posted Fri, 12/16/2022 - 22:41
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Hi. So I’m doing a push pull legs routine and my rest days fall after the legs training. How is it best to split the days up for max results? Currently I do.
Monday: push 1
Tuesday: pull 2
Wednesday: legs 1
Thursday rest.
Friday: push 2
Saturday: pull 2
Sunday: legs 2
Then start the cycle again with no rest day again till the Wednesday.
should I take a rest day after the Sunday legs day then effectively start the cycle again on the Tuesday? Or is it better to add extra rest days elsewhere?
thanks
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I have never done a push/pull/legs routine so I really don't know the volume you are doing. Just looking at this though my upper body would be resting on my leg day and my legs would be resting on my upper body days so I probably wouldn't be taking a complete day off unless I felt like I was overtraining, which usually means undereating, and just make sure I was eating enough cals. Really need to see volume and everything you are doing though to understand if a complete rest day is needed.
OneinamillionAbout the volume of the workout I usually do 18 sets total per workout, with an average rep range around 6-8 reps, I like to train heavy. Should I increase my cal input, as I am now eating around 3000lkcal a day to stay some kind of lean
Living4ThePumpFor any athlete trying to maximize growth Rest is so important. Training hard and to failure especially with a Push Pull Legs split where you hit every muscle group 2x per week recovery management is so important because you can overtrain so fast when overshooting volume and resting too little.
So instead I really like Push Pull Off Legs Off and repeat. This allows for a rest day before and after legs, most likely the hardest workout of the rotation and a rest day after your pull and before your push session. Optimal in my opinion.
OneinamillionSo you recommend the rest day between the push day and the pull day?
I was usually resting after leg day but as you are recommending this, I will try the upcoming week to revert my rest day