[quote]magick wrote:
For each training day. I include upper back in each because personal experience tells me that the upper back seems to recover from rows and chin-ups easily and I like a wide and big looking back.[/quote]
Not to be Sammy Semantics, but you wouldn’t be doing an “upper/lower” split in this case. Does the terminology matter? Not really at all, nope. But doing rows, chins, and/or other back work along with legs would fit the most general definition of a “full body workout” - that being, an upper body exercise and a lower body exercise done in the same session.
Here’s a great 2-part roundtable with Waterbury, Thib, and Cosgrove discussing different splits:
(Note that it’s about 8 years old, so some of Thibs’ perspective may have changed. However, it’s still an interesting discussion.)
Upper/lower splits from Waterbury:
Horizontal push/pull on one upper day, quad-dominant on one lower day, vertical push/pull on the other upper day, and hip-dominant on the other lower day.
Vertical push/pull and horizontal push/pull on one upper day, quad-dominant lower day, push/pull and arms the other upper day, hip-dominant second lower day.
Upper/lower split from bodybuilding coach Clay Hyght:
Hitting back, chest, shoulders, bis and tris on upper day, and quads, hams, and calves on lower day.