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Originally Posted by casey w
I know many don't think the split routine is a good method. However, many others say otherwise. Now I'm really confused. I will just follow this routine, it came from shawn lebrun but is also very close to some others I'v seen. I'm discouraged about full body workouts and targeting muscle groups more than once a week. I feel more comfortable with this routine because each muscle group is trained once a week allowing for recovery.
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Therein lies the primary reason why a typical bofypart split doesn't work most of the time. The percentage of people who have very slow recovery times, requiring a week or more between training bodyparts, is actually very low. On average, most people only need between 2 and 4 days for adequate recovery. And by going too far past your needed recovery period before training said bodypart again, you're not giving adequate (ie; frequent enough) stimulus to the muscle to provoke optimal gains.
There ARE some people who do very well with BP split routines. But as a whole, there are a lot more people that DON'T do well with them.