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    Switching up my split, critique plz?

    For the longest time I have been on a push-pull split where I switch off between days A and B every monday, wednesday, and friday . I've made some pretty good gains from this but feel I'm hindering my gains by training the same muscle more than once a week and if I were to add a day C to the equation I could add in a few more sets and exercises to the other days.

    5'8''
    193 lbs
    13 to 15% bf

    Right now I'm thinking:

    Mon: Chest/Tri/Shoulder
    Wed: Legs/Lower back/Abs
    Fri: Traps/Biceps/Lats/Forearms

    I know shoulders should have it's own day but I can't fit in another day in the gym, and my shoulders have always been pretty quick to repair themselves. Also, how hard would it be to do squats and deadlifts in one day? Could I substitute in leg press for squats? Thanks in advance.

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    Day1: Upper back / Biceps
    Day2: Chest / triceps
    Day3: Shoulders / Calves
    Day 4: Legs / Abs / Lower back
    Day 5: Rest

    Repeat.

    This is an amazing split.

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    Oh and biceps inc forearms n shit.
    Shoulder inc upper traps.
    Lower traps are done with upper back (liek lats n shit), you cant have one without the other

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.Rose View Post
    Day1: Upper back / Biceps
    Day2: Chest / triceps
    Day3: Shoulders / Calves
    Day 4: Legs / Abs / Lower back
    Day 5: Rest

    Repeat.

    This is an amazing split.
    I can only get in to the gym three days a week, and need to do all of my lower back stuff and leg stuff in the middle, I hike snowboard like crazy on the weekends.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr.Rose View Post
    Day1: Upper back / Biceps
    Day2: Chest / triceps
    Day3: Shoulders / Calves
    Day 4: Legs / Abs / Lower back
    Day 5: Rest

    Repeat.

    This is an amazing split.
    looks like a good split but I would trade day 4 for day 3. Seems as though your triceps will need a break before hitting shoulders hard...throwing legs in between triceps and shoulders should give some nice results. The only downside is that I often need a rest day after hitting legs hard.

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    Agreed. I do legs in the middle of the week just to use it as a spacer between other upper body parts. I don't like doing back/shoulders or shoulders/chest back to back days just b/c there is some overlap on them...

    Quote Originally Posted by M302_Imola View Post
    looks like a good split but I would trade day 4 for day 3. Seems as though your triceps will need a break before hitting shoulders hard...throwing legs in between triceps and shoulders should give some nice results. The only downside is that I often need a rest day after hitting legs hard.

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