How to Create a Workout Split
Workout split, is it just more buzzwords surrounding the fitness community? Do you head to the gym and randomly pick your workouts? Do you struggle with having a strategy for creating activities that maximize your workouts? Creating a workout split may be beneficial to achieving your fitness goals.
Creating a workout split can help you maximize your workouts, depending on your goals. I love making a workout split that allows me to work toward my goals. There are a couple of different approaches and benefits to creating a good workout split.
This is a basic guideline for determining where to start building a workout program. It is not a complete guide to creating a workout program. If you need help building a workout program, sign up for a one-on-one consult with me for my individualized program, complete with nutrition guidelines if desired!
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What is a Workout Split?
A workout split is a strategy that splits up body parts or workouts to maximize your workouts. This means you dedicate each activity to each specific body part for each exercise. This allows you to work the muscles to fatigue them fully. Then the next day, you are working on a different body part to allow the previous day’s body part to recover.
How to Create a Workout Split for Your Goals
This approach creates a workout program that means you only work out each body part 1-2 times a week. So if you miss a workout, that body part may be cut for that week. Creating an effective workout split for your lifestyle is a significant factor that you must be conscious of when creating an effective workout split. Full-body and HIIT workouts may be best for you if you have limited time to dedicate to activities.
When determining how to structure your workout splits, you must first assess your goals. Do you want to build muscle and transform your body composition? Do you want to train for a sporting event? Do you want to create muscle endurance and increase muscle strength?
Then you have to determine where you are in your fitness journey. I highly recommend building a solid foundation with functional training before beginning high-volume training. This isn’t to say you cannot create a workout split for each body part. You focus on low-weight and high reps for some time to focus on form and slowly increase weights to further your muscle endurance. Then add in high-volume workouts to build muscle.
Once you determine the time you can dedicate, your goals, and your fitness level, you move on to the workout structure. If you can only work out maybe three days a week, your goals are to increase movement and overall fitness level. Three full-body workouts are a promising approach for you. But if you have a reasonable amount of time four to five days a week and your goals are to build muscle, creating a workout split is a good approach.
Different Types of Workout Splits
Whole-body.
Upper-lower body split
Push/Pull/Legs
References
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