Q: I know you do an upper-body, lower-body split, and Doug splits his muscles over three workouts. My question is, Do you like the push/pull split? Also, does Doug do three-on, one-off or six straight workouts then take a day off?
A: Your second question is easiest to answer, so I’ll start there. Doug “Mr. America” Brignole currently uses a three-way split, and he trains six days in a row.
That allows him to work every muscle twice every seven days with four sets per muscle—so eight sets total each week.
As for your first question, push/pull seems like a logical way to split your workouts. For example, pulldowns would be pull and bench presses would be push. So back and chest on different days…
But push/pull is actually a myth.
Think about it: All muscles pull. You may consider a bench press pushing, but it’s actually your pecs pulling your upper arms toward your sternum and your triceps pulling your forearm to straighten your elbows…
So no muscle “pushes.” Still, if you like to divide your muscle groups that way, there’s nothing wrong with it—but it’s certainly not the magic mass-building split decision.
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Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
www.X-Rep.com
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