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    Hi All,

    I am fed up of this plateau and really want to break out of it. Have tried changing reps, sets, drop sets, pyramiding, supersetting etc. and I think it is the split itself which has become stale. Currently it is:
    Mon - Quads, Hams, Abs,
    Tue - Chest, Tris
    Thu - Back, Bis
    Fri - Shoulders, Calves, Abs

    Recently tried a 2-day, twice a week split but that didn't workout. I have two choices methinks:
    1. Stick to a 4-day split and change up the muscle groupings
    2. A split to hit each muscle twice a week, such as conjugate strength/hypertrophy split

    If I go 4-day, I had the following in mind:
    A
    Mon - Quads, Hams, Abs,
    Tue - Chest, Bis
    Thu - Back, Tris
    Fri - Shoulders, Calves, Abs

    B
    Mon - Quads, Calves, Abs
    Tue - Chest, Shoulders
    Thu - Back, Hams
    Fri - Bis, Tris, Abs

    If I would do a conjugate split, from what I have read, it would be something such as:
    Mon - Upper body strength (2 exercises per body part, 3 sets each, 4-6 reps, mainly compound exercises)
    Tue - Lower body strength (2-3 exercises per body part, 3 sets each, 4-6 reps)
    Thu - Upper body hypertropy (2-3 exercises per body part, 3 sets each, 8-10 reps, compound and isolation exercises)
    Fri - Shoulders, Calves, Abs(2-3 exercises per body part, 3 sets each, 8-10 reps)

    EDIT: One other option I was considering is a compromise between hitting muscles once a week and twice a week, by hitting them 3 times in two weeks. What I would do is use a 3-day split such as:
    1 - Quads, Hams, Calves
    2 - Chest, Shoulders, Abs,
    3 - Back, Bis, Tris

    And I would do the following over a 2 week period: 3 on 2 off, 3 on 2 off, 3 on 1 off. In other words:
    Mon - workout 1
    Tue - workout 2
    Wed - workout 3
    Sat - workout 1
    Sun - workout 2
    Mon - workout 3
    Thu - workout 1
    Fri - workout 2
    Sat -workout 3

    Please can you guys help me decide (I really suck at decisions! )

    The aim is mass and strength, but with the focus being on mass.

    Thanks for any advice,
    X
    PS. I am not looking for 3-day or 5-day splits please.
    Last edited by xenithon; 11-28-2004 at 05:27 AM.

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