why is this such a popular training split??

[*budd_2040]

please answer my last question..id appreciate it

 

[joshbeam1]

Back/bis
chest/shoudlers/tris
Legs

i can see if someone had already built the amount of size he wanted to take up this kind of routine, but if you wanted to gain size, wouldnt it be more beneficial to make chest and shoulders on their own days as well as an arm day? i know that if i do shoulders after chest i can only go up to about a 70lb dumbbell press because my arms are already shot..same goes for tris for that day. help/recommendations/comments please??

more is not always better. I've had great success w/this split

 

[joshbeam1]

Yeah, Ronnie Coleman. lol

how much gear is this guy on??

 

[joshbeam1]

how much gear is this guy on???

sorry...wrong quote.

 

[pullinbig]

please answer my last question..id appreciate it

try it both ways and let us know how it goes.

 

[*budd_2040]

the guy i was tlakin about is naturally big..hes been working out for over 13 years and when he does get on stuff he's close to arnold's size

 

[Mudge]

This is how I train currently EXCEPT I never do back before chest.

 

[PowerBuilder]

When you work your chest with presses you work your tris front delts quite a bit. When you shoulderpress you work your tri. When you do pullups or rows, you work your bis. So with this type of split you are hitting every muscle (both directly an indirectly) once a week. Another reason for this split's popularity I think is that powerlifters liked to give each lift one day (chest/shoulders/tris day for bench, back and bis day for deads, legs day for squats). I think that this is the best overall split, but if you want to give priority to your arms or shoulders, you might be better off with something else. I did this routine for a long time but eventually I felt like my shoulders were lagging behind and my chest was getting too far ahead of everything else. Right now I am doing the same split except I am doing my shoulder presses before my bench presses on chest /shoulder/tri day. I'm also thinking of changing my routine again soon because I'd like to see what it is like to have an arm day or to train bis/tris in the beginning of a workout.