cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/65417887
Push Pull Legs (6 days a week) Back can be sore after pull day and will limit leg day.
Push Legs Pull This ensures a good leg day but messes with pull day.
Pull Push Legs This feels like the most optimised of the three. Pull day is affected only once a week, as opposed to twice a week for the other two routines.
I think Push Pull Legs is silly because if you want to hit each body part with a frequency with twice a week, then you’d have to modify push pull legs to 6 days a week or Push Pull Legs Full body (4 days a week) or Push Pull Legs Upper Lower (5 days a week). If you’re limited with equipment or a compound lift enjoyer, you really have to make sure your volume, frequency, and intensity are carefully managed when training more than 5-6 days a week or you’ll run into recovery problems (either from session to session or your nervous system.) I’ve always stuck to upper lower (4 days a week)
I have never felt that I could not recover, or maybe I am too much of a beginner to understand signs. What could be the signs of poor recovery?
Poor or disrupted sleep quality, feeling tired all the time, decreased appetite, joint pain. Training hard is like digging a hole, every stimulus you incur digs a bit deeper and recovery helps you refill the hole.
Of course, the best split is the one you enjoy and allows you to be consistent. :)