What is wrong with a full body workout?

[Dooby]

I keep hearing people doing splits and talking down on a full body.

I only go to the gym twice a week cuz that's all I can do at the moment so I have to get it in and make sure I hit everything those two days. Those two days are Mon & Wed.

Please explain to me what's wrong with a full body workout?

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

people dont know how to do a fullbody without killing themselves so they figure its just a bad idea


same way people figure calisthenics arent that great of a exercise

 

[Declane]

Hi Dooby,
Gyms are the perfect place to improve our health as gyms helps in losing weight, adding muscles and toning body. Advanced quality of equipment available in gym helps you to workout on all body parts and the atmosphere is motivational. Gym staffs and other members will help you regarding your workout and healthy diet meal plans.

 

[Dooby]

Hi Dooby,
Gyms are the perfect place to improve our health as gyms helps in losing weight, adding muscles and toning body. Advanced quality of equipment available in gym helps you to workout on all body parts and the atmosphere is motivational. Gym staffs and other members will help you regarding your workout and healthy diet meal plans.

Breh I workout at my university now. They rely on bro science most of the time.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I do a full upper body routine 3x a week, and have been seeing good gains

 

[its_normal]

Actually full body can be a really good way to work out, especially when starting out because your body isn't actually ready to do 5+ exercises on one body part until you've been training a while. A beginner could get great results from a routine that was something like bench press, military press, pull ups, bent over rows, dead lifts and squats 3 times a week.

 

[Serious]

Who talked down full body workouts?

 

[Shuteye]

full body workouts arent that hard

just do some crossfit stuff like cleans or burpees.
also Squats/deadlifts/pullups/bench

 

[Reid2Achieve]

When lifting heavy, full body workouts have you feeling DEAD...and personally, I can't get the best/heaviest reps on multiple compound lifts like I can on split days...

If I had to go twice a week, I would do something like back/chest, then shoulders/legs..sprinkle in arms and cardio when I can.

 

[Schwarzkopf]

i find a upper/lower split is more beneficial... but that's just me, full body seems a bit... rushed

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

people dont know how to do a fullbody without killing themselves so they figure its just a bad idea


same way people figure calisthenics arent that great of a exercise

 

[Slystallion]

are you talking compound workouts?

Bruce lee did mostly compound workouts for weight training...but he didn't weight train that often about 3 days a week at most using compound workouts mostly

edit...oh i know what you mean...if you can get an extra day in say monday Wednesday friday and have a 2 day split and interchange each workout then you'll give all your muscles more than enough rest

if you go twice and you do everything in one day...do it on monday and friday that way you get about 3-4 days rest per body part...which is the most ideal

 

[Dooby]

Who talked down full body workouts?

Keith and Kevin Hodge.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Keith and Kevin Hodge.

Personally I wouldn't recommend full body workouts. But it's really dependent on what your goals are?

 

[Serious]

Keith and Kevin Hodge.

To each it's own.

Personally, I'd recommend full body workouts for anyone's pressed for time, in this daily grind of life, which is basically most people. Following a 4-5 split, will inevitable fail, for most people, simply because life happens. Then people fall behind in their regime.

Meanwhile if an individual does full body workouts at least 2-3x a week, they'll still progress...

The only downfall is that they can be extremely taxing on the body, especially doing a combination of squats and deadlifts. My recommendation is to rest in between sets.(2-5min)

But I'm a walking testament of full body workouts. I've been doing them ever since I heard of SL.

I never achieved so many gains in physique and stats, in such a short period of time.

Back on sohh, I was posting my new gains daily...
most people thought it was

But it is what it it....

*works out 2-3x a week, has a better physique than most people*