Bro-Splits: Stop Wasting Time Doing One Body Part A Day Training

It is going to be a little hard to believe when I say this, but the truth is that 90-95% of the gym going population trains incorrectly. Just about everyone goes to the gym on Monday and you know what day it is - international chest day. Tuesday can be back day. Wednesday shoulders and by the time we get to Saturday, you are too tired to go to the gym, so you skip and head out for a movie or a nice dinner out with friends and family, because training legs is something you are really not interested in. This way, each muscle has its own designated day and if you miss that day, you skip the body part for the week altogether. The Mighty Stupid Bro-Split Training © Togerfitness This way of training can work for you if you are a beginner, because quite frankly, anything and everything works for you when you are a beginner. Now, you would be thinking how is that possible? Your favourite 'Instagram Fitness model' keeps getting results by training this way for years on end. You are forgetting a certain "advantage" that your dear Instagrammer would be very reluctant to share with you. He's on drugs! But after you move up a ladder and become an intermediate-ish, this way of training is what is hampering your growth. Below listed are reasons why bro-splits are not a good way to train in the long run. 1) Training Frequency While it is true that bro-splits do provide you the opportunity to blitz one muscle group, don't forget that you won't hit the same muscle group until the next week. Your muscles recover much faster (48-72 hours) than a week and waiting for the whole week for hitting the same muscle group is suboptimal. The better way to train, is to increase the frequency to 2-3 session a body part per week, because studies have confirmed that higher training frequency induced greater mass gains. 2) Perfect Form Technique or proper form is paramount to increase strength and muscle mass without getting injured. This is sadly often neglected. Just take a look around at the piss-poor technique most scrawny lifters display and compare it to how fluidly the biggest lifters execute their movements. In order to get better at anything in life, you need to practice till you get better. Lifting weights with correct form is just like any other acquired skill that only gets better if you practice it. On the other hand, if you increase the frequency of muscle groups worked per week, you practice more and you get better at lifting the correct way. 3) Impractical Let's get this straight- you probably have a job, family, kids and a lot of other, more important things in your life to consider before your workouts. You don't inject steroids that facilitate hour-long workouts. You are not a professional bodybuilder, don't even intend to be one and never will be. Then why the hell do you keep training like one? Realistically, most people do not have the time or energy to spend hours on end at the gym. That's what pro-bodybuilders do. But just because you cannot dedicate all your life's time and resources towards your workout, does not mean that you cannot make progress and get bigger and stronger. Try This © Youtube In my opinion, the better way to train is to do a push/pull/legs, upper lower or full body workout routine according to your preference. These workouts help you pack on more muscle mass whilst doing less work, as mentioned above. Instead of doing long workouts on top of all the work and commitments, all you'll need are 3-4 sessions per week of 30-60 minutes. These workouts are much more enjoyable as well as instead of dreading the approaching the workouts. Even if you miss a session doing any of the routines listed above, you won't miss working out a particular muscle group that week, as you would with a single muscle a day style of routine. Nav Dhillon is an online coach with GetSetGo Fitness, an online fitness company that helps people with fitness goals right from losing weight to competing in bodybuilding shows. Nav is an avid bodybuilding enthusiast and heads the NABBA (National amateur bodybuilders association) as a General Secretary. This innate passion and position has helped him work with a lot of bodybuilders to help them take their physique at the next level. He also has a lovely pet called Buster whom he enjoys playing with in his free time. You can reach Nav on nav.dhillon@getsetgo.fitness to take your fitness and physique to the next level.