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Push Pull Legs

The main advantage of grouping body parts this way is that it ensures all related muscle groups are trained together in the same workout. This approach is excellent for avoiding the overlap issues often seen with less strategic splits. For instance, compound chest exercises like the bench press, incline press, push-ups, and various chest press machines also engage the shoulders and triceps.This means if you follow a split where you train chest one day, shoulders another day, and triceps on a different day, you're more likely to face problems with insufficient recovery and/or overuse injuries.In contrast, by pairing muscle groups that are activated during the same exercises, the push/pull/legs split effectively minimizes the risk of these issues.

Push

Trains upper body muscles that are involved in “pushing” exercises. This includes:

  • Chest

  • Shoulders

  • Triceps

Exercise
Sets
Reps
Bench press
3
8-10
Shoulder press
4
8-10
Incline Dumbbell Flyes
2
8-10
Triceps Pushdowns
3
8-10
Abs
3
8-10

Pull

Trains upper body muscles that are involved in “pulling” exercises. This includes:

  • Back

  • Biceps

  • Rear Delts

Exercise
Sets
Reps
Pull ups or Lat pull downs
3
8-10
Face pulls
3
10-15
Barbell shrugs
3
8-10
Dumbbell curls
3
10-15
Rows
3
6-8

Legs

Train muscles on the leg workout day (yes, really! 😄)

  • Quads

  • Hamstrings

  • Glutes

  • Calves

Exercise
Sets
Reps
Standing calf raises
3
10-15
Leg curls
3
8-10
Leg Press
3
8-10
Romanian deadlifts
3
8-10
Squats
3
8-10
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