Working out everyday is a very good thing, but is going through the same workout routine everyday are good thing? Split body workout has it’s advantages and they are cool and all but it does have it’s disadvantages too. It’s left to you to weigh the pros and the cons and see if it is the best type of workout for you.
Pros:
It is very easy to switch up workouts. Your body can adapt to any type of exercise, that is why it is very easy to mix it up, do something else every now and then. You can do chest workout on Mondays, rest on Tuesdays and work your legs on Wednesdays and you won’t even feel too sore to workout because your upper body will be resting whilst you are working your lower body, unlike upper body workouts which requires you to work the same parts of your body all week.
It is superior for Body Shaping. Split body workout focuses on each body part once every week, that time and focus it gives to a single part of the body is what gives that part of the body the more acute shape that it needs, so if you are more interested in body shape than it strength, you should lean more on split body workout because it is the best type of workout for an awesome physique.
It is very manageable. Lifting weights can be very hard, especially when you are lifting weight for your whole body, but if your only focusing on one particular part of your body, it becomes manageable. I’m not saying it won’t be heavy, of course it will be, but it will be manageable.
Cons:
Muscle and Strength imbalance. If you are not careful with split body workout, you will end up having some muscles bigger than the other. See those guys with the upper body of hulk and the lower body of a ballerina? Yep! A little mistake in your split body workout routine can do that cause it’s pretty easy to overdevelop some muscles at the expense of others. If you are going to do the split body workout, do it right!
Less overall Calorie burn. If you are working a single muscle at a time, you will burn less calories than you will burn when you work all of your muscles at the same time. There are ways to get split body workouts to burn more calories but overall, whole body workouts are more effective in burning calories.
You can’t Skip a Workout. I can’t really say “you can’t” because you can but if you do it will backfire since you have to workout every muscle once a week and if you skip one it, that particular muscle will be one workout behind all the other muscles and that’s going to affect muscle and strength balance. So if you chose to do the split body workout routine, whatever you do, try not to miss a workout. Try very hard.
It’s true that it has risks to it, but let’s be real here… What type of body workout doesn’t? Make sure to take the necessary steps to not fall on it’s cons and you are good to go!
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