Full Body vs. Part Workouts

[Blak X-Po]

What's better for bulking? Full body three times a week or do a chest day, leg day, etc.?

[Blue Fuge]

If you're looking to bulk, I would split your days with no more than 2 body parts per day. Some good combinations would be Chest/Biceps, Back/Triceps, and Legs/Shoulders....you can even throw forearms in one of those days at the end of your workout.

Focusing on two different muscle groups per day allows you to work the muscle from different areas with multiple exercises.

A total body split is great, but I've found those to be most effective when the goal is to cut, since you are circuit training.

[storyteller]

Depends on your level of development. If you've got weak core muscles, go full body until you've fully developed. The trainers I've talked to usually say if you can't do ten dips, ten chin ups, and ten pull ups then you should be doing full body three times a week. Once you developed your muscles a little doing partial workouts is fine. I'm interested in how everyone else splits up their workouts.

I go...
Chest/Tris
Legs
Back
Bis/Shoulders
(Friday I do the big three, Squats, Dead Lifts, Bench...and throw in Cleans).

[Big H]

Most people don't have the necessary recovery protocols to train full-body three times a week. It takes a massive amount of eating and plenty of rest in between to avoid over training. I suggest you play it safe and work each muscle group once a week; plenty of recovery time JUST in case.

[Bk's Mr Incredible]

I used to do full body's, 2 part splits, and then iso'ing one part per day, and my results increased the more iso work i do

might just be a mental thing, but i dont wanna be in the gym more than 1.5-2hours, and after cardio, my designated body part and some ab work, im ready to go home and take a nap.

I guess in theory if you had a day or 2 off in between each full body workout, you'd see better results, but thats just too much work in one day for me, especially seeing how vastly different my results have been otherwise

[Mister Discotheque]

I say you hit 1-2 muscle groups a day, and make them be groups that usually work together (chest/tris, back/biceps, etc.). You accomplish more by doing it all in one day and letting yourself rest for a week. I think once you get where you wanna be you can just maintain the muscle with full body workouts.

[Blak X-Po]

I'm thinking that parts are where it's at. What splits do y'all do?

[CutCokeCrack]

i go with

chest/triceps
back/bicep
legs/shoulders

and repeat