Full body workouts are, without a shadow of a doubt, the surest path to maximum results in minimum time.
No other way of structuring your lifting sessions allows you to train three or even two (as is my preference) days per week while still putting on muscle and strength at a reasonable clip.
Are there technically “better” ways to do it?
Yes.
And those who are willing and able to have their life revolve around the pursuit of fitness would do well to explore them.
But for the man (and, possibly, woman) who has a job, spouse, kids, and diverse interests that don’t hoiking weights around while involve inhaling others’ sweat, full body workouts are the way to go in my bountiful experience.
However.
There is no getting away from the fact that full body sessions involve a lot of work (usually 25-33% more than a typical workout on a split routine).
Something which means many people (including me) find them equal parts tiring and boring towards the end.
Fortunately, you the following will somewhat ameliorate the grind:
* Do your “hard” stuff first (presses, squats, pulls) while you’re fresh and able to give it your all.
* Then, do your “easy” stuff (arms, abs, calves) – but don’t go at it like a homeless man on bath salts.
Instead, go light and focus on getting a nice pump in the target muscle (for reference, I seldom do curls with more than a 20kg barbell, despite being able to deadlift twice my bodyweight).
This not only allows you to take less rest between sets and potentially superset some of the exercises (drastically cutting down the time you’re in the gym) but also nets better results.
Why?
These muscles are already fatigued from all the heavy compounds you did at the start, so trying to “go heavy” on, say, rope pushdowns invariably results in a tonne of the work being done by muscles other than the triceps and a hearty dose of momentum.
Neither are conducive to you getting larger, shaplier, and stronger triceps.
Same applies to your biceps, abs, calves, rear delts, or any other “little” muscle you decide to target in your session.
All of this will come in handy when you tackle either the beginner or advanced full body programme that feature in September’s issue of “The Phil Tyreman Letter”.
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