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Originally Posted by musclesntx
...The most frequent misuse of this principle is seen among those who insist on training each body part once weekly (for example) just because “it works.” This is generally not advised, as it is far too infrequent and too much rest. Inevitably, either precious time is wasted or detraining results in some systems’ tissues or cellular elements.
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Let me attempt to bring this thread back to it's intended purpose. Regarding the above portion of your post (which was great info), for someone working a 3 day split:
Example:
Day 1 - Chest/Shoulders/Tris
Day 2 - OFF
Day 3 - Legs
Day 4 - OFF
Day 5 - Back/Bis
Day 6 - OFF
Day 7 - OFF
or working a 4 day split
Example:
Day 1 - Chest/Bis
Day 2 - OFF
Day 3 - Back
Day 4 - OFF
Day 5 - Shoulders/Tris
Day 6 - Legs
Day 7 - OFF
or whatever other split, how can they train each body part more than once weekly with off days, cardio days, etc? I can't really see how that would work on a four day split. On a 3 day you can start the cycle over again on Day 7, but that's still 6 days between your workouts.
I understand that this optimally might work for person A and not person B, but generally speaking, how can you prevent wasted time and detraining results?