Thoughts on antagonistic training vs push/pull/legs 2x/week? I’d like to hear from people who have previously tried both splits and what results, comparative advantages/disadvantages each approach had. For example: Split 1 Chest/Back Delts/Arms Legs/Abs Chest/Back Delts/Arms Legs/Abs Off S…

How about Day 1-Chest, back, shoulders Day 2-legs, abs, arms day 3-off Day 4-Chest, back, shoulders Day 5-legs, abs, arms Day 5-off Day 6-off Makes more sense to me, I don’t see shoulders or arms being major muscles, needing they’re own day, on chest back day, if you do, bench -row, than mil…

Doesn’t matter. Your body will adjust to either. Personally, I like to hit chest and back with too much volume to do them on the same day, but it’s your preference afterall.

[quote]AnytimeJake wrote: How about Day 1-Chest, back, shoulders Day 2-legs, abs, arms day 3-off Day 4-Chest, back, shoulders Day 5-legs, abs, arms Day 5-off Day 6-off Makes more sense to me, I don’t see shoulders or arms being major muscles, needing they’re own day, on chest back day, if y…

The OP’s goals from what I could gather didn’t seem BBing based, from a strength, athletics stand point, devoting a day to arms, shoulders, dosen’t have much merit. Anyway not out to pick a fight just posting my 2cents, for the OP to consider. Goodluck

I’ve done both: 3 day PPL as well as Antagonistic Training Split and the PPL felt better, for me at least. The antagonistic, gets tricky, after you do some heavy ass benching or whatever, and then you have to jump on lat-pull-downs and expect no form-breakdown or intensity change… it just wasn’t…

Antagonistic Training vs Push/Pull/Legs

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paulieserafini August 12, 2013, 1:34pm 7

both will probably yield similar results. do the one you want to do the most.

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Antagonistic Training vs Push/Pull/Legs

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