How often do you train?

[Nether Animal]

Every other day... Push-pull split, with quads and hams split in between

[oldtimer1]

anything more than 2x full body per week is excessive!!!!!!!!

I don't care what anyone says about a full body routine being a beginner routine. It's the hardest way you can train. Just brutal. When I do full body routines I long for split routines.

[Primemuscle]

I don't care what anyone says about a full body routine being a beginner routine. It's the hardest way you can train. Just brutal. When I do full body routines I long for split routines.

I feel like my body does better when I follow a split routine, training one muscle group a day. This give my aching bones and muscles a week to recover. So far, it has also kept me injury free.

[sceagacros]

I'm currently doing a weird mix:

FB PUSH - front squat / flat bench / behind the neck press
FB PULL - Romanian Deadlift / Yates Row / rear delt flies
PUSH - Incline bench / behind the neck press/ close grip press
PULL- Hang Cleans / chin ups/ Concentration curls
Legs- front squat / Romanian deadlift / lateral raises
OFF
REPEAT

I try to get through all 5 workouts on consecutive days but don't sweat a missed workout due to illness, time constraints etc. It's holding my interest - which is primary at this point in my lifting and my legs, upper back and delts in particular are responding to the high frequency.

I basically am doing three movements a day - one low(er) rep / high(er) intensity (4-5 working sets of 3's, 5's sometimes 8's) and then two going for volume (usually 5x10 @ around 50-60% !RM).

[The Ugly]

Greg Plitt had a killer physique and he only trained once in his life

Zing!

[The Ugly]

What a pathetic joke and even more pathetic reply.

Maybe.

Perhaps you're just a sad fag, though, yeah?

[ratherbebig]

here's the stats so far

7x week - nobody unless i missed a respond
6x week - 5 getbiggers!
5x week - 9 getbiggers!
4x week - 6 getbiggers!
3x week - 8 getbiggers!
2x week - 1 getbigger!
1x week - no getbiggers!

its interesting how common it is to hit the gym 3-4 times a week and yet only train one musclegroup per week, one would think that people who are more often at the gym would be looking for working a muscle group at least twice per week.

so in theory, 1 person can be in the gym once a week and get as good or better result than someone who's at the gym 5-6 times in a week.

(not taking into account other reasons for going to the gym as for cardio or just enjoying it or prefering a split over fullbody etc i also feel there can be a benefit in lifting every day rather than once a week as there may be something to be said for having your body work every or every other day)

[dan18]

here's the stats so far

7x week - nobody unless i missed a respond
6x week - 5 getbiggers!
5x week - 9 getbiggers!
4x week - 6 getbiggers!
3x week - 8 getbiggers!
2x week - 1 getbigger!
1x week - no getbiggers!

its interesting how common it is to hit the gym 3-4 times a week and yet only train one musclegroup per week, one would think that people who are more often at the gym would be looking for working a muscle group at least twice per week.

so in theory, 1 person can be in the gym once a week and get as good or better result than someone who's at the gym 5-6 times in a week.

(not taking into account other reasons for going to the gym as for cardio or just enjoying it or prefering a split over fullbody etc i also feel there can be a benefit in lifting every day rather than once a week as there may be something to be said for having your body work every or every other day)

very true when I 1st started out I hit everything twice a week shorter workouts less sets but high intensity, after you build a good base each body part 1 a week is fine ...

[Jibril]

4x a week...

Monday- Legs
Wenesdsay- Arms
Friday- Chest, shoulders, back
Saturday- Arms

5min treadmill before workouts
15-30min treadmill after
(Full incline at 3.5mph for treadmill)
5min stationary bike

[judochoke]

60 years old. Train most days twice a day. Cardio in the morning, weights in the afternoon
If I get tired I take a day off and rest. I like to walk at the beach or at a nice pRk also.

[The Ugly]

4x a week...

Monday- Legs
Wenesdsay- Arms
Friday- Chest, shoulders, back
Saturday- Arms

5min treadmill before workouts
15-30min treadmill after
(Full incline at 3.5mph for treadmill)
5min stationary bike

Friday looks a real em effer.

[Primemuscle]

4x a week...

Monday- Legs
Wenesdsay- Arms
Friday- Chest, shoulders, back
Saturday- Arms

5min treadmill before workouts
15-30min treadmill after
(Full incline at 3.5mph for treadmill)
5min stationary bike

The emphasis of your routine seems to be on arms. Why is this?

[Jibril]

The emphasis of your routine seems to be on arms. Why is this?

I like the overwhelming arms look...don’t have now but I’m working towards it

[Jibril]

Friday looks a real em effer.

For sure... in the gym for awhile on fridays

[DooM_]

3 to 5 times a week , mostly high intensity

[Agnostic007]

5 to 6 times a week

[tom joad]

Sat:  Back & Chest
Mon:  Legs
Wed:  Shoulders & Arms

Cardio more days than not.

[njflex]

4 on avg and 5th on alt weekends

[Straw Man]

I split the body into three sections

 chest, back, delts, traps
 bis, tris, forearms
quads, hams, calves, lower back

depending on work issues that could be 3 on 1 off or 2 on 1 off 2 on 1 off (my favorite since rest between bodyparts changes)

[tom joad]

here's the stats so far

7x week - nobody unless i missed a respond
6x week - 5 getbiggers!
5x week - 9 getbiggers!
4x week - 6 getbiggers!
3x week - 8 getbiggers!
2x week - 1 getbigger!
1x week - no getbiggers!

its interesting how common it is to hit the gym 3-4 times a week and yet only train one musclegroup per week, one would think that people who are more often at the gym would be looking for working a muscle group at least twice per week.

so in theory, 1 person can be in the gym once a week and get as good or better result than someone who's at the gym 5-6 times in a week.

(not taking into account other reasons for going to the gym as for cardio or just enjoying it or prefering a split over fullbody etc i also feel there can be a benefit in lifting every day rather than once a week as there may be something to be said for having your body work every or every other day)

if one's an older experienced natural lifter, then why train a muscle group directly more than once a week?

[Powerlift66]

Whats this "training" thing that you speak of?

[DroppingPlates]

Whats this "training" thing that you speak of?

For many folks 'training' means sending Whatsapp messages and making selfies in between sets

[Kwon]

here's a question that never been asked before on getbig, for those of you who goes to the gym, how often do you train? 

When i was younger 4-5 times a week, nowadays it's mostly 7/365.

[oldtimer1]

Anyone ever go from using heavy weight and low sets to moderate weight with more volume? 

[Simple Simon]

Anyone ever go from using heavy weight and low sets to moderate weight with more volume? 

used to lift heavier first time around in the 80s and 90s

train very light now compared to then, am carrying just as much size now if not more.