Which training split is the way to go?

Bodybuilding is all about finding the right tools for the job. If you’re planning on making some serious gains as a professional or just your average lifter – you have to find the formula that works best for you. Every person is different and what works for some may not necessarily work for others. You can’t depend solely on the advice of others simply because you haven’t tried it yourself yet. When it comes to performing specific exercises or planning a routine it all comes down to experimentation in order to know for sure what your body will respond to.

One notion that seems to hold true these days is that split training is considered to be superior to training three days a week. The mentality is that the fewer muscle groups you have to work on per day, the more attention you can give to those specific muscle groups. In theory, and in practice, it’s a recipe that can benefit any bodybuilder. The emphasis on working a specific muscle will ultimately mean rapid improvements. Or does it? The fact that other people out there train three times a week and are still able to make some great gains isn’t something that should be ignored. It means that training five to six days a week with the training split isn’t the only way to make some great gains. It means that the possibilities are potentially endless in terms of choosing the correct training schedule.

But some may wonder… why train three times a week when you can train the six. Less isn’t always more after all. Well long time bodybuilder and wrestler Ric Drasin tackled the issue of the three day a week training program on one of his recent YouTube videos and explains which is better, the three day or six day split.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-N0Je1Guc

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