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@faithandholyspiritarethek Torso/limbs is one of my favorite splits on paper, but every time I try to run it I find it inferior to push/pull. My pressing lifts all go down because my triceps don't get enough recovery. If you're just fluffing around I love it, but I try to train progressively and...

@kjk11861 I love upper/lower on paper, but I find it difficult to sustain once you are actually strong. Don't get me wrong, you can make fantastic gains on UL for a long time, but there comes a point where it gets very difficult to train the entire upper body in one session with proper...

@trumpeter2 Just to be clear, I meant that as a con for upper/lower, not push/pull. But it's likely an artifact of being constrained in terms of exercise selection from a home gym. For example, if i was doing upper lower, I'd have to warm up on barbell rows at the same time as bench, but I only...

@trumpeter2 I'm a huge push/pull fan too, hitting bodyparts 1.5x a week. I have found everything you've said to be true. My only gripe with it is that the shoulder girdle, elbows and knees get less rest in comparison to an upper/lower. My joints do feel better with the UL setup, but I just...

@trumpeter2 Shots fired. Why is push/pull better programming than upper/lower?

@seele Exactly. Technically you have a bunch of options, you can do the ABA/BAB routine but you're only getting 48h rest between muscles and its kind of weird to set up. I'd personally stick to hitting a muscle goup once per week in your case, recovery will be better.

@seele I'd do a split routine in that case. Probably Push/Legs/Pull

@slow Not true at all. An ABA BAB split (push/pull, upper/lower, whatever) can work excellent as well, and is far from inefficient.

@laura02375 Right, and natural bodybuilding (real natural bodybuilding) definitely requires weights that have the potential to create damage in the same way as your other examples, especially as you slowly progressively overload over time and become advanced. My point is that doing those high...

@michaelsouby My thoughts are...doing what you enjoy is going to be the most important factor. So feel free to ignore any and all criticisms, and just go for it. With that being said, as you probably already know, this routine is going to produce a little worse (or should I say...slower)...

@vsw874 In my opinion, you are looking at this the wrong way. The problem is things like connective tissues, not mucle recovery. Connective tissue generally takes a pounding if you train with a high frequency, though admittedly some of this can be mitigated if you go easy on the per-session...

@harpazo777 Very fun split but hard on the elbows, and not enough tricep recovery for me unfortunately.