The Day After…

My first day of two days off before starting my second 3 week session of the 4 day double split routine…which is a mouthful I agree but I have a few thoughts on this matter.

1. After such a brutal work out yesterday I am not aching at all which is some thing that I have noticed with this compound workout and and enjoy. Don’t get me wrong it is hard work and tiring on the day if you blast it and push the boundaries but stretching and massage and a good nights sleep and this is definitely some thing I could do every week.

2. Now that the compound drills are over, which I feel I have had excellent results from, I am looking forward to doing some thing different in the split routines. A welcome change up? The tiredness will not be an issue as I will not be doing so much full body work and it will be split through the day which means plenty of time to recover from the major muscle groups before hitting the smaller muscles in the afternoon. I am especially looking forward to doing calf work as I was experiencing great gains from this in my previous split routines. What I am not looking forward to is the individual muscle soreness after isolation moves.

3. The one thing that does concern me is the amount of time that I have to dedicate to the gym to fit all of the split routines in. Finding the time to go to the gym first thing in the morning when the gym is not busy to use the rack or get on a bench is a problem. I then have to go back there in the afternoon to complete the session.

4. So to expand on the above could I state the following pros and cons..

Compound Lifts are more tiring on the day of training, you spend less time in the gym, are more convenient, build more muscle, give very little muscle soreness

Double Split Routines require more time in the gym, are difficult when going twice a day when the gym is busy, muscle soreness through isolation moves

5. To round this up both types of workouts have their pros and cons but this can be worked to your advantage as they are a great way of mixing things up so that your body does not get used to the same moves. They are great to keep you motivated and continually asking questions on your progress. You can even pick one or the other to suit your weekly schedule