Hey…
I’ve done a few searches on 2 day splits and mostly come across upper/lower splits. That doesn’t seem to make much sense to me. So that means you load chest/arms/back/shoulders all in one day and leave Legs/Calves for the next?
Are there any good programs or other 2 day splits out there? (apart from DC)
I am presently doing chest, shoulders, and arms on day 1; legs and back on day 2. If you want another example of a way to do a 2-way split.
You don’t want to know how many sets per workout. Seriously. (And it wouldn’t be relevant, as what I am doing is not something one would ordinarily do most of the time.)
As to when I’d do the above vs what Donovan described: If there are no DL’s in the program, then I also like his approach. With DL’s in there, myself I don’t like having them the day after training upper and midback.
That is assuming that they are consecutive days. If there’s a rest day between then it’s workable for me even with DL’s in the program.
I’m doing one similar to Charles Stayley’s A-B split (the one that he recommended in the article).
I basically just divide the body in half:
A pile
-Quads
-Back width
-Delts
-Tri’s
-Calves
-Abs
B pile
-Hams
-Back thickness
-Chest
-Bi’s
-Calves
-Abs
As for reps, I’ll just alternate. First time I do session A, I’ll use a 3-5RM. Second time, I’ll use a 8-10 RM. Sets will vary from session to session. Here’s why: I’ll ramp up to the working weight that I’ll use. However, I’ll do as many sets as I feel I need with that weight to fatigue my muscles. For squats it might only be 2-3 work sets, while for my back, it might be up to 6. Whatever I feel is necessary.
Modok, I used to be a 3 day kind of guy myself but I work all day and go to school at night, so a 2 day split - training 3-4 days a week suits me better.