day training split.  The second reason is, upper/lower and full body sessions especially tend to stimulate the most growth hormone release which is key in building muscle.

It is hard to argue with the results bodybuilders get with single body part training split.  However, the average gym rat does not have the time to devote to that kind of volume to a single body part.  Whereas the full body or upper/lower workout tends to be more intense, getting tons more work done in a much less time.

An added bonus of using full body or upper/lower splits is they afford you the opportunity to incorporate these proven muscle builders multiple times per week into your training.

What’s your favorite training split?

In part II of this post I will cover which split is right for you.