Lavabug Then why doesn't he have one?

+William Brown - because he doesn't skip traps either

Lavabug Nah, he's just 5'2"

Being 5'2" doesn't give you a neck thicker than your head along with a big yolk you twit

Is he really 5'2?

Cool story bro now make us a sandwich

You don’t have time? Or you don’t have the attention span lol

Fell asleep half way through reading that

has time to watch tv tho

How took my pop corns?

yep... he has a talent for explaining things in a very comprehensive, easy to understand way.

more like quality bullshit...

Cool, I'm around 50 and just started lifting about 6 months ago. I came to the conclusion that push-pull-legs once a week works best for me. I can't handle any more than that so this is sustainable. I started taking protein shakes about 3 months ago and my arms grew 1" in just 2 months. I figure I'm doing something right. ;)

I think that split could probably work for the rest of your life as long as you change things up occasionally. There are countless ways to keep a routine fresh by changing exercises, sets, reps, weight, rest periods, etc. When you start hitting sticking points is a good indicator that things need to change a bit.

@@DragonSlayer-tg5mk I hope to increase my volume as time goes on. Maybe work the bicep and tricep twice a week since they seem to recover pretty fast. I'm shooting for about 2 days of soreness as a general guide of effectiveness. I think this is about right.

U r my sprit animal, sir! Big boss shit right here ! Cheers 🍻

Thanks for the detail in your comment. In my 20s, I generally had no plan and just worked whatever group I wanted whenever I wanted, and all was fine. My diet was beer and pizza. Big size followed. In my 50s, I can no longer be an idiot. My joints can’t take it, and I have to eat smarter for my waistline and my cholesterol level. Pre-diabetes doesn’t help either.

Fun is a very overlooked aspect.Keeps you going.

Exactly! I do the same. Had it in January, just for fun.

I like how u keep it fun .. and consistent . 👌 #KeysToYourGoals

If you train hard enough once a week is enough for a body part, the truth is most people dont train hard enough, smash it then recover this has been tried an tested for decades

Damn straight. Muscle 'growth' is about more than just the initial 72 hour physical act of tissue repair. Most of these so called 'experiments' only focus on a very short period of time and not the practical, consistent, long haul cumulative effects of the whole training process. I've never seen anyone, other than an 'enhanced' trainer, fully recover from a hardcore session in less than a week. When I used to train 'seasoned' weight trainers who wanted to overcome their plateaus, the first thing I did was stop them from 'over training' with silly splits like this meathead is suggesting. 'Bro Splits' are awesome. Be consistent, keep good form, stay away from any weight you can't do a minimum of 5-6 reps for (preferably 6-8 reps), train each major bodypart once per week, take (and enjoy) a full week off weights every 8 to 12 weeks, don't overdo cardio, train with the seasons (heavier, lower reps sessions in the winter, moving towards lighter, higher rep sessions in the summer), feel good about every single session you complete (treat it like banking an extra day of good health later on in life), eat for taste as well as for fuel, and love yourself however you look in the mirror. Win, win situation.

@@leanderthal2689 Well, this "mEaThEaD" has a PhD in Sport Physiology.

Arms also once per week?

yeah, same thoughts. Maybe he considered it already in the studies he talked in point #1 ? maybe even with this in consideration, they still gained less?

I agree...triceps/front delts still get used on chest day, biceps/rear delts on back day, etc etc...bro splits work and one thing that is never mentioned is age. I find the older I get the more recovery is needed. Doing a PPL right now but after a few months will go back to bro again. Bottom line is if something is working for you no study in the world should sway you

What split do you use bro?

what the fuck does succinct mean lol

Ha....sorry, I'll keep the verbiage to "meathead" comprehensible language. Me like!! Me think good!!

I agree

I also do the 3 one 4th day off split, it is a good one. Except mine is day 1 push - chest, triceps, delts. Day 2 pull - back, biceps, rear delts. Day 3 legs and deads. I know deadlifts go with pull day but it's also a lot of hams and ass so I just went with it. Issue though for me is I want a 5 day a wk split so I can have time on my weekends off for hiking, relaxing or who knows what.

Yeah, legs and side delts are probably worst affected by this split. Anecdotal evidence contradicts science on the frequency per week idea anyways, everyone did bro splits only up until recently

@@rockyevans1584 bro splits were never really heard of until the 90s. 70s was almost all each bodypart 3x per week. 80s was 2x per week or the 3on1off a'la Haney.

@@rockyevans1584 They didn't lol brosplits only became a thing when every bodybuilder started doing a huge amount of steroids. The silver era bodybuilders all did fullbody and early golden era bodybuilders did 3-way splits training 6 times per week. The more steroids they did, the less frequency they needed. Hitting the muscles 2-3 times per week is the only way as a natural.

@@JohnProph fair enough, but I never trained prior to 08 or so, and then the gyms were teeming with old guys giving shitty bro science advice, no knees over toes, wider grip wider back, low reps to bulk and high reps to tone, etc. I didn't start researching stuff until at least 2015 and finally at least had enough info to start tracking and making programs. Never did a lot of research on the history or strength and hypertrophy training

@@rockyevans1584 its all good. a lot of the "correct advice" given today will be laughed at tomorrow. cest la vie

120 'working' reps in one session on squats means two things: 1. a decent amount of them were probably not truly working reps. By your own description of 'working up to 4 plates', what good is it to do 4 sets with 2 plates and 4 sets with 3 plates along the way? 8 warm-up sets? If anything, you could have cut like 80% of that filler out and just increased the weight of your actual work sets. 2. If they were somehow magically working sets, that type of output is not sustainable for anyone on a normal hypertrophy program with any reasonable frequency without the use of PEDs , unless you are sacrificing volume in multiple other bodyparts. And even then, it wouldn't be optimal for either hypertrophy or strength unless it was some random day you just felt like shocking your system

@Aaron Jacobson 120 reps of squats on one day? Either you were doing them far far too light, or lifting with shit form, or both.. That's not how you train. If you really did 120 hard reps, I mean why would you. You'd have to sit down for a week, therfore sacrificing any other training.

Chris A you’re doing something wrong then, you will ALWAYS get better results Training each muscle 2-3 times a week, it’s not possible to get better results once a week unless you’re training incorrectly.

Aaron Jacobson “Deficient Deadlifts 😂”

@Aaron Jacobson, it really reads like you have trained your mouth to expel loads of hot air more than anything.

Have you tried Thibaudeau's program and if so did you like it? What kind of results did you get?

So bro splits can work?

Joseph Williams -JAWs Fitness really interesting dude!

Joseph Williams -JAWs Fitness , tell that to platz

the only way I'd be able to train a body part more than 1x per week, would be to decrease the intensity for that 2nd bodypart workout...though I do train with low volume, I also train to failure...there is no way you can train to failure and still work a muscle more than 1x per week...so maybe I'll try the 2x per week per bodypart, but lighten up on the intensity. that's the only way i could do it, without over training...

Bro splits work because you hit your unfocused muscle groups quite hard indirectly during each workout with the exception of legs.

biggest bullshit i ever heard, 72 hours hahaha, i can train a muscle part once in 14 days and would not lose any strenght, but i train it every 7 days and make the best strengh and size gains funny enough iam alot stronger then all those upper lower push pull leg guys...