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		<title>My New 4-Day Split</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billspaced</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alert, or at least long-term, readers of this site will note that I typically advocate a 2-way split, working out 3 times a week. My routine in the past has always looked something like this: Legs &#38; Arms Chest &#38; Back &#38; Delts I&#8217;d work the first on Monday and Friday, the second on Wednesday. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alert, or at least long-term, readers of this site will note that I typically advocate a 2-way split, working out 3 times a week. My routine in the past has always looked something like this:</p>
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<li>Legs &amp; Arms</li>
<li>Chest &amp; Back &amp; Delts</li>
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<p>I&#8217;d work the first on Monday and Friday, the second on Wednesday. The following week, I&#8217;d do the opposite.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been working out pretty heavy lately, using more sets and lower reps. I&#8217;ve also added really heavy partials with high reps (at least 20 per set at the end of a body part&#8217;s workout).</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been my experience that I&#8217;ve often not trained with enough volume because I&#8217;m trying to hit 2 or 3 body parts per workout. I&#8217;ve devised a new workout routine that allows me the rest I need to recover, the freedom to work a specific body part a second time in a week, and the space to work out more intensely per workout because I&#8217;m working fewer body parts per workout.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my new work out routine:</p>
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<li>Chest &amp; Back, Monday</li>
<li>Legs, Tuesday</li>
<li>Delts &amp; Arms, Wednesday</li>
<li>Rest on Thursday</li>
<li>Specialize on Friday (hit a lagging body part or something I want to really stress)</li>
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<p>This routine allows me to follow my diet more closely, too. As you may remember, I suggest that people follow a nutrition plan pretty heavy on supplements and high protein, moderate carbs, and relatively high fat (for building phases); with the heavy eating, I want to give my body a rest every 4th day. So, Monday through Wednesday, I eat my &#8220;normal&#8221; heavy diet. Thursday, I pretty much fast.</p>
<p>Friday, I can go nuts on the supplementation while I blast the body part I want to crush.</p>
<p>Saturday and Sunday are pretty normal, except that I eat lighter because I&#8217;m not doing any weight training on those days.</p>
<p>In the next post, I&#8217;ll tell you about my back-relief supplementation plan. It&#8217;s given me the most pain relief I&#8217;ve had in years. Literally.</p>
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