Split is a split workout that usually involves combining two muscle groups on one workout in order to focus on a given part. This allows you to train a given muscle more intensively through more sets and repetitions.
Preparations
Split can be focused on building mass, strength and sculpture. Usually, it is recommended to combine a large muscle group with a small one, with the exception of shoulders and legs. We start the training with a large batch in order to achieve initial fatigue of a smaller muscle group.
Advantages:
- muscles are strongly stimulated to grow
- using mainly isolation exercises
- you can focus more on a specific muscle part, which helps to even out the disproportions in the body structure
- better muscle feeling by pumping the muscles with blood, which can translate into correct technique
- longer time for regeneration after training of a given muscle group (usually 3-5 days)
- the ability to change and adjust exercises to a specific part, thanks to which the muscle has a better stimulus for growth
- It is difficult to overtrain the central nervous system
Disadvantages:
- The training is quite monotonous
- It takes about 60-90 minutes, which can be an obstacle for people who do not have a lot of time
- infrequent stimulation of a given muscle part
- we learn movement patterns more slowly, because we rarely repeat a given exercise
- It’s easy to overdo it with the volume of your workout